本鮪丼 : Honkiya Genten

I visited again. I was in the mood for fish that day, so I came here. The restaurant has been renovated, so it is clean. It seems that they did not serve lunch for a while after the renovation, but they have now reopened. The way to enter the restaurant is still the same, taking off your shoes. I was guided to a low table in a wooden tatami room. The menu may be new. There are two main types of menu: raw fish and Fried food. They also have soba and set meals. From the seafood menu, I ordered a bluefin tuna bowl, about 1,500 yen including tax. It was served very quickly. Well, maybe they just put it on. On the tray, a tuna bowl, miso soup, pickles, and Small dish are placed. The tuna bowl is topped with five slices of red meat, seared tuna, shiso leaves, pickled ginger, and egg roll. Small dish is kiriboshi daikon. The miso soup is seaweed. When you eat it, it's just delicious tuna. The rice is sushi rice. But it's a loose finish. Sesame seeds are scattered on top. The hard rice is nice. The tuna tataki would be better if they added spring onions, but as it is, it's a bit lacking. Maybe they forgot to add them, even though it would be fine to just put them on top. The tamagoyaki was delicious. The miso soup wasn't bad either. The restaurant seems to specialize in Seafood, since they used green laver instead of wakame seaweed. Small dish of dried daikon radish was also delicious. Thank you for the meal. The tuna bowl wasn't anything special, but it was okay. This is a recommended restaurant when you're in the mood for fish. There aren't many restaurants in Tochigi that specialize in raw fish. The only thing that was a bit disappointing this time was that there was no wasabi. Maybe they forgot to put it on the shiso leaves. It wasn't even on the table.

I visited again. It was closed for renovation last year, but this is my first visit since it reopened. First of all, the wall around the store has been partially removed, making it easier to find the entrance. The inside of the store hasn't changed much. It seems that infection prevention measures such as installing partitions have been taken. When I sat down, I was asked if I wanted water or tea, so I ordered water. Water was served in a cup typical of Izakaya (Japanese-style bar). The menu, too, hadn't changed much. takeaway menu seems to have been expanded, but the lunch menu in the store has not changed. It is a Seafood and meat store. Seafood is abundant, such as tuna bowls and Seafood Bowl, and meat is abundant, such as roast beef, Yakiniku (Grilled meat), and Fried food. The salaryman support lunch, which changes every day of the week, is the same. It was a cold day, and I wasn't in the mood for sashimi, so I ordered a ginger pork set meal for 1,078 yen. It seems that they use "Sakura Pork", a brand pork from Sakura City, Tochigi. A drink is included, so I ordered hot coffee. Hot coffee was served first. It was served in a Mashiko ware? cup without a handle. Coffee...was no good. The coffee is pre-brewed, so the aroma is gone. It's a super American coffee, with no richness and watery taste. It feels like a coffee-like drink. The only drink I could choose that wasn't sweet was coffee, so I chose coffee, but juice might have been fine. The food was served quickly. On the tray, there was a large plate of ginger pork, and next to the meat was a green salad and potato salad. It came with a bowl of rice, miso soup, Small dish, and pickles. The green salad had a Cobb-like dressing. The vegetables were crisp and delicious. The potato salad was also delicious, with the potato still retaining its fluffy texture. Now, as for the meat, it was small and bite-sized. It was quite fatty. The seasoning was fine, sweet and spicy and delicious. However, the meat was a little tough for me. It may be a flavorful brand of pork, but I prefer meat with less fat and a softer texture, so it was a bit disappointing. The amount of meat was not that much. Small dish was dried radish. It was just as delicious. The rice, miso soup, and pickles were also delicious. The miso soup is made with wakame seaweed, but the broth has a nice dried sardine flavor. Thank you for the meal. There were no problems with the vegetables, rice, or miso soup. It was delicious. However, I didn't really like the meat part. The coffee was disappointing. Even though it included a drink, it wasn't particularly cheap at just over 1,000 yen. Another thing that was a bit disappointing was that they didn't provide a wet towel. I think they just forgot, but I gave it a low service rating. If the staff was nearby, they would have called out to them and brought one, but there was no call button, so I thought it was okay and made do with the tissues I had. I think it would be nice to have a call button in restaurants where the staff can't be seen from the seats. I think it's good that the restaurant seems to be cleaner and a little brighter, probably because of the renovation.

I visited Genten, a famous Izakaya (Japanese-style bar) in Shimotsuke City. Apparently, this restaurant has started serving lunch. That's the way things are now. The affiliated [a:9010858, Rest stop Store] serves lunch, so they probably have the know-how. Of course, this is my first time coming here for lunch. The parking lot next to the restaurant is large enough to accommodate more than 10 cars. When I went inside, I noticed that it was pretty clean. I've only ever come here at night, so I didn't notice. Well, maybe they've remodeled it. I took off my shoes at the entrance and went up. There are three sunken kotatsu tables, a counter, and tatami seating. Table clothes. The menu has a wide variety of seafood, Fried food, and meat set meals. Most are priced between 1000 and 1400 yen. All of these meals come with a drink. On weekdays, there is a salaryman support lunch that changes every day, and costs 980 yen. However, this does not include a drink. It was Friday, so I had a Seafood bara chirashi bowl. Let's go with that. They say they offer extra rice, but since it's my first time, I get the standard. There's high-quality soy sauce on the table. The water cup is made of high-quality metal. There's only one lady serving me. I can't see the kitchen. I wait a little while for my meal to be served. A bowl of bara chirashi, miso soup, Small dish, and pickles are served on a tray. The bowl of bara chirashi is quite large. I'm glad I didn't order a large bowl. The ingredients for the chirashi are tuna (red meat), white fish, squid, salmon, salmon roe, and egg. On the side are shiso leaves and wasabi. I dissolve the wasabi in soy sauce and pour it over the rice. The bara chirashi is quite delicious. The ingredients aren't bad either. The tuna isn't bad, and I'm not sure what kind of squid it is, but it has a soft, sticky texture and is delicious. The white meat might be two types, sea bream and yellowtail. There are some that are a little chewy and some that are soft. Small dish are Simmered dish. Konnyaku, ganmo, carrots, etc. I like the light flavor. The miso soup was fried tofu miso soup. It was piping hot. The soup stock was not bad, but the ingredients were a little lacking. It was hidden in the photo because of the shadow of the bowl, but there were pickles on a small plate behind it. The pickles were shibazuke. They were sweet and cut into large pieces, and were delicious. I was full even without the large portion. On my way out, the waiter said to me, "Work hard in the afternoon," and I left in a good mood. Thank you for the meal. The quality was not bad, and the price was excellent, with change from 1,000 yen for this amount. It's truly a lunch to support office workers. Even the regular lunch menu would be enough for a thousand and a half yen with a drink. The restaurant was clean, and the customer service was polite, which I highly praise. I believe that the rule that "lunch at privately owned Izakaya (Japanese-style bar) is excellent" was proven here. I will come again on another day of the week.