Tsukiji: Exquisite Conger Eel Dishes at Yoshino Kichiya (つきじ芳野吉弥) in Tokyo

Recently, several new restaurants and cafes have opened in Tsukiji. One of them is Yoshino Kichiya (つきじ芳野吉弥), a specialty restaurant for conger eels, managed by wholesalers of the conger eels. The restaurant is located right in front of the Tsukiji Market. My friend, who is already a regular customer, took us there and ordered a special course for us. We left everything up to him.

The appetizer was a tuna salad. Being in Tsukiji, the tuna was fresh, not canned. Asparagus and daikon radish were dressed with tuna fat, making it exceptionally delicious.

And assorted sashimi. My drink was oolong tea.

Next, we had assorted sashimi with oolong tea.

The sashimi selection included sardines and bonito, as well as grunt, flathead, and flatfish.

The next dish was Assorted tempura, featuring conger eel, sea bream, eggplant, flatfish, mantis shrimp, and more. Everything was crispy, but the conger eel and mantis shrimp stood out as particularly excellent.

I then enjoyed a sweet glass of plum wine.

The next dish was cold chawanmushi (steamed egg custard), which was packed with conger eel!

Conger eel and eggplant rolls. By the way, conger eel is named “Anago” in Japanese. And we call this skewer “Anago no guruguru”. Guruguru means roll. I think it’s cute name. It was served with shichimi pepper and sansho pepper. Both went with it well.

Even the salad had conger eel in it!

For the main dish, I chose Aiten Bakashi, which consists of baked conger eel and conger eel tempura on rice. It was exactly what I wanted!

My friend ordered the Bakazuki (ばか月), a dish where conger eel is steamed inside a closed box. The eel was incredibly soft!

We had miso soup with the meal, featuring bony fish parts.

Finally, for dessert, I chose chocolate ice cream, but there was also a refreshing option of yuzu sorbet. The entire meal was a fantastic experience, and I plan to visit again for lunch during work.

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Name Yoshino Kichiya(つきじ芳野 吉弥)
Open Lunch, Dinner
Reservation Available
Credit card Available

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