Yamaya Marunouchi

Nice place In a class A office building. Delicious food. Worth waiting in a long line.

i have been overwhelmed at a long line but finally i decided to try it! i knew the reason of a long line that because everybody who ordered lunch meal can eat mentaiko as all you can eat!
waited for more than 15min on weekday lunch time and we needed to share the table with another customers it was a bit awkward to sit face to face each others. but it’s not big deal.
there are some pots filled in mentaiko, takana for each customers groups.
mentaiko goes really well with the rice, so i couldn’t help ordering free refills on rice!
they basically serve fried chickens, dried fish, chikuzenni, and pork ginger, as set meal with miso soup, rice.
chikzenni is one of local traditional cuisine of kyushu.
i prefer chikuzenni.
this shop got a heavy long line, but deserve it.

Walked past a long line at this Hakata regional cuisine restaurant and knew the crowds meant good food inside, so I had to try it.
This place seems to specialize in motsunabe but for lunch the options were grilled fish, what looked to be a very popular fried chicken dish, and a boiled chizuken set. I ordered the latter.
Chizuken is a mix of chicken and vegetables braised in a basic broth. This set focused primarily on root vegetables, with lotus root, bamboo, gobo, and carrot all featured prominently. All of them were braised to perfection within the rich and well seasoned but quite balanced chicken broth. The chicken itself was cooked well. I’m a bit crazy for lotus root so it should come as no surprise that I found it to be the highlight of the dish.
On a wet, cold rainy Saturday such as today this dish definitely was exactly the perfect meal for the day.
The rest of the lunch set included a miso soup, rice, and small vegetable dish. Complimentary cold tea was available at the table.
I’d love to come back and try the fried chicken – considering how many patrons were ordering it methinks I may have missed the crown jewel of the shop’s lunch menu.