Hakataya Kamata-ten (元祖もつ鍋居酒屋 博多屋 蒲田店)

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A friend took us to this local Hakata-style motsu-nabe place in Kamata. Reservation is a must as it is very popular. You can only stay for 2 hours but then you don’t really need more than that.
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ハツ刺し。山芋ステーキ。
Hatsu-sashi – raw heart. Yamaimo(mountain yam) steak – don’t know why it is called steak while it is actually a fluffy omelette/pancake. Very nice though!
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じゃがいもめんたい。豆腐めんたい。
We tried almost everything from the “Mentaiko series”. Left pic: Potato and Mentaiko. Right pic: Tofu and Mentaiko.
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なすめんたい。めんたいホウレンソウ。
Aubergine and Mentaiko. Spinach and Mentaiko.
The spinach one is stir-fried with butter while the other three are grilled with cheese. They are nice but they taste pretty similar – trying 1 or 2 is actually enough. There are other common Izakaya dishes in the menu like “yakiton”(pork version of yakitori) but we didn’t order.
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The main is of course Motsu-nabe, which is soy sauce based. The motsu is really nice! Noodles or rice are added to the soup at the end.

At first I thought each dish was a bit small(especially the hatsu-sashi), and we ordered the motsu-nabe for 3 people(we were a group of 4) but it wasn’t quite enough so we asked for one more portion. However, when the bill came we were really surprised…only about 2000yen per person! We got a coupon from the homepage below and got ourselves a free drink each so that contributed to the cheap price, but still!

Menu(J): 1, 2, 3, 4.

元祖もつ鍋居酒屋 博多屋 蒲田店(Hakataya Kamata-ten)
Add: 2F, 7-4-6 Nishi-Kamata, Oota-ku.
Tel: 03-3736-1666

博多もつ鍋 山笠(Yamagasa)

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サラダとモツの明太子和え。
Salad. Motsu and mentaiko.
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馬刺し盛り合わせ(赤身、霜降り、炙り) 。もつ鍋(味噌味)。
Assorted horse meat(sashimi and broiled). Motsu-nabe(miso based).
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チャンポン。
Chanpon is added to the leftover soup.

Delicious motsu-nabe. A lot of seasoning stuff on the table(garlic, miso, chilli, wasabi…) for you to add yourself.
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蟻月(Arizuki)

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レバ刺し。さつま揚げ。
Raw liver. Deep-fried fish cake.
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卵焼き。
Egg roll with mentaiko. Soft and fluffy, very delicious!
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白のもつ鍋(みそ)。赤のもつ鍋(しょうゆ)。
White “motsu” hotpot. Red “motsu” hotpot. White is miso, red is soy sauce, “motsu” is cow intestine. All very good! I like the white more. We added noodles to the soup which was heaven. Though I stank of garlic apparently but you simply don’t notice it yourself. ^^;; Everyone was saying this place is super popular and very difficult to book, which I am lucky not to have to do it myself. ^^;;

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Two pics from my first visit to this place.
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