Tengu

Tengu Restaurant Tokyo

Tengu is a chain of izakaya restaurants found all over Tokyo.  I have been to a couple of them, but I find the one just outside the Shinjuku station convenient.  It is located upstairs of the UniQlo store right near the station exit.  We proceeded to have a great time eating some very tasty inexpensive dishes.  This Tokyo restaurant offers yakitori (grilled chicken gizzards, along with regular chicken parts) 126 Yen per skewer, kari kari gobo salad (deep fried shaved burdock root on a tossed salad with fried shrimp) 500 Yen, cheese pizza 600 Yen.  The restaurant serves the more traditional dishes like sashimi, salads, tempura, oysters, chicken katsu, to mention a few, all at a reasonable price.  This Tokyo restaurant serves drinks that are quite reasonable too, with 180 ml glasses of sake' for 399 Yen, glasses of shochu for 400 Yen, and mugs of beer for 500 Yen.  The izakaya is noisy with mostly working folks, but with super drinks and lots of great, inexpensive food, it's worth it.  For more information on this topic or Japan, please go to http://traveljapan-us.com/.