Casual Dining
Let’s save money and enjoy reasonable Japanese food!
Katsuo to Bonta
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Katsuo to Bonta(かつおとぼんた）is a rice-ball special dining using the highly-selected ingredients. What is the most special is the morning menu. For only 190 yen besides rice-ball(s) order, you get miso soup, crispy fried chicken, homemade pickles, and an egg roll. Rice-ball price is around 150 -350 yen. You can order rice-ball as many as you want. It’s a bit tiny space, but the staff recommends the best time of day; 10:00 to 11:00 in the morning and after 1:30 p.m. for lunch is less crowded.
■ Location: Shibuya Stream
■ Only 7 seats at counter and 5 seats at outside.
OOTOYA
Ootoya (大戸屋) is the chain of healthy Japanese home cuisine in a reasonable price.Popular menus are “Set Meal of Fried Vegetables and Chicken with Black Vinegar Sauce”(824JPY), Ootoya’s Lunch Set (Pumpkin Croquette, Deep-fried Chicken,669JPY), “Set Meal of Home Style Braised Chicken” and “Set Meal of Chargrilled Atka Mackerel.” Normal rice can be changed to smooth five kinds of grain rice as free of charge.
■ Locations: Shinjuku i-LAND (The largest store in Tokyo), Shibuya, Ikebukuro, Roppongi etc.
More than 100 places in Tokyo.
■ English menu with meal pictures available
Hanamaru Udon
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The Japanese fast food chain Hanamaruudon (はなまるうどん）offers genuine Sanuki noodles in dirt-cheap price. Standard ‘Bukkake udon’ is small for 300 yen, middle for 400yen and large for 500yen. In order to realize the genuine taste, Hanamaruudon uses special ingredient and soft water, and manage temperature carefully in process. The way to order is picking up toping like Tempura to tray if you like and tell udon type and hot or ice , then they will serve for you.
■ Location: Shinjuku, Harajuku, Shibuya, Ginza etc.
Curry Udon Senkichi
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Senkichi(千吉) is curry Udon noodle specialty restaurant. Senkichi has kept making curry udon over 20 years and offers udon in rich curry soup. Flavor is Japanese soup stock with milk,spicy,black curry and red curry with coconut taste.Curry udon with rice starting at 700JPY.
■ Locatino: Omotesando, Shinjuku, Jiyugaoka,Tamachi
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TENYA
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Tempura chain Tenya offers good quality Tendon, a bowl of Tempura in a reasonable price.Tendon(天丼):Topping with shrimp, squid, Japanese whiting and pumpkin,kidney beans for 500 yen.All Star Tendon （オールスター天丼）:Topping with shrimp, big squid, scallop, Grifola frondosus, lotus root and kidney beans for 720 yen.Small soba or small noodles can be put with all bowls for plus 210 yen.
