Hitsumabushi = excellent eel

Saturday, 19 dec 2009

Hitsumabushi Nagoya Bincho ひつまぶし名古屋備長 in Ginza

東京都中央区銀座2丁目2番地14号 マロニエゲート12階

Best eel we have tasted is located inside the Marionette department complex above a huge Tokyu Hands store, this place serves eel grilled on charcoal to order. Really tasty and skin is crispy. Must try the house special (the "hitsumabushi"), eel on rice served with extra broth to mix in, ask the restaurant for the picture guide on how to eat - there are 3 steps for 3 different tastes. An English menu is available and produced automatically once they realise that you are not local. We went on 3 times in our 2008 visit and twice in 2009.

This will convert any non-unagi lovers. Ah, yes that is a sauce stain on the chopstick sleeve. :)

The Hitsumabushi set. at 2800 JPY not exactly cheap but worth every yen. c had the smaller eel don set which was 1900 JPY which she managed to finish.

Getting there:

We stayed in Shibuya, so we took the Ginza line from Shibuya station to Ginza station. Get out at Exit C8, make a left turn into the main street. Turn right at the main street, walk past Primtemps and the building is immediately after the small road crossing. restaurant is on the 12th floor.

After lunch set aside some time to browse Tokyu Hands store - the selection is just amazing. we loved the DIY section and kids went bonkers at the Stationery department.