GAIENMAE: T's Grill for a little Korokke Lunch... ho hum but great interior and attentive waiter.

My adventures into the small side streets of Gaienmae led me to this neat little restaurant.  Took a peek inside and there counter seating the length of the restaurant overlooking the staff at work and along the wall tables for 2-4 people.

The waiter mentioned this spot specializes in meat and said the 800yen corokke lunch set was very popular... so why not! 

Corokke came out very hot and there were little chunks of meat inside.  I assume there must be a quality feature and high rents to this but I can buy a great Corokke for 65yen at my local mom and pop butchers.  Cost performance was rather low...

BUT! Here is where you can make up for the tiny corokkes... the rice, soup and salad was all you can eat!  The service was extremely attentive and friendly... spot on perfect.  Next time I'll have to try the meat meat lunch offerings.

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I leave you with a Maserati Gran Turismo spotting.

Restaurant: T's Grill

Foodie Tabelog Link:  http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1306/A130603/13157252/

Hitosara: http://hitosara.com/0006027643/

Gnavi with coupon: http://r.gnavi.co.jp/stw9s13f0000/

Address J: 東京都港区南青山3-3-6 HPビル 1F

Address E: Tokyo, Minato-ku, Minami Aoyama 3-3-6
MAP: https://goo.gl/maps/mQ6kV

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EKODA: Oomiya SeiNiku Shop... Nostalgic mom and pop Corokkes :)

I've walked past this butcher on my random walks thru Ekoda's neat little old style shopping alleys and always peek into this shop...

As I stood on the side of the shop glancing at the different types of corokke's this little old lady about 70 or so peeked over to check on me... meaning to try the corokke here how could I walk away?  The corokkes start at a very very reasonable 67yen so I was in for two.

Lots of great looking marbled meats...

Sure would like to take this home.

The outer bread had a very nice chewiness to it and the corroke inside (think its like mashed potato, melted onions and ground pork) had a very nice chewy thick creamy texture that simply didn't fall apart... It just felt so homemade versus Seiyu's 47yen mass produced brand.  There is somethings special about buying from an elderly couple that seems to have been holding this shop down for 40-50 years.  I'll definitely be back for more!

Since my move I rarely see any more exotics... hello 2012/2013 R35 GT-R!

REVISITED a few days later!  Asked the nice old grandma if they had any more potato corokke and she said it was all old out... how can we no cheer on this shop with such friendly owners.

(A video I took on August 23, 2014)

So got the mini hotdog rapped in something, a menchi-katsu corokke and a breaded Ham (that for some reason tasted like RAID cockroach spray...hmm).  Anyways nothing beats the 67yen potato corokke but get there early!

Shop: Ooimiya Sei Niku Shop

Foodie Website: http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1321/A132101/13143250/

Town Note: Just address details

Address J: 東京都練馬区栄町37-16

Address E:  Tokyo, Nerima-ku, Sakae-cho 37-16

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SAKURADAI: Meat Kishima for some little potato Corokke's

Seiyu supermarket (backed by Wal-Mart) down the street sells many varieties of Corokke's for 49yen but I was very tempted to try this little mom & pop shop.

Starts and 90yen... there is filet Scottish Egg, filet katsu, basic Corokke, fish fry, chicken katsu, ham katsu and menchi katsu.

Picked up one Corokke and one Menchi Katsu (think its either ground beef, pork or a mix of both)

How can I go wrong if a little old lady in a kimono was also buying corokke here.

Both shapes were perfectly oval... no unique impefections.

Took one bite of the standard potato corokke... hmm... not much flavor and really quite boring.

Now for the Menchi-Katsu... yup... equally boring but I should have expected this with their lowly foodie ranking of 3.03 points.  Back to Seiyu's 49 yen Corokke's for me.!

Shop: Meat Kishima

Foodie website: http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1321/A132101/13090455/

Address J: 東京都練馬区桜台1-5-11

Address E: Tokyo, Nerima-ku, Sakuradai 1-5-11
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