I heard there’s a great shop serving curry udon under the Yurakucho Underpass, which still has that nostalgic Showa-era atmosphere.
Has it really been 40 years? 🙂
This is the shop: Keiya (慶屋). It’s an udon and soba shop with only an L-shaped counter seating just six people. It feels more like a stall. They also have outdoor seating. This isn’t a fast-food shop. They take their time to cook because they don’t precook their dishes. You can see a notice about this outside.
Menu: curry, kamatama (egg), kitsune (deep-fried tofu), wakame, kake (without any toppings), mori (cold without any toppings), cold kitsune, and tempura. You can choose between udon or soba. The prices are reasonable, and they make their udon in-house. You can also have rice for free if you want.
Toppings include croquette, minced cutlet, cheese, kakiage, natto, and onsen tamago. They also offer boiled eggs for 50 yen. There’s a fridge with shochu, beer, and Japanese sake, each for 400 yen.
I ordered curry udon with rice.
The curry udon has a thick, flavorful soup stock that is well-seasoned with a mild spiciness. I added some shichimi pepper for an extra kick.
The udon is narrow, round, and soft, just the way I like it. It has a smooth texture that goes down easily, similar to Goto-style udon. I ate it alternately with rice, but it’s also great to add rice directly into the soup after finishing the udon. Since there’s not much udon, it’s best to enjoy it with the rice.
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I heard there’s a good shop serving curry udon underpass in Yurakucho Underpass have still such an Showa atmosphere.
Now is 40 years ago ? 🙂
This is the shop. Keiya (慶屋). They are udon and soba shop having L-shaped counter table only. Only 6 seats. It’s like stall. They have tables outside, too. They are not fast food shop. They take time to cook because they don’t precook. There’s a notice about it outside.
Menu. Curry, kamatama, kitsune, wakame, kake, mori, cold kitsune, tempura. We can choose udon or soba. Those are inexpensive, but they make udon at the shop. If you want, they serve rice with free of charge.
Toppings. croquette, minced cutlet, cheese, kakiage, natto and onsen tamago. Also they have boiled egg (50 yen). And there’s a refrigerator for shochu, beer, Japanese sake. Each 400 yen.
I ordered curry udon with rice.
Curry udon. This thick soup have good soup stock. It was seasoned well. Spicy a bit. It had mild tastes. I needed more spice, so I put some shichimi pepper.
The udon is narrow and round. And soft. I like this udon. It’s like Goto-style udon. It went down so smoothly. I ate udon and rice alternately. But it’s also good to put rice into the soup after eat up udon. It don’t have much udon. So, you’d better have rice.
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Name Keiya (慶屋)
Open Day through night
Reservation Unavailable
Credit card Unavailable
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