御茶ノ水小川軒 (Ochanomizu Ogawaken)

Posted on March 6, 09 by seat

A really nice yoshoku(western food) place in Ochanomizu that I’ve fallen in love with recently. In my first visit when I saw the price on the menu, I thought I would try once, but probably wouldn’t come back because there are so many yoshoku places in this area that are much cheaper. But after the first taste of the curry….I was immediately addicted. I ended up trying almost everything on the menu(Not in one day!) and everything I ordered was good. There is nothing fancy about the food, just basic yoshoku that is perfectly done.

ビーフカレー￥１３６５。マカロニグラタン、￥１５７５。
Beef curry(Y1365). The curry that got me hooked. The sauce is so smooth.
Macaroni gratin(Y1575). Winter menu.

シーフードカレー、￥１４７０。
Seafood curry(1470). All the lunches come with salad and pickled vegetables.

デミカレー、￥１４７０。トリュフショコラケーキ（自家製アイス添え）、￥５２５。
Demi curry(Y1470). Truffle Chocolat Cake & storemade ice-cream(Y525).

オムライス、￥１５７５。ハヤシライス、￥１５７５。
Omelette Rice(Y1575). Hayashi Rice(Y1575).

Raisin-wich. Souvenir that everybody seems to know about.

All the above were eaten in the first floor cafe where the lunch menu is mainly curry. I then ventured down to the basement restaurant which has a different lunch menu with the main item being hamburger. Basement restaurant is smaller and is a bit more expensive than the first floor cafe. All lunches come with a salad, a small soup, rice or bread, and coffee.

デミグラスソースハンバーグステーキ（１５０ｇ）、￥１６８０。
Chopped Beef(100% wagyu) Demi-glace Sauce 150g (Y1680). Super delicious! After the curry, I got hooked to the hamburger too…..damn.

カニクリームコロッケ、￥１９９５。
Chinese cabbage and Cauliflower soup. Crabmeat Croquette(Y1995).

和風ソース　ハンバーグステーキ、￥１６８０。
Chopped Beef Soy Sauce 150g(Y1680). The soy sauce is a house blend apparently. I spread a bit of wasabi on the hamburger and add the soy sauce….very nice!

季節野菜のハンバーグステーキ、￥１８９０。
Seasonal Chopped Beef 150g(Y1890). It is just the same Chopped Beef Demi-glace Sauce, plus some sauteed seasonal vegetables on the side.

Basically everything is nice. In particular Beef curry and Chopped beef Demi-glace sauce. The service is very friendly. And they give out 200yen discount coupons so well it is not tooooooo bad. Note that Hayashi rice(very good too) is available in both 1st floor and basement and the staff said it is exactly the same thing.

First floor menu here. Basement menu can be found in the homepage.

御茶ノ水小川軒 (Ochanomizu Ogawaken )
Add: 1-9-3 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku
Tel: 03-5802-5420

厳選洋食さくらい(Gensen Yoshoku Sakurai)

Posted on September 22, 08 by seat

(Sep 22, 2008)
メンチカツセット、￥２６００。
Menchi-katsu set includes salad, soup, rice and coffee. 2600yen is so expensive…but the Menchi-katsu is really nice – juicy inside and cripsy outside, the beef used is good.

(Apr 8, 2006)
Omelette rice lunch set with salad, carrot soup and coffee, 1800yen. Very good! The fried rice with ketchup, chicken and mushroom was wrapped immaculately inside the omelette, the demi glace sauce was nice too.

厳選洋食さくらい(Yoshoku Sakurai)
Add: 7th, 3-40-7, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku (Near Okachimachi/Ueno)
Tel: 03-3836-9357

神田ルー・ド・メール (Loup-de-mer)

Posted on July 15, 08 by seat

The chef of this curry/yoshoku restaurant used to work in Brasserie domPierre in Kyobashi which I used to visit often for its delicious European-style curry and omurice. This branch in Kanda is much more casual and cheaper in price.

ドライカレー・オムレツのせ＋スープ、￥１０００。
Dry curry with omelette. Soup comes with lunch set.

北海道産黒毛和牛カレー、￥１１００。特選ビーフカレー、￥１６００。
Hokkaido black-haired wagyu curry on the left. Special beef curry on the right. The “special” version is 500yen more expensive but the quality of the beef is much better.

メンチカツ・カレー、￥１５００。
Not your usual Menchikatsu but more like fried hamburger with melted cheese in the middle. Very good!!

チキンカレー＋サラダ、￥１０００。
Beef tendon terrine salad that comes with lunch set. Chicken curry.

ハンバーグ・カレー、￥１５００。ハヤシ・ライス、￥１６００。
Hamburger curry. Patty is solid, made of mainly meat.
Hayashi rice. The beef in it is very soft.

ポークカレーセット、￥１０００。
Pork curry.

チキン・オムライス、￥２０００。オム・ハヤシ、￥２５００。
Chicken omurice.
Omu-Hayashi. Fried rice with chicken and tomato sauce underneath the omelette. The sauce is the same as Hayashi rice.

ビーフ・オムライス、￥３０００。
Beef Omurice. This dish costs a whopping 3000yen so I was seriously hesitating whether to try it or not…but I am glad I did. It is very good! The rice is fried with soy sauce with generous chunks of juicy beef in it. Chicken omurice and Omu-Hayashi both cost 2000yen and more and although they are nice, they are nothing too special. To splurge on one dish, definitely go for the Beef Omurice.

I have only been to this place for lunch and I notice that the quality on weekdays is better than on weekends…the main chef is only present at lunch time during weekdays but not on weekends(though a younger chef is always there). I am sure that is not the case for dinner. Also, as can be told from the pictures that they give you a lot of sauce but not that much rice. I ordered “extra rice” once for 200yen but I usually just leave the extra sauce.

Menu(J): 1, 2, 3.

神田ルー・ド・メール (Loup-de-mer)
Add: 2-14-3, Uchi-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-5298-4390

肉の万世 (Niku no Mansei)

Posted on June 11, 08 by seat

Whole buliding of restaurants belonging to the same company. Generally, the price goes up as you go up each floor(with the exception of second floor which is a newly opened steakhouse). Ramen, cafe, izakaya, yoshoku, steak house, yakiniku, shabushabu, sukiyaki, teppanyaki…all with a single theme – meat.

The lower floors are basically “family restaurants”. In Japan, family restaurants mean that they serve a variety of Western, Chinese and Japanese dishes so that all family members will be pleased, and the price is supposed to be reasonable. I think this place provides better food than most of the family restaurants I’ve tried in Tokyo, and it has better environment(nice views, clean, comfortably spacious) and better service(every single staff is attentive and polite).

Not that the food here is fantastic(^^;;) and it certainly is not worth a special trip just to eat here, but if you happen to be in Akihabara and have difficulties finding a cheap and comfortable place to eat, especially on holidays, Mansei is not bad an option.

The menus for weekdays and weekends are slightly different, e.g. some of the cheapest options are not in the weekend menu, but the menus are displayed outside the entrance of each floor so you can check them out first.

SEVENTH FLOOR SUKIYAKI & SHABU-SHABU

山海丼（ローストビーフ、お刺身）、￥１３８０。
Roasted beef and sashimi rice bowl.

ミックスフライ定食、￥１４８０。
Mixed fry set lunch.
Since I was not going to eat shabu-shabu and sukiyaki for lunch by myself, I opted for other items on the menu…which unfortunately were not good.
Menu: 1, 2.

FIFTH FLOOR YAKINIKU

牧場ランチ（黒毛和牛カルビ１３０ｇ）、￥１７２０。
Wagyu karubi lunch. The beef is a mix of different quality. The additional order of karubi(480yen) is fattier and juicier though.

鉄釜焼ビビンバ、￥１１００。
Bibimbap is not bad.
Menu 1, 2.

THIRD & FOURTH FLOOR YOSHOKU

Seats by the window over-looking the main street of Akihabara.

和牛みそ漬けステーキランチ、￥１４７０。
Miso-marinated Wagyu steak lunch. Comes with rice(refillable as usual) and Tonjiru.

ハンバーグと豚肉と筍のオイスターソース炒め、￥８９０。
ハンバーグとコインコロッケ、￥８９０。
Two weekday-only lunch sets:
Hamburger, stir-fried pork and bamboo shoot in oyster sauce. The stir-fry is a bit greasy but 890yen is good value.
Hamburger and “coin croquette” lunch. Hamburger never goes wrong.

ステーキランチ、￥１５８０。白玉きなこソフト、￥４３０。
Steak lunch. Just okay. A bit hard.
Shiratama Kinako softcream – watery and very small.

ビーフシチュー、￥１７８０。洋食セット、５９０。
Beef stew. Plus rice, corn potage and salad, the bill came up to 2370yen. Hmm the quality is not worth the price.
3rd and 4th floor menu(J): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Dessert menu here.

SECOND FLOOR STEAKHOUSE

ロースステーキ（200g）、￥３２００（ランチ価額）。
200g loin steak. Comes with a big salad(either Italian dressing or Thousand Island), bread or rice, and coffee. Bread is refillable and is reheated everytime. Also you can ask for wasabi(two different kinds) for free – wasabi on steak is actually very nice. The set is 3200yen at lunch but 3700yen at dinner. This is the most expensive menu I tried in Mansei. Luckily the quality of the beef doesn’t disappoint – meat is very soft and juicy. Not the shimofuri(“marbled with layers of fat”) kind but lean meat.
2nd floor holiday lunch menu here.

カットステーキランチ(200g)、￥１８８０。
Cheaper option “cut steak” is available during weekday lunchtime, which is basically the edges leftover from trimming a steak. Somehow the quality of the meat is not as good as the more expensive whole steak, but I think it is good for the price. All the staff in Mansei are very attentive but this floor’s service is exceptionally good. Smoking is allowed here but you can ask to sit in a small room separated from the main dining.

ダブルミニヒレステーキ(170g)、￥２６８０。
Double mini Filet steak. This is a cheaper version of Filet steak available on weekday lunchtime only. Very tender very nice!

All cheaper weekday lunch options are limited and they run out quite quickly.
Menu 1, 2.

FIRST FLOOR COFFEE SHOP

ハンバーグハヤシ、￥１０００。
Hamburger Hayashi. Hamburger is good but Hayashi sauce is not.

ポタージュスープ、￥３００。和牛ビーフカレー、￥６９０。
Corn potage. Beef curry rice(quite bad).

ボリューム万かつサンド＆野菜サラダ、￥７５０。
Katsu-sando(pork cutlet sandwich). Large-size and with salad, 750yen. The sandwich is pre-made – the cutlet not freshly deep-fried, but only reheated before serving. There is already sauce on the pork cutlet which inevitably makes the crust soggy but katsu-sando is always like this. You can also buy take-out. The mocha coffee is 500yen and if you order it with the set, it is 400yen – still very expensive for a small cup of diluted coffee…
1st floor coffee shop menu(J): 1, 2, 3.

FIRST FLOOR RAMEN SHOP

ガーリックパーコー麺、￥８８０。味玉のせ、￥１００。
“Paigu”(fried pork rib) ramen with garlic and seasoned egg.

特選パーコーラーメン、￥８５０。テパのせ、￥１００。野菜のせ、￥１９０。
Premium Paigu ramen, with fried chicken leg and stir-fried vegetable toppings.
Apparently the Paigu is famous but it is too salty for me. The Premium has less fat than the regular Paigu but I find fatless pork too dry and hard. The soup and the ramen are just ordinary.
1st floor ramen shop menu(J): 1, 2, 3, 4.

BASEMENT

唐揚げと豚肉の生姜焼定食、￥９９０。
Fried chicken and pork ginger.

かつカレーライス、￥９５０。
Katsu(fried pork) curry rice. The fried pork is okay but the curry tastes like those instant boil-in-the-bag supermarket type…don’t order curry in Mansei.

Basement menu(J): 1, 2, 3.

My recommendation for lunch: go for the cheapest items on 3rd & 4th floor Yoshoku, or pay a bit more and have a nice steak on the 2nd floor steakhouse.

Found an English review here.

肉の万世　秋葉原本店 (Niku no Mansei Akihabara honten)
Add: 2-21 Sudacho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-3251-0291

キッチンカロリー (Kitchen Calorie)

Posted on July 5, 07 by seat

カロリー焼き、￥６８０。ミニサラダ、￥８０。
This place is called “Kitchen Calorie”. ^^;; I had the “calorie-yaki”, which is beef and onion cooked with soy sauce and garlic. There is a bed of spaghetti underneath the beef, and it also comes with rice… Too bad the hot plate didn’t come sizzling hot and the greasiness became overwhelming….Also got a small salad which is mainly cabbage.

トマトサラダ、￥５００。ハーブ豚の生姜焼き、￥９２０。
Tomato salad. Herb pork with ginger. Comes with rice and tonjiru. Very nice! Again there is spaghetti underneath the pork.

有機野菜サラダ、￥３００。オムライス、￥８５０。ジャンボ焼き：カロリー焼き、ハンバーグとカニクリームコロッケ。
Organic salad. 300yen is a bit expensive for just a few lettuce leaves, even though it is supposed to be organic. Omurice. Quite a lot of chicken meat in the ketchup rice. Other than that, tastes pretty normal. Jumbo-yaki: “calorie-yaki”, crab cream croquette and hamburger. Hmm, just so-so. The hotplate is not hot not sizzling again. Conclusion after a couple of visits: will go back for the herb pork with ginger but not the others.
キッチンカロリー
Add: 3-10 Ookawamachi, Kanda
Tel: 03-3291-3266

七條(Shichijo)

Posted on June 19, 07 by seat

豚肩ロース、カレーソース、￥１０００。
ホロホロ鳥のパン粉焼き悪魔風、￥１０００。
From many lunches.
Pork shoulder loin in curry sauce. So-so.
Grilled guinea fowl with breadcrumb, “devil-style”(curry taste ^^;;;). Very good!

活〆穴子フライタルタルソース添え、￥１２００。
メンチカツ、￥８００。
Fried anago tartare sauce. It is massive!! Very good.
Menchi-katsu. Juicy inside and crispy outside.

若鶏むね肉のソテー、マッシュルームエストラゴン風味、￥１０００。
仏産鴨のロースト、粒マスタードソース、￥１０００。
Chicken breast saute, mushroom sauce. Too healthy-tasting for me…
Roasted duck with mustard sauce. Okay.

ミックスフライタルタルソース添え、￥１３００。
若鶏とアサリのソテー、バジル風味ピペラド添え、￥１０００。
Mixed fried shrimp/scallop/crab cream croquette. Good.
Chicken and clam saute, basil sauce. Good.

仏産鶏の香草パン焼き青豆ブレゼ添え、￥１０００。
仔羊のロースト、キノコ添え、バジルソース、￥１０００。
Grilled chicken with breadcrumb, green beans brasier. Very good.
Roated lamb with mushroom and basil sauce. Bad.

和牛スネ肉のビール煮、￥１０００。ミックスフライ（海老、帆立貝、牡蠣）、￥１３００。ウニのコンソメゼリー寄せ、根セロリのピュレ添え、￥１３００。
Beef beer-stew. Mixed fried(shrimp/scallop/oyster). Uni with consomme jelly(from dinner menu).

Long queue on weekday lunch time! Must go no later than 11:30am when it opens for lunch. For weekend lunch and dinner, you can reserve in advance.

Yoshoku-style deep-fried stuff are all good, the two grilled chicken with breadcrumb are good, but big chunks of red meat(pork, lamb, and duck also) are not so recommended…usually too rare and impossible to cut or chew despite its softness, UNLESS it is made into a stew like the beef(see tag), which is only available at night and weekends. Weekday lunch menu usually has 3 deep-fried seafood sets(Mixed-fry, Fried Anago, Fried prawn), 1 meat cutlet choice(A lunch), 1 bistro-style meat choice(B lunch), and beef curry. Lunch A and B change everyday.

ビーフカレー、￥９５０。メンチカツ（単品）、￥７００。
Beef curry(Y950). Menchi-katsu as a side order without rice(Y700).

Restaurant Shichijo 七條
Shougakkan Bldg.
2-3-1 Hitotsubashi
Chiyoda-ku, Japan 101-0003
03-3230-4875

洋食 GOTOO (Youshoku GOTOO)

Posted on March 27, 07 by seat

昔懐かしナポリタン、９００円。カキフライ（３個）、６００円。
Old fashioned “Spaghetti Naporitan”. Ingredients are bacon, ham, onion, bell pepper, mushroom. Sauce is tomato ketchup. I seldom order this even though every yoshoku place has it on the menu. But it is quite nice once in a while~. Fried oysters are very good too.
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