I rarely visit Tokyo Station or the surrounding area, except when taking the Shinkansen. When will the construction around Tokyo Station ever be completed? I think it’s been over 15 years now! I wonder if I’ll live to see the finished Tokyo Station area…
We visited to have okonomiyaki at Okonomiyaki Kiji Marunouchi branch (お好み焼き きじ 丸の内店). Speaking of Kiji, it’s a very popular okonomiyaki restaurant in Osaka. Their branch is located in the TOKIA building.
They have both tables and counter seating. There’s a cool striped-pattern table in front of the kitchen. If you sit at the counter, you can watch the chefs cook.
I rarely visit okonomiyaki restaurants in Tokyo, and the reason is simple: most okonomiyaki places here don’t cook the dish for you. They just bring the ingredients to your table and expect you to cook it yourself. In Osaka, however, restaurants cook and serve the okonomiyaki. I can’t cook okonomiyaki very well, so no matter how highly rated the restaurant is, I end up with a poorly made, badly tasting okonomiyaki.
But at Kiji, they cook the okonomiyaki in front of you and serve it to you. All you have to do is wait for a short while.
First, we ordered Sujipon, which was served quickly. Sujipon is simmered beef tendon seasoned with ponzu. The beef was incredibly soft and flavorful.
After about ten minutes, our okonomiyaki was served. We ordered Sujiyaki and pork and cheese, which I heard are Kiji’s top two choices.
Since there were two of us and we ordered two okonomiyaki, the chef overheard our conversation. We intended to share the two dishes, so he cut them in half beforehand and served them to us like this. Beautiful. Perfect. Okonomiyaki should always be cooked by the chef! If I had cooked them myself, I wouldn’t have been able to take a photo of them…
The cheese was melting, and the dough was soft! The bacon had a crispy texture. If you’ve never cooked okonomiyaki before and are looking to try it in Tokyo, you should definitely visit Kiji. While cooking okonomiyaki can be fun, it’s best when it’s cooked by the chef in a restaurant.
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Name Okonomiyaki Kiji Marunouchi branch (お好み焼き きじ 丸の内店)
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