Japanese style bar restaurant - Tsuruoka

Hello everyone!! I will introduce the Japanese style bar restaurant Tsuruoka. Do you like Japanese style bars? I like Japanese style bars. I often go Tsuruoka with my family. Tsuruoka has only two locations.

sliced raw tuna

stewed offal

First I ate sliced raw tuna（マグロの刺身）and stewed offal.（もつ煮込み）The sliced raw tuna is soft and delicious. Then, the sliced raw tuna is thick sliced, so you feel satisfied. And it's not fishy. Next, I ate stewed offal. The stewed offal tastes like miso. The vegetables were soaked in miso and were delicious. And the offal is chewy and a little sweet. My recommendation is the more shichimi-tougarashi you use the better.

natto rolls

vegetable tempura

Next, I ate natto rolls and vegetable tempura. The natto rolls contain tuna and beefsteak plant leaf. The standard natto roll contains rice. But Tsuruoka style natto rolls do not contain rice. The natto and tuna go well together and you feel the good smell of beefsteak plant leaf. You should use the soy sauce. Next, I ate vegetable tempura. The vegetable tempura is very hot and crispy. You can hear the crunchy sound. Especially the eggplant is hearty and delicious. You can use salt, but you should use the ginger tentsuyu. The ginger tentsuyu is warm and a little spicy.

sakura yukke

fried cheese 

Next, I ate sakura yukke（桜ユッケ）and fried cheese. The sakura yukke sauce taste is sweet and strong. You can use egg yolk to make it creamy and more delicious. If you feel the taste is strong, you can eat it with the tsuma.（ツマ） Next, I ate  fried cheese. The  fried cheese is very hot. Then, the  fried cheese taste is strong, salty and mild. My recommendation is that you should use the Worcester sauce to make it more delicious.

menu

The atmosphere is noisy and it's always crowded. But it isn't crowded now because of Corona. The interior of the store is decorated in the Showa style. There are tables and tatami mats.（座敷）This restaurant is loved by people who like alcohol. If you like Japanese style bars, please go there.

- Tsuruoka -

Address: 2-14-5 Tamachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasakishi

Tel: 044-277-5489

Hours: 16:00~24:00

Access: 1 minutes walk from Kojimashinden Station on the Keikyu Daishi Line.

URL: 味の鶴岡 地図・アクセス - ぐるなび (gnavi.co.jp)

Yakitori restaurant - Jinya

Hello everyone!! I will introduce a yakitori restaurant.  I think that there are many yakitori restaurants, but Jinya is a cheap and delicious one.

honey plum sour and yuzu sour

meatballs

First, I drank a yuzu sour（柚酒のソーダ割）and a honey plum sour.（はちみつ梅酒のソーダ割）An appetizer comes with the drink. The yuzu sour taste is yuzu, but the taste of yuzu is light. I couldn't enjoy drinking the yuzu sour. Next, I drank honey plum sour. First, you can feel the taste honey and finally you can taste plum. The taste of honey is strong and delicious. If you like honey, you can enjoy it. Next I ate an appetizer of meatballs.（肉団子）The meatball sauce is sweet. And I expected the meatballs to be warm, but actually they were cold. I like warm meatballs, so I was disappointed.

outside skirt of beef tataki

skewers throw case

Next, I ate outside skirt of beef tataki.（牛ハラミタタキ）The outside skirt of beef was grilled rare and chewy. The taste of meat is light, so you should use soy sauce and wasabi. Then, do you know the skewers throw case.（串入れ）If you eat yakitori, you should discard skewers in the small receptacle on the table for that purpose. 

tomato rolls and asparagus rolls

beefsteak plant leaf rolls and
 yakitori with green onions

Next, I ate asparagus rolls,（アスパラ巻） tomato rolls,（トマト巻き） beefsteak plant leaf rolls（しそ巻き）and yakitori with green onions.（ネギ間）The asparagus rolls were very soft and delicious. The taste was a little sweet and a little salty. And the cost is 170 yen. The tomato rolls were very hot, so you should be careful not to burn your tongue. Cooked tomatoes become sweet. If you like the tomato, you must eat it!! The cost is 170 yen. The beefsteak plant leaf rolls had a strong taste salt. But the more salt, the better. Then, the sweet taste of pork fat is delicious. The cost is 170 yen. The yakitori with green onions is a standard yakitori food. The chicken thigh meat（鶏モモ）is very soft. And the green onions are sweet. I think that when green onions are too grilled, they're better. At Jinya restaurant they're too grilled, so they're very delicious. The cost is 120 yen.

liver and shiro

quail eggs bacon rolls and seseri

Next, I ate shiro,（シロ） seseri,（セセリ）and quail eggs bacon rolls.（うずらベーコン巻き）The shiro is a pig large intestine. It's a kind of tripe. The sauce tastes like mitarashi dumpling.（みたらし団子）It's very sweet. And shiro is very chewy, so your chin is exercised.  The cost is 70 yen. The seseri is chicken neck. It's my first time to eat it. The seseri is soft, but it's smelly. I couldn't enjoy it. The cost is 120 yen. The quail eggs bacon rolls is very hot, so you should be careful not to burn your tongue. And the taste is creamy. The cost is 170 yen. I like quail bacon rolls. When I was a middle school student, I had a side dish for lunch. Everyone wanted to eat it. Finally, I am sorry, I don't like liver. So I didn't eat the liver, I can't tell the impression.

The atmosphere is noisy. Jinya restaurant is  popular with office workers. You can order and get served quickly. The interior of the store is decorated in the Showa style.（昭和風景）This restaurant has natural wood tables. If you are interested in delicious yakitori, please go there.

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- Jinya -

Address: 3-1 Higashida-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi JSJ Building 1st floor.

Tell: 044-244-8929

Hours: 17:00~23:00

Access: 5 minutes walk from Keikyu Kawasaki Station

URL: 陣屋 仲見世店 of 酒道場 陣屋 (jinya-m23.com)

Wine restaurant - Sole

Hello everyone!! I will introduce a wine restaurant. It's actually an Italian and wine restaurant, but since I didn't really eat Italian food, I decided to focus on the wine in this review.

pineapple sangria and berry sangria

smoked duck

This restaurant has more than 40 types of wine. I don't  normally drink wine, but sangria is easy to drink, so I drank pineapple sangria and berry sangria. The pineapple sangria tastes like white wine. First, you can smell and taste a little pineapple. Then, you can feel a little sweetness. But finally, you can taste the white wine. Next, I drank berry sangria. The berry sangria tastes like red wine, but it has a strong taste of alcohol. For me, pineapple sangria is easier to drink than berry sangria. Also berry sangria is a little sour. I couldn't enjoy drinking the berry sangria. As I was drinking the wine, the appetizer came. The smoked duck had a mild flavor rather than the strong duck flavor I've experienced at other restaurants. It tasted like a little like thick sliced bacon. Then, it is a little chewy and delicious.

raclette cheese

quattro grill platter

Next, I ate raclette cheese and quattro grill platter.（クワトログリル盛り合わせ）The raclette cheese is served in front of you. The raclette cheese is acidic and warm. You should eat it together with vegetables and baguette. It is more delicious. However, you should eat it fast because the raclette cheese becomes hard and very smelly. Next, I ate the quattro grill platter. The lower left is outside skirt of beef,（牛ハラミ）the upper left is Iberian pork with balsamic vinegar,（イベリコ豚バルサミコ酢）the upper right is herb chicken（ハーブチキン）and the lower right is whey pork salsiccia sausage.（ホエー豚のサルシッチャソーセージ）The outside skirt of beef is a little too salty. Then, the outside skirt of beef with sauce is good. The sauce tastes like steak soy sauce. The Iberian pork balsamic vinegar is crispy crunchy. It's not chewy. And the Iberian pork is sweet, but the balsamic vinegar is sour. I think that the Iberian pork is the most delicious. The herb chicken taste and smell is strong from herbs and salt. If you don't like herbs, you can't enjoy it. The whey pork salsiccia sausage is very chewy and spicy. It's not the spiciness of peppers, but the strong spicies they use.

paella

fondant chocolate

Next, I ate paella and fondant chocolate.（フォンダンショコラ）The paella taste is seafood. especially the taste of shrimp is strong. You should use the lemon because it is refreshing and more delicious. You must shell the shrimp yourself, but the staff gives you a new hand towel. However the paella takes 40 minutes to make, so you must order it first!! Next I ate fondant chocolate, my favorite dessert. I think that it's important that the chocolate inside melts and overflows. The taste is very sweet, but the chocolate is bitter, so it tastes delicious to the end.

Finally, the atmosphere is calm. but if a group of young people come, it can be very noisy. I was annoyed by a noisy group. But the staff is very good at serving customers. The seats are divided into the first floor and second floor. I recommend the second floor, because the kitchen is on the first floor, so the raclette cheese is very smelly. If you are interested in a delicious wine restaurant, please go there.

- sole -

Address: 5-7 Higashida-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi

Tell:050-3469-6982

Hours: lunch 11:30~14:00 dinner 17:00~23:00

Access: 5 minutes walk from the East Exit of JR Kawasaki Station.

URL:https://r.gnavi.co.jp/9re7verv0000/?utm_id=sales-sem-pr_itl_kanagawa_b999201_pc_y_lis

 Chinese Restaurant - Fukueimon

Hello everyone!!  This time, I will introduce a Chinese food restaurant.  I think that Chinese foods is also popular in Japan.  If you want to eat real Chinese foods, I really recommend Fukueimon.

fried spring rolls

green onion squid in the Sichuan style

First, I ate fried spring rolls（春巻き）and green onion squid in the Sichuan style.（イカとネギの四川風和え）The fried spring roll is a standard Chinese food.  The fried spring rolls were freshly fried and crispy like potato chips.  But they're very hot, so you should be careful not to burn the tongue.  And, you can't order only one spring roll.  You must order two or more spring rolls.  Next, I ate green onion squid in the Sichuan style.  It looks warm, but it's actually cold.  It tastes like gochujang.（コチュジャン）The sauce is a little sweet, but it has a strong spiciness of green onion.  The squid is soft and delicious.  

xiaolongbao

grilled meat bun

Next, I ate xiaolongbao（小籠包）and a grilled meat bun.（肉まん香り焼き）The xiaolongbao skin is thick and chewy.  Then, the xiaolongbao contents is stuffing of xiaolongbao, gravy and soup.  It's very delicious!! The grilled meat bun is a little hard.  so it's different from a normal meat bun.  Then, the grilled meat bun skin has a lot of oil.  I didn't enjoy the grilled meat bun because I imagined it is a normal meat bun.  But if you have never eaten, this you can try it. 

gomoku noodles

gomoku fried rice

After that, I ate gomoku noodles（五目湯麺）and gomoku fried rice.（五目チャーハン）The gomoku noodles has vegetables on the noodles like chop suey.（八宝菜）The vegetables are a little crispy.  Then, you should mix the vegetables and noodles because the vegetables have a strong taste.  Next, I ate gomoku fried rice.  The gomoku fried rice was the most delicious because it doesn't stick together and it has a strong taste sesame oil.  I can't explain the taste well, but I want you to eat this in particular.

soy sauce thick soup with shark fin

sesame ball

Finally, I drank soy sauce thick soup with shark fin（フカヒレ入り醤油とろみスープ）and I ate sesame ball.（ゴマ団子）The soy sauce thick soup with shark fin tastes very gentle.  If I catch a cold, I want drink it.  I will easy explain, the soup is a very light taste.  I like light taste, so I like soy sauce thick soup with shark fin.  If you don't like light taste, I don't recommend it.  Next, I ate sesame ball.  The sesame ball is freshly fried.  The sesame ball skin is like rice cake and the contents is sweet bean paste.（こしあん） I think that the sesame ball is dessert.  I like sesame balls, so maybe I can eat more. 

 The atmosphere in this restaurant is calm.  Then, there's a lot of space in the shop.  However, there is only one or two staff, so you can't order right away.  You may wait a long time to order.  However, the food is served quickly.  You will be very surprised.  Then, the interior of the store is decorated in the Chinese style.  If you are interested in delicious Chinese food, Please go there.

-Fukueimon-

Address: 1 Nisshincho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City Kawasaki Nikko Hotel Building B1

Tell: 044-222-7618

Hours: 11:00~23:00

Access: 1 minute walk from the East Exit of JR Kawasaki Station

URL: https://r.gnavi.co.jp/g926001/?utm_id=type-t_dsa-tenpo_mp-gte-9itm1-rm1_y_lis&yclid=YSS.1001134160.EAIaIQobChMImo6A-az17AIVxr2WCh18oQkMEAAYASAAEgLB4vD_BwE

Indian curry restaurant - Himalaya

Hello everyone!!  It's been very cold lately, so this is the season when you want to eat warm foods. Have you eaten Indian foods?  When I think of Indian food, I think of curry and nan.  I will introduce an Indian curry shop, this restaurant is difficult to find in Kawasaki. Himalaya restaurant is Indian curry shop. 

 I went at lunch time because lunch time is cheaper.  The lunch menu is two kinds.  First, there is the menu that anyone can order from.  Second, there is the  ladies only menu.  The two menus are all-you-can-eat nan and saffron rice. the anyone can order menu price is different depending on the curries. Chicken curry, pumpkin curry and keema curry are 900 yen and other curries are 950 yen.  The way to order is to choose one curry, one drink and the spiciness.  Today's curry, nan, saffron rice and salad and included but today's curry is different from day to day.  However, I'm a woman, so I ordered the ladies lunch.  The ladies lunch price is 900 yen.  But unlike the anyone can order menu, I can't choose the curry for the ladies lunch.  I can choose the drink and spiciness only, but dessert is included.  I chose a lassi to drink. Lassi is an Indian yogurt drink and I chose normal spiciness. 

lunch menu

ladies lunch menu

                

First came the salad. The dressing is sesame dressing only, but you put the dressing on the salad by yourself therefore you can put dressing on the salad over and over again.  Soon came curry, nan, and saffron rice.  The curry on the left is chicken curry, right is tomato and tofu curry. The chicken curry is sweet and the chicken is very tender.  I chose normal spiciness, but it was not spicy, so if you want to feel the spiciness, you  should choose more spicy.  Then, the curry is silky and soaks up a lot of flavor.  The tomato and tofu curry is a sour soup.  The taste is tomato but it contains tofu. It has a taste that suits Japanese people.  The nan is fresh baked and hot.  Then nan is soft and chewy and eating curry with nan bread is good!!!  But nan has a lot of oil, so your hands set sticky.  Saffron rice is hard.  Unlike Japanese rice, saffron rice is chewy.  Of course, saffron rice and curry go well together.

lassi

dessert

Then, came lassi. It tastes like drinking yogurt, It is not refreshing, as it was very sweet, so it was like a dessert.  Finally came the dessert. It looks like almond jelly but the taste is coconut.  The texture is smooth.  Then mango is on the top.  But I don't like coconut, so I did not enjoy it.  However, if you like coconut, you will like this dessert.

When I was eating dessert, the staff gave me a complimentary hot chai. I was very surprised.  It was my first time to drink it.  Hot chai is Indian milk tea.  I imagined an afternoon tea milk tea (午後の紅茶ミルクティー) but it was different from my image.  It's not sweet and it tasted and smelled like cinnamon.  It was very refreshing.  I liked the hot chai very much.

The atmosphere is calm but if families come, it will be crowded.  The interior of the store is decorated in the Indian style. All staff are Indian people or Nepalese but they are good at Japanese, so you can order in Japanese.  However the staff is always on the lookout therefore maybe you feel nervous, but if you want some water, the staff will pour water for you. Then some people come to eat alone, so Himalaya restaurant is easy to go for single people.  If you are interested in delicious Indian curry, please go there.

-Himalaya-

Address:1F, Parrail Kawasaki, 8 Higashida-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi,Knagawa.

Tell:050-3477-0325

Hours: lunch 11:00~15:00  dinner 17:00~23:00

Access:7 minutes walk from JR Kawasaki Station or Keihin Kyuko Line Kawasaki Station 5 minutes walk.

URL:https://r.gnavi.co.jp/a000300/?utm_id=type-t_dsa-tenpo_mp-gte-9itm1-rm0_y_lis&yclid=YSS.1001134160.EAIaIQobChMI7sqnxsCv7AIVSKSWCh0vQA5vEAAYASAAEgLlnvD_BwE

Yakiniku Restaurant - Seiyuzan.

Hello everyone!  I will introduce Seiyuzan.   I think that everyone  likes Yakiniku.  I like Yakiniku the most.  I have been to a lot of Yakiniku restaurants, but Seiyuzan is very impressive because it has a nice view and every dish is delicious.  Therefore, I want everyone to go to Seiyuzan.

menu

carpaccio

I ate Carpaccio before I ate Yakiniku.  Seiyuzan Carpaccio is very rare because it's a Japanese beef sirloin Carpaccio. (和牛サーロインユッケ)  It was my first time to eat it.  The taste is half and half. The left is salty green onion (ネギ塩), the right is the egg yolk soy sauce (卵黄醤油).  The salty green onion taste is like sesame oil and salt is strong. It's delicious but I feel like I wanted more water. The Egg yolk soy sauce is very delicious. It's texture is walnut but the taste is egg yolk soy sauce.  It was a strange feeling.  Then, the Japanese beef sirloin was tender and delicious.

tongue and aged tongue

round, rump and thigh

Next, I ate aged tongue (熟成牛タン), tongue, Matsusaka beef round (松坂牛 モモ), Matsusaka beef top sirloin rump (松坂牛 ランプ), and Matsusaka beef thigh（松坂牛 イチボ).  Aged tongue is very thin but it's chewy and tasty.  Tongue is thick but it's tender.  Matsusaka beef round is very tender!!  I thought that round was tough, but it was easy to chew.  Matsusaka beef top sirloin rump is tender but I thought round was more tender than rump.  However, top sirloin rump is also tender enough.  Matsusaka beef thigh is just a little sweet and juicy. 

short rib

almond jelly

Finally, I ate black Japanese boneless short rib (黒毛和牛上カルビ), and almond jelly (杏仁豆腐).  Black Japanese boneless short rib is very sweet and fatty meat.  It's very delicious but I didn't eat a lot, because my stomach felt heavy.  The almond jelly is homemade. It's texture was smooth.  Almond jelly is not sweet, so it's easy to eat after Yakiniku.

The atmosphere is calm and the 41st floor has a nice view.  However, the price is not cheap.  If you want a private room, it costs 5,000 yen and if you want a shortcake, it costs 2,000 yen but it's not a birthday plate. Then if you want meat cake, you must set the course meal. I recommend a private room because you can take your time and you can enjoy privacy. Finally, I recommend Seiyuzan celebrations because it's luxurious and has a nice view. You can see Tokyo Sky Tree.  If you are interested in delicious Yakiniku, please go there.

- Seiyuzan -

Address:1-5-2 Higashi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo Shiodome City Center 41st floor

Tell: 03-3569-2929

Hours: 17:30~23:00

Access: 3 minutes walk from Shimbashi Station.

URL: https://www.kintan.restaurant/shop/seiyuzan/