One of my favourite Bar-b-q niku places in Tokyo

I guess it's been a while since I last blogged here. It's been a busy month. Those intensive Nihongo classes really take up a lot of time in the most unexpected ways.

Speaking of Nihongo classes, I just took my classmates to one of my favourite yakiniku type places in Tokyo, Negishi. I've only ever been the Shibuya branch, but there's apparently one in Shinjuku and one other large neighbourhood as well. We went to the one in Shibuya as it's just a stone's throw from the school.

Upon first glance at the relatively simple menu, they thought the prices were rather high for what you were getting. But after one bite, they were converts. They, like me, think the food there is fantastic. The meat there is done well and the sauces are spiced up nicely. We each ordered a set different menu course and sampled from each other's plates. Although, the tororo soup, the pork soup stock, rice mixed with oats, and the pickled veggies seemed to be staples for almost every dish, so there was really no need to share those ones.

Here's a close up of our various dishes:

Access to the one in Shibuya:
1. get to Shibuya eki on any line and get to the Hachiko exit
2. walk up the street that's got the 109 on the right and the Tsutaya with the Starbuck on the left; make sure you are on the same side as the Tsutaya record store.
3. When you get to the cross street with the 2 Marui Department stores (logo is 0101 in large red and white) cross in a straight line towards the one that has a MacDonald's at the bottom. The other Marui should be visible to your right.
4. Once you pass that intersection, turn left and the Marui with the MacDonald's should now be on your right.
5. Walk about 2 small blocks and look to your right and down into a stairway going to a basement restaurant. That's Negishi. It is just passed an Excelsior Cafe shop. Across the street diagonally, you will see the Parco Department store. If you hit a Denny's on your right, you've gone too far.

Good luck. It's well worth the effort. My set menu with 2 kinds of bar-b-q meat and sauces and other side dishes was about 1400 yen. My friend had the stew and 2 side dishes and that was 1200 yen. You can get a set meal for 800 with a single type of meat (pork or beef) and one flavour.