Secchu Yokota is lovely! it’s a small restaurant (6 seats) and much more personal than Matsui IMO. consider going with five of your friends!
cult-of-athena
kimura in the EV for sukiyaki!!
cookingandmusic
Rokko has some bomb ass tonkatsu. They sous vide it for 12 hours before frying. flavortown.
btrd_toast
Senuki Udon is a casual neighborhood counter-serve place, but good
moogleiii
Tempura Matsui. But you really have to love tempura. I like tempura, but after 8 courses of it back to back, I was getting kinda bored.
CTDubs0001
the food court in Japan Village in Industry City is pretty authentic without busting the bank as well.
JewelerBusy2552
i acutally like the tempura at udon st marks lol
JealousBreadfruit704
NIPPON
panzerxiii
Udon St. Marks on a good day, Sanuki Udon by NYU on a good day, Tempura Matsui, Mitsuwa food court
The main difference is gonna be the quality and variety of ingredients, not so much the technique. But Tokyo isn’t really known for tempura as much as other parts of Japan so it’ll be a bit closer.
Also depends on if you’re looking for higher end or more utilitarian/casual stuff. I’d say a lot of the better spots here are on par or better than average joints there, but the really special places in Japan are unmatched.
bigsplitenergy
I love the shrimp tempura don at Soba Totto on 43rd St.
Sloppyjoemess
OP, where did you eat in Tokyo? Considering going there soon—what are some spots I shouldn’t miss??
I can vouch for Mitsuwa btw, fun food court but not glamorous. SOJO spa is glamorous and also worth a visit though. Welcome back!
gyimiee
I know the feeling
Exoticbounty
not Japanese, but if you like pork buns check out cafe mei le wa (i forget how to spell but its on bayard st in manhattan chinatown)
i like Minca (ramen) in the east village, but they kinda fell off a lil.
AppropriateDay1808
Kaneko Hannosuke at Mitsuwa Edgewater
Their main store is in Tokyo. There is always a long line at Tokyo store. The price is 2x in USA ( $19 at NJ store, 1380 yen at NJ store）. By NYC standard, it is not crazily overpriced.
fillb3rt
So many great yakitori places. Tabata in UES, Shokudo 34 in Murray Hill, Yakitori Taisho in LES. To name a few.
No_Hat6410
Sobaya does a decent version.
No_Hat6410
The tempura store in Mitsuwa serves a dish that looks pretty similar to Op’s pic. I find their tempura batter not fluffy enough. Their sauce is okay. Any soba or udon places in EV can easily beat them. Sometimes I go to a restaurant that serves a good shrimp tempura dish and just order a bowl of rice and assemble them myself. The price of high end tempura places in NYC isn’t worth it.
vic39
If you want good TenDon as pictured here, go to Carlos Jr. in Torrance. It’s amazing
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Food court at Mitsuwa in Edgewater has a tendon restaurant
Tempura Matsui, it’s expensive though. Not sure if it still has a Michelin star…it’s very good. Kind of like an omakase experience for tempura
Matsui and Secchu Yakota
Ootoya for sukiyaki. High quality tendon is a little bit more difficult to find in NYC. Sobaya’s tendon is decent.
You might find this thread relevent: https://www.reddit.com/r/FoodNYC/comments/mjhhhv/does_anyone_know_where_i_can_get_tendon_tempura/
Hannosuke at Mitsuwa in Edgewater
I like the vegetable tempura udon at Raku
Secchu Yokota is lovely! it’s a small restaurant (6 seats) and much more personal than Matsui IMO. consider going with five of your friends!
kimura in the EV for sukiyaki!!
Rokko has some bomb ass tonkatsu. They sous vide it for 12 hours before frying. flavortown.
Senuki Udon is a casual neighborhood counter-serve place, but good
Tempura Matsui. But you really have to love tempura. I like tempura, but after 8 courses of it back to back, I was getting kinda bored.
the food court in Japan Village in Industry City is pretty authentic without busting the bank as well.
i acutally like the tempura at udon st marks lol
NIPPON
Udon St. Marks on a good day, Sanuki Udon by NYU on a good day, Tempura Matsui, Mitsuwa food court
The main difference is gonna be the quality and variety of ingredients, not so much the technique. But Tokyo isn’t really known for tempura as much as other parts of Japan so it’ll be a bit closer.
Also depends on if you’re looking for higher end or more utilitarian/casual stuff. I’d say a lot of the better spots here are on par or better than average joints there, but the really special places in Japan are unmatched.
I love the shrimp tempura don at Soba Totto on 43rd St.
OP, where did you eat in Tokyo? Considering going there soon—what are some spots I shouldn’t miss??
I can vouch for Mitsuwa btw, fun food court but not glamorous. SOJO spa is glamorous and also worth a visit though. Welcome back!
I know the feeling
not Japanese, but if you like pork buns check out cafe mei le wa (i forget how to spell but its on bayard st in manhattan chinatown)
i like Minca (ramen) in the east village, but they kinda fell off a lil.
Kaneko Hannosuke at Mitsuwa Edgewater
Their main store is in Tokyo. There is always a long line at Tokyo store. The price is 2x in USA ( $19 at NJ store, 1380 yen at NJ store）. By NYC standard, it is not crazily overpriced.
So many great yakitori places. Tabata in UES, Shokudo 34 in Murray Hill, Yakitori Taisho in LES. To name a few.
Sobaya does a decent version.
The tempura store in Mitsuwa serves a dish that looks pretty similar to Op’s pic. I find their tempura batter not fluffy enough. Their sauce is okay. Any soba or udon places in EV can easily beat them. Sometimes I go to a restaurant that serves a good shrimp tempura dish and just order a bowl of rice and assemble them myself. The price of high end tempura places in NYC isn’t worth it.
If you want good TenDon as pictured here, go to Carlos Jr. in Torrance. It’s amazing
I want to go to tokyo