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EAT & DRINK
NIKUMARUEN
NIKUYOKOCHO
From the giant ‘niku’ (‘meat’) kanji
character that makes up the restaurant’s
logo to the way that it describes itself as
a ‘theme park for meat’, Nikumaruen is
truly a carnivorous affair that eschews
subtlety in every aspect of its being. Any
first-time visitor should try the shimofuri-don
– a dish truly representative of
the restaurant’s philosophy, comprising
a rice bowl topped with hearty amounts
of raw mincemeat and garnished with
a raw egg yolk. Follow this up with some
of their giant-sized cuts of fried chicken,
which are served with wasabi-infused
mayonnaise, and wash it all down with
anything that takes your fancy under
the establishment’s reasonably priced
all-you-can-drink policy. You can find
Nikumaruen, unsurprisingly, bang in the
middle of Shibuya’s niku-yokocho (‘meat
street’) – where else could it be?
Address
150-0042 Tokyo, Shibuya City,
Udagawacho 13−8, 2F/3F
Website
nikuyokocho.jp/shop/shop-maruen/
NIKUSUSHI
SHIBUYA
DOGENZAKA
As the restaurant’s moniker suggests,
Nikusushi is an izakaya-style eatery that
serves the finest cuts of raw meat in the
style of sushi. Wagyu beef is very much
the name of the game for the most part
– renowned around the world for its
exquisite marbling, it’s impossible not to
be struck by the sheer aesthetic beauty of
the cuts of meat when they’re served raw,
and the taste is even better. That’s not to
say that there isn’t more to the menu: just
as a sushi chef would serve up the freshest
fish based on seasonality, the Nikusushi
chefs are always updating their specials
– last summer, their recommendation was
a hearty plate of raw horse-meat to keep
the body full of nutrients.
The chefs at
Nikusushi use a
unique cooking
method called
“vacuum lowtemperature
cooking” for
their meaty
sushi dishes
Address
150-0043 Tokyo, Shibuya City,
Dogenzaka 1−11−2, 1/2/3F
Website
nikusushi.ne.jp/shoplist/dougenzaka
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