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Frommer's Highly Recommended

This lively, crowded establishment has a lot going for it: a corner location in a skyscraper with expansive views over Yoyogi Park, inexpensive dishes and meals on an English menu, and Kirin beer on tap. Its decor and food resemble those of a bar. During lunch only set meals are available; choose grilled fish, hirekatsu (breaded pork cutlet), or from the display case. Dinner offers a wider range of possibilities, including sashimi, grilled fish, nikujaga (a very tasty beef and potato stew), fried noodles, and salads. Yakitori, beginning at ¥300 ($2.50/£1.25) per two skewers, includes asparagus wrapped in bacon and tsukune (chicken meatballs), two of my favorites. There's also a robatayaki counter, where you can point at various dishes, watch them be prepared on the open grill, and then receive them from a wooden paddle passed in your direction.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Tokyo, 10th Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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