HIGASHI NAKANO: E`Z Mart in Atre Dept. Store for their incredibly delicious healthy bentos! 30% off from 8:30pm! MUST GOOO ! (Sony RX100M2)

Atre is one of the higher end Department Stores here in Japan and picked up two bento`s that were 30% off... Just got lucky with the timing. 

There was a sign that said Bento`s 30% off with discount stickers placed on about 1/3 of the items.  Asked the friendly cashier if the discount applied to all bento`s....she said YES! 

Gyu-Meshi Bento here. 

Scored the Iberico Pork bento!  

The iberico pork was sooooo tender! Garlic sauce sooooo tasty!  Sitting on a bed of rice.

Small side of pickled veggies.

2nd Bento. Veggies and chicken seasoned with Honey Mustard Sauce!

Soooo healthy... YUM!

These bento`s were sooo much healthier choice than the Hotto Motto or Origin franchise spots you see in Japan.  Definitely pick one up if you spot an Atre!  Lots of super healthy bento options!!

Department Store: E`Z Mart Higashi Nakano Atre

Japanese: イーズマート アトレヴィ東中野店

Tabelog Foodie: https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1319/A131901/13191439/

Address J: 東京都中野区東中野4-4-26 アトレヴィ東中野 1F

Address E:  Tokyo, Nakano-ku, Higashi Nakano 4-4-6. Atre 1F

MAP: https://goo.gl/maps/JmcRTMVeqG4HyRBJA

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HIGASHI NAKANO: Yakiton Teruteru... Cozy counter seating with unhappy staff and watery motsu-nikomi (Sony RX100)

Its Golden Week in Japan! 10 days off for most everyone!  So I had to explore a rather busy Yakiton spot in Higashi Nakanno. 

This looks like their lunch set menu. 

Yakiton menu. Yaki is grill and Ton is pork. Most are familiar with Yakitori (Tori is Chicken).

Drink Menu.

Very unusual to see such a huge bottle of Red Star Sapporo Beer!  Usually its one step smaller.

Anyways I sat down directly in front of 2 chefs that looked like zombies... nobody was happy here. Waited over 5 minutes to see if they would ask me what I`d like to order... nope.  Not very customer friendly. 

Huge fan of Motsu-Nikomi and its the house specialty here! 

Quite the volume for 450 yen (100 yen extra for additional boiled egg).

After one bite this was sooo watery and incredibly flavorless.  Wow... never had it this bad. 

Lots of great Japanese oldies on the BGM. 

The main Yakiton chef. 

OK! Took the risk to order the Omakase 3 piece set for 291 yen

Yup! I knew it! The sauce was sooo tasty! But as for these parts there are very rubbery... kind of like chewing a piece of rubber so you either have to swallow it or just keep on chomping. 

Seasonings.

As I paid the waiter gave me a little plastic bag with this note.  It reads "Thank you very much for coming to our shop. Hope you have an enjoyable time here. We would be so happy if you could use our home made carrot dressing. From Yakiton TeruTeru Higashi Nakano branch.. smiley face." What the first and only smile is this!

How many drops of carrot juice is this?  Gonna have to buy a super tiny salad.

Overall its a cozy restaurant that seems to have a great variety of izakaya foods but the unhappy staff made the experience rather bleak.  Maybe a great place to go with friends or on a date if you don`t mind the staff.  

Restaurant: Yakiton Teruteru Higashi Nakano Branch

Tabelog Foodie: https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1319/A131901/13187784/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/east_teruteru/

Address J: 東京都中野区東中野3-6-18

Address E: Tokyo, Nakano-ku, Higashi Nakano 3-6-18

MAP: https://g.page/yakitonteruteru2?share

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