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| The kawaii front end of Sushi Noike, Yanaka |
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Tokyo Japan-area-guides/yanaka" target="_blank">Yanaka is 1 of
Tokyo Japan's most charming districts - albeit inwards an old, oft dilapidated, way. H5N1 friend as well as I met in that place for dejeuner this past, sunny Saturday. We rendezvoused at the West Exit of Nippori Station (a rattling hard station to traverse from due east to due west if you're on a bicycle!). We walked through Yanaka cemetery, which mightiness audio somber, but it's not. The avenue through the cemetery is a vista of cherry trees that, inwards summer, render welcome, dappled shade. My friend told me close a sushi store inwards Yanaka that he remembered visiting close 20 years ago. Sushi sounded great, therefore that's where nosotros headed. With a piffling care from Google Maps on our iPhones, nosotros found Sushi Noike afterward close a fifteen infinitesimal walk heading inwards the Sendagi Station direction.
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| At the counter of Sushi Noike |
(Some background close me as well as sushi. I dearest sushi. I've never had a occupation with run-of-the-mill mass-consumer sushi shops similar kaiten-zushi (conveyor belt sushi) or anywhere similar that. But merely every bit oft every bit not, I uncovering the old, established sushi shops (i.e., commonly the best ones inwards damage of the character of the sushi) to live foreigner-unfriendly. The latest sense was merely a few weeks agone inwards Okachimachi, when my partner as well as I decided to effort 1 of the onetime sushi shops in that place that nosotros oft become yesteryear when out
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Tokyo Japan-area-guides/uenookachimachishopping" target="_blank">shopping inwards Okachimachi. Luck of the draw, possibly - but the 1 inwards Okachimachi nosotros walked into at random was a big mistake. First, in that place was hardly anyone in that place - a bad sign. Then, the toothless onetime guy who served us was initially struck dumb at the sight of a foreigner (even though I was with my Japanese partner), as well as earlier long the other chef started making snide, audible jokes close "
gaijin" to the grouping of guests amongst us at the counter, who all goggled as well as giggled at us. The entirely relief was that nosotros didn't conduct keep to nation every bit nosotros shut the door behind us, "But it tasted superb, didn't it!" - because it didn't.)
Anyway ... to my relief, every bit an old, established sushi shop, Sushi Noike was zero similar that. There were several people in that place - a skillful sign, including several immature people. The welcome from the middle-aged adult woman (the wife, I guess) who served the guests was matter-of-fact but friendly for a sushi shop. We sat at the counter, close the door. Sushi Noike is famous for its eel (unagi) sushi, therefore nosotros ordered a plate of unagi-zushi, as well as a plate of assorted sushi. We started with a bottle of beer spell the sushi was existence prepared, as well as caught upwards on what had passed since nosotros final met. My friend is betwixt jobs now, I learned, but is using merely about of his fourth dimension to persuasion - or re-view - classic movies. It was interesting to listen him tell me, for example, how John Wayne movies moved from skillful cowboy/bad Indian to much to a greater extent than nuanced depictions every bit the years went by.
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| Good-looking as well as great-tasting sushi at Sushi Noike |
The unagi-zushi was divine: rich as well as soft - as well as genuinely melted inwards the mouth. The other plate also included 1 of my favorites, ikura, which my friend kindly allow me poach. The rice was the ideal firmness for the softness of the unagi, with no dryness, wetness or strange flavors, but clean-tasting as well as merely the correct chewiness. And the sushi pieces were on the generous side inwards damage of volume, both of rice as well as of topping, as well as looked genuinely smart as well as handsome sitting in that place on the plate from existence lay together beautifully as well as inwards skillful salubrious colors from the ingredients existence fresh.
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| Dish at Sushi Noike |
I dearest ginger, as well as the slices of ginger served with the sushi were especially skillful - in all likelihood because well-sourced as well as super-fresh. The possessor is a mild-mannered, middle-aged chef who spoke with us directly as well as then, such every bit when I asked him close the onetime clock on the wall: "It's non genuinely that onetime - close 30 years, I think. An Italian clock" - suggesting that fourth dimension ticks rattling tardily indeed at Sushi Noike!
The clock was merely 1 of the many, diverse decorations that adorn Sushi Noike. There were all sorts of kawaii things - especially the dolls - inwards the window, as well as enough to brand conversation close inside, too. I'm a big fan of squeamish chinaware, as well as the piffling cobalt bluish dishes hither were rattling pretty. The 2 plates of sushi as well as the beer came to 5,700 yen - non a cost I'd desire to pay every twenty-four hours for my lunch, but definitely worth it 1 time inwards a spell for sushi that skillful as well as inwards an atmosphere that pleasant.
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| Sushi Noike's ain cup |
Sushi Noike hours are 11.30am-2pm (last social club 1.30pm) as well as therefore 4.30pm-10pm (last social club 9.30pm) from Mon to Saturday; as well as 11.30am-8pm (last social club 7.30pm) on Sundays as well as populace holidays. Sushi Noike is shut every Wednesday. Sushi Noike is best accessed from Sendagi Station (
Tokyo Japan Metro Chiyoda Line C-15) - a 2 infinitesimal walk along Route 452.
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