kenleewrites in 日本

Met up with a friend for dinner last night. He brought me to a famous yakiniku place in Roppongi. I believe the name was とうがらし (tougarashi), which is the Japanese word for red pepper. One of the things you’ll notice straightaway when you are seated is the lack of sauces on the table. It’s the store’s policy not to provide sauces for the meat. According to the boss, once you sauced everything, it all tastes the same. They serve good beef here and want you to appreciate the taste of the meat. The fat and oil that drip from it… ummmm.. So believe me when I say you don’t need sauces to go with the meat. ^^. There’s also something else about this place too.

You get to know where…. maybe who is the more appropriate word… the meat comes from. ^^. She has a name. きくにちゃん. She’s 3 years old, from Iwate (いわて奥州牛) and top of her class (最優秀賞). Many people come to this shop just to have her beef.

There’s probably a different cow every few days or so. Who knows, you might find a cow with your lady friend’s name and birthday if you’re really lucky. Mother-in-law too perhaps?… maybe I shouldn’t go there. ^^.

Prices are a little pricey, but Roppongi isn’t exactly known for cheap eats. We spent ¥15,000 between the 2 of us. It included the plate of meat you saw at the top of this post, some vege, 2 rounds of beer, rice and some 冷麺 (cold noodles). The food was really good.

Good beer to go with good yakiniku. Hungry?

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