Name: Sushi Izakaya Matsu-chan / すし居酒屋松ちゃん
Style: Izakaya
Neighborhood: Roppongi / 六本木
Website: None but Yahoo Gourmet page is here
My friend Jill was in town a few weeks ago and some acquaintances took her to an izakaya she was raving about. I tried to meet up with them but due to some cellphone troubles on Jill's end we didn't connect. Fortunately, I met up with her acquaintances for a night out and we went back to Sushi Izakaya Matsu-chan.
This is a classic Japanese izakaya, with cheap prices no less, even though it's in the middle of Roppongi (it's very near Tokyo Midtown). It definitely is not a tourist place, most of the customers were Sabiro-wearing Sararimen, and I didn't notice any other gaijin at all on a busy Friday night. And when I say cheap, I mean pretty cheap: on Friday night draft beers were 290yen for a good-sized glass; if you come between 5-9pm on weeknights, they run a special for 180yen!
The food we had was all good, classic Izakaya fare like karaage (Japanese fried chicken), agedashi tofu, edamame, saba (mackeral) shioyaki. The standout, though, was wakadori yuzu shozou yaki, grilled young chicken with spicy yuzu sauce. Completely yummy!
The place is very busy on prime hours Friday and Saturday so you might want to make a reservation: phone number is 03-5775-7707. Be sure to have a link to the map as well: this place is really, really difficult to find if you haven't been there before. It's on a side street of a side street, even though you're only 2 minutes from Midtown!
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