Cold winter weather has finally arrived. Hotpot cuisine is a classic option for warming one's body and mind in the winter. This winter, enjoy evolved hotpot options that are different from what is usually available. Here are 5 recommended restaurants where guests can enjoy a rich variety of new sensations in hotpot cuisine, from Tokyo's gourmet battlegrounds Roppongi, Ebisu, and Akasaka.
Akasaka - Mushiko
A new flavor style is called Steamed Hotpot Cuisine, in which fresh seafood dances in steam.
Located a 5-minute walk from Tameike-sanno Station. Mushiko is a restaurant that serves Steamed Hotpot Cuisine, a new style that has evolved the hotpot cuisine steamboat style, which is popular in Asia and has evolved here in Japan. The extract dripping from the steamed fresh seafood has exquisitely delicious flavors that match the soup made with intense effort by the head chef. In addition, there are courses that let guests enjoy Miyazaki's Ozaki Beef, called fantastical Wagyu beef, as sukiyaki or shabu-shabu.
Mushiko
Address: 2-19-12, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Roppongi - Iberico-ya Roppongi Branch
Extremely luxurious shabu-shabu that can be enjoyed with the rare best rank of Iberico pork
The Iberico-ya-yappongi branch is located a 4-minute walk from Roppongi Station on the subway. Here, guests can enjoy Real Bellota®︎, the highest rank of Iberico pork (of which only 2% qualifies), as well as fresh ham and shabu shabu. The Iberico Pork Lettuce Shabu Hotpot, which lets guests choose their own broth from Japanese-style collagen and ginger, is highly recommended. Guests can enjoy copious amounts of seasonal vegetables along with the Special Loin and Upper Belly.
Iberico-ya Roppongi Branch
Access: 4 minutes walk from Roppongi Station
Roppongi - TANIARASHI
Enjoy sophisticated tastes that change preconceived ideas of Chanko Hotpot in a high-quality space.
TANIARASHI
Access: 9 minutes walk from Roppongi Station
Ebisu - Takiniku Meijin Wagyu Maru Ebisu Branch
Copious amounts of domestically made vegetables and cooked delicious flavors! Boiled meat is a healthy specialty cuisine.
Located a 3-minute walk from JR Ebisu Station. Takiniku Meijin Wagyu Maru Ebisu Branch is a restaurant where guests can enjoy Meijin Wagyu beef, which has 55% oleic acid and is raised with special feed. Their specialty cuisine, Boiled Meat, features Meijin Wagyu beef and copious amounts of domestic-made vegetables cooked in a custom-ordered iron griddle hotpot and can be enjoyed with sweet and spicy sauce or ponzu sauce. Experience the deep, delicious flavors that can only be provided by meat and vegetables that have been boiled.
The relaxing restaurant interior mainly features comfortable and spacious table seats, and the food can be enjoyed while being cooked at each table. They have semi-private rooms, which are perfect for dates, and completely private rooms that can hold up to 8 people. There are couple plans that are only available on weekends and national holidays, and courses aimed at groups of female guests. Weekend dates and girls' nights out are sure to be made more exciting with the high-quality Takiniku (cooked meat), which lets one enjoy this dish in a rare style.
Takiniku Meijin Wagyu Maru Ebisu Branch
Closed: None
Average price: [Dinner] 6,500 JPY / [Lunch] 2,000 JPY
Access: 3-minute walk from the West Exit of Ebisu Station on the JR Yamanote Line / It's located just before the Ebisu Shrine
Address: 1F, Fujiwara Bldg. Anex, 1-10-11, Ebisu-nishi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Map
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Ebisu - Kushiyu Kaisen Kairi
Feel the power of heaps of seafood and monkfish liver! The New Seafood Internal Organs Hotpot Red has amazing flavors and impact.
Kushiyu Kaisen Kairi is located a 5-minute walk from JR Ebisu Station. It is a seafood izakaya bar that boasts fresh, raw oysters and shrimp. They also boast Seafood Internal Organs Hotpot, in which rich miso soup with a monkfish liver base brings out the richness in the seafood, such as the large raw oysters and shrimp, which are delicious despite being raw. The head chef's original New! Seafood Internal Organs Hotpot Red is highly recommended. The delicious flavors are highly addictive thanks to the spiciness of the homemade Mala seasoning.
Kushiyu Kaisen Kairi
Closed: Year-end and New Year holidays (12 / 31-1 / 5).
Access: 5-minute walk from Ebisu station
Address: 102 Blossom Dairokuten Bldg., 1-13-5, Ebisu-Nishi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Map
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