The new shop on the first basement of the Palaceside Building, "YAKINIKU PALACE B," opened on May 27 =photo above. Tokyo's state of emergency over COVID-19 has been lifted and things are gradually normalizing, yet the building's "population" is still down because of telework. Even so, customers came at lunch and some bought boxed meals. In a tough climate, a fair start.
The location is easier if you think of the former Hyakunin-tei. Around the middle of the first basement. It is a sister shop of "Asian Dining Bar SAPANA Palaceside Building," also on B1.
With the concept "selected meats, reasonable prices that change daily," the dinner menu (from 4 p.m.) offers high-end yakiniku (beef, pork, chicken, horumon, tongue) plus starters centered on chili pickles, dressed dishes and vinegared dishes, seasonal vegetable pickles, liver paste and corned beef and other a la carte, rice and noodles. Drinks include beer, sour, sake from noted brewers nationwide, shochu, plus beers of the world =photo left= and organic wine.
Lunch (11 a.m.–4 p.m.) lists a "one-plate lunch" (beef or pork 1,000 yen, chicken 980 yen) and roast-beef lunch 1,200 yen (all with salad
, rice and a drink, tax included). From 2 to 4 p.m. there is also a "YAKINIKU lunch": loin or harami 1,000 yen each, kalbi or tongue 1,200 yen each (all with salad, kimchi, soup, rice and a drink, tax included).
Takeout yakiniku bento are kalbi or harami 1,000 yen each, tongue 1,200 yen. We had the kalbi bento. Volume and flavor that say "this is meat" =photo right.
Forecasts say this summer may be hot, so to build stamina that will not lose to COVID, let's eat hearty.