The world's most famous Unagi restaurant 料理： うなぎ 店名： かぶと

 

この食事を凄く楽しみにしてた！鰻が大大大好きで、かぶとは世界一有名な鰻屋だから。

I LOVE Unagi and Kabuto(this restaurant) is the world's most famous Unagi restaurant, so to say I was looking forward to this meal would be an understatement.

レストランの雰囲気はとっても面白い。鰻は目の前に殺されて、作られるから。面白い手続きだったけど、 鰻の心臓を食べるほど面白くなかった！！映画を見たら、分かる！殺されたところだったから、まだ動いていた！！！ (O_O)

The restaurant's atmosphere is really interesting. The Unagi is killed and prepared in front of your eyes. An interesting process, but not nearly as interesting as eating an Unagi's heart!! You'll understand when you watch the video! Because it had only just been killed, the heart was still moving!!!! 0_0

心臓の味は圧倒的に変だった。噛まずに食うべきだ気がするけど、俺は噛んでしまった！１０分で口の中で変な気持ちを感じられた。是非面白い経験！

It was EXTREMELY strange. I think you're supposed to eat it without chewing, but I chewed and for about 10 minutes the inside of my mouth felt SUPER weird. Definitely a cool experience though!

しかし、一番大事なやつは勿論鰻重である。かぶとの鰻重は大阪風であると思う。スチームなしで焼くから、江戸風の様に柔らかいではない。ちょっと硬くて、味も余り濃くなかった。悪かった訳ではないんだけど、いちのやとか尾花とか愛川等ほど美味しくなかった。

However, the most important thing is of course the Unajuu. Kabutos' Unajuu is prepared according to the Osaka style, which means no steaming and straight to the grill. This means that it's not nearly as soft. It was actually a little rough and the taste wasn't as thick either. I don't mean to say it was bad, but it was definitely not as good as Unagi restaurants such as Ichinoya, Obana and Aikawa.

非常に残念だが、愛川より美味しい鰻は存在してないそうだ。

It's really unfortunate, but it looks like there don't exist any Unagi restaurants that are even more delicious than Aikawa.

Rating: 4/5

Price： 

３０００円　－　５８００円

Tabelog: http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1305/A130501/13016660/

One of the best Unagi restaurants in the world 料理： うなぎ 店名： 尾花

愛川ほど濃い味ではないけど、なんとかバランスが物凄く良いから、世界一美味い鰻の一つだ！！

This was my first time eating Unagi wrapped in omelette and even though I LOVE Japanese omelette and I LOVE Unagi, the combination was not the sum of it's parts. However, Obana is a VERY nice Unagi restaurant. The old building is just awesome.

The Unagi is not quite my favorite type. I like Unagi that has been grilled quite a lot even to the point where it is somewhat black. This is because I've noticed that heavily grilled Unagi has a more intense taste. The Unagi at Obana(this restaurant) is not of this sort and grilled very evenly and not to the point where it's black. However, I can see why people call this the best Unagi in the world, because even though the taste isn't quite as deep and intense as certain other restaurants like Aikawa, the balance of everything is just SUPERB! It's hard to properly explain, but it is really really good and I don't think I could argue with anyone claiming this is the best Unagi in the world. I just slightly prefer the more heavily grilled variant served at places like Aikawa.

Although Obana is a bit futher from my home, I'll definitely come again!

Rating: 5+/5

Price： 

45００円　－　５5００円

Tabelog: http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1324/A132401/13003509/

New York Grill Review 料理： ステーキ 店名： ニューヨークグリル

景色は凄く良いんだけど、食べ物はまあまあだから、もっと安いバーで景色を楽しんだ方が良いと思う。

The New York Grill... well it's sort of what I expected. The view is stunning and the atmosphere is great, but the food is so-so. It's not terrible by any means, but for this kind of money you usually get a lot better food. However, if you're going here for the food you're going here for the wrong reason.

It's definitely somewhat of a must-visit if you get the chance, because of the stunning view, but you don't actually have to eat at the restaurant to enjoy the view, because they have a bar as well. So next time I want to enjoy the best view in Tokyo, I think I'll just visit the NY bar instead.

Rating: 4-/5

Price：

10.000-25.000円

Depends on what you eat. You could spend 25.000JPY per person pretty easily if you drink, but on the lower end expect to pay a little over 10.000JPY per person.

 

Tabelog: http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1304/A130401/13004204/

Best Unagi in the world!!! 料理： うなぎ 店名： 愛川

東京では一つ以外全部の有名な鰻屋に行って、その中では愛川が最高だと思う！もっと美味しい漬物を食べた事があって、もっと美味しい米も味わった事があるけど、こんなに物凄く美味い鰻は一つしかないそうだ！
江戸風通りスチームされてから、焼かれた。結果は天気だった！非常に柔らかさで圧倒的に濃い味を経験出来た！！！
住んでる東池袋から余り遠くなければ、良かった！絶対によく行く！

更新：まだ行ったことが無かった鰻屋にも行ったけど、やっぱり愛川が世界一だ！連れて行った友人は誰も同感だ！

I've been to all of the famous Unagi restaurants in Tokyo except for 1. Out of all those restaurants, Aikawa in Takadanobaba is #1! I've had better pickles and I've also tasted better rice, but there may not be a more delicious Unagi than this one!
It was steamed first and then grilled according to the Edo tradition. The result was heaven! I experienced EXTREME softness and overwhelmingly intense flavours!!!
I'm super happy this isn't far from where I live! I'll definitely be going often, whenever I am craving Unagi!

Update: I've been to the #1 ranked restaurant since then, but Aikawa remains my favorite. Definitely the #1 Unagi in the world and all the friends I've taken there thus far wholeheartedly agree with me!

Rating: 5++/5

Price： 

２７００円　－　５１００円

Tabelog: http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1305/A130503/13029734/

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Sushi Lunch in Ginza 料理： 寿司 店名： 鮨 石島

  

鮨石島では１千円の寿司ランチを食べられる。前夜の魚で作られてる気がして、凄くないけど、コスパが良くて、美味しいランチだ。

At Sushi Ishijima they serve a 1000JPY lunch with the leftover fish from the last evening. It's not amazing and I assume their dinner is much much better, but a well above average lunch good value lunch nonetheless.

Rating: 4/5

最悪のピース：　鳥貝

最高のピース：　穴子

Worst Piece: Torigai
Best Piece: Anago

Price： 

１０００円

Tabelog: http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1313/A131301/13113849/

Tsukiji's Sushi Dai, is it worth the 3 hour wait? 料理： 寿司 店名：寿司大

 ３時２０分間で待ってから、とうとう行列の前！

Finally after 3 hours and 20 minutes of waiting we arrived at the front of the queue!

 味噌汁

普通の味噌汁より美味しかった、けど凄くなかった。

The Miso was better than most miso soups, but not amazing.

 大トロ

確かに良い寿司だ！

The Fatty Tuna. It was clear the Sushi here is good.

 うに

うに季節にも関わらずまあまあだった。

The Sea Urchin wasn't great, in spite of it being Sea Urchin season.

 空っぽの寿司大！！！非常に珍しい事だ！

An empty Sushi Dai!! A very rare sight!

 卵焼き

こんな風余り好きじゃない

I don't like this style of Omelette

 

 赤味

凄く美味かった！！！２万円以上の寿司屋と同じ位美味しかった！

The Akami(Lean Tuna) was Amazing!! About as good as at JPY20.000+ Sushi restaurants!

 

 初鰹

これも季節だったから、非常に美味かった！

Because it was the first Katsuo of the season this was also extremely good!

寿司大は凄く良い寿司屋である事に間違いない！２万円以上の寿司屋ほど美味い訳ではないんだけど、似てる。しかし、２万円以上ではなくて、１万円以上ではなくて、５千円以上ではなくて、５千円以下だ！一回行かなきゃいけないと思うけど、３時間以上並ばなきゃいけないから、俺にとっては２万円以上のお寿司屋の方が良い。

Sushi Dai is definitely an extremely good sushi restaurant! It's not quite as good as JPY20.000+ Sushi restaurants, but it's similar and gives you an idea of what the best sushi in the world is like. However, Sushi Dai is not JPY20.000+ and it's not JPY10.000+. It's not even JPY5.000+! It's less than JPY5.000!!! I think you definitely need to go once, but because the wait is over 3 hours, I prefer the JPY20.000+ Sushi Restaurants.

Rating: 5/5

最悪のピース： 雲丹

最高のピース：　赤味

Worst Piece: Uni
Best Piece: Lean Tuna

Price： 

小さいコースは２５００円位いで、大きいコースは４千円。俺達は大きいコースと後４ピースを頼んで、５千円位払った。
The small course is about 2500JPY and the big course is 4000JPY. We ordered the big one plus another 4 pieces and paid 5000JPY.

Tabelog: http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1313/A131301/13002388/