EBISU: Ebisu Monja...Soupy pan fried batter with toppings. Great nomihoudai course but a bit smokey smelly.

What kind of Japanese foods can you actively participate in... Sukiyaki, Shabu Shabu and then there is Monjayaki. Went for the 3,500 yen full course set with 2.5 hours of nomihoudai.

Pretty big drink menu and you can re-order beers.

Cabbage with seasoned seaweed

Think this egg had noodles and pork inside.

We were allowed to select 1 style of Monja for the course.

Seafood konomiyaki

And so we selected the most expensive Monjayaki... the Margherita 1,280 yen.

Main seasoning was the basil sauce/

Waitress chopped up all the ingredients and made a circle... 

...then poured the remaining liquid into the circle.

Added a little mozzarella cheese on top and we just had to wait for most of the water to evaporate.  I'm a huge cheese fan but my friend who lives near the Tsukishima (home of Monja) said the quality was rather average.

6 Takoyaki balls. (My only Sony RX100 shot this night).

Chilled seasoned daikon radish with yuzu... this was good.

Seasoned pork plate on a bed of boiled beansprouts.

You can either have Yakisoba or Soba-Meshi (Rice dish) for the final choice.

And after a very long 2.5 hours we close with vanilla ice cream.

Overall for 3,500 yen we had a very generous course that with all you can drink menu.  The place is very smelly due to everyone making Monja so if you are planning to hit up a nice bar afterwards then this is a pass and it can get very hot so be prepared to sweat.  And for the staff... a bunch of what I can only assume part timers who neither smiled or very friendly. 

Restaurant:  Ebisu Monja

Tabelog Foodie: https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1303/A130303/13162202/

Website: http://www.bloom-co.jp/shop/ebisu/index.html

Address J: 東京都渋谷区恵比寿西1-10-10 若葉西ビル 2F

Address E: Tokyo, Shibuya-ku, Ebishi Nishi 1-10-10
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OIZUMI GAKUEN: Monja-Yaki Okonomiyaki Warabe... Quirky Doraemon owner.

Friend and his family invited me out for a little Sunday dinner. When you enter this very local Okonomiya-shop in Oizumi-Gakuen a man dressed as Doraemon will greet you with such high tension that you can't help but smile... but this high level of energy will wear you out by the end of the meal as he keep squealing away to everyone.

Pictures of nearly everything on the menu...

Ingredients for Okonomiyaki....

Pork ear (?) slices I think it was... very similar to what you will find on Okinawan restaurants.

Squid black liquid flavored meat sausages... very tender and tasty.

Potato mochi pancakes.

Okonimiyaki!  Honestly... after having amazing Okonimiyaki at Sakura in Osaka its really easy to tell what boring Okonomiyaki can be... and this was such a place.   I just knew I'd never be craving Warabe anytime in the near future.

Cold slices of Tomato... always a favorite among Japanese.

This was for the Monja-Yaki...  

Then Yaki-Soba to close the meal.

Overall this is a place to take kids... there are toys, little kids seats and the owner was very lively so there was some entertainment factor...but... as for the food you could do much better by randomly picking any Okomiyaki shop in Tokyo.  Oh and the ventilation was so bad that you will honestly come out smelling worse than a poorly ventilated Yakiniku shop... we just stunk.  Don't recommend it and the foodie score is a lowly 3.00 points so I guess others felt the same.

Shop: Monja-Yaki Okonomiyaki WARABE

Foodie Website: http://r.tabelog.com/tokyo/A1321/A132103/13008804/

Gnavi Website: http://r.gnavi.co.jp/g689200/

Address J: 東京都練馬区東大泉6-46-11

Address E: Tokyo, Nerima-ku, Higashi Oizumi 6-46-11

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