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Yesterday I was carrying like 3 duffle bags around Daikanyama before going to the restaurant, was sweating pools, was hungry and just wanted some food and my girlfriend was being pretty short tempered - went into the first place I saw, thought it was just some generic Youshoku-ya in Daikanyama on the main street. Turned out it was Ogawaken, a famous restaurant. Been a family restaurant for over 100 years. Completely empty at 1pm, but they had like 12 guys working in this enormous, spotless open kitchen, and the old man (Ogawa himself) was barking orders at everybody with his arms crossed. Looked like a very romanticized version of a French kitchen. Restaurant was incredibly stuffy, should probably check your sense of humor at the door.
(not my pictures) Had a green salad and chicken curry rice, she had a belgian endive salad and an omurice (homemade ketchup, the works). My salad was just 30 or so small leafs of iceberg impeccably dressed in a white vinaigrette, all placed exactingly in a bowl. A little clump of shiso chiffonade on top, that was it. It was great, I'd eat that salad with every meal.
Curry rice looked like this:
They have a wagyu beef stew on their menu, it's like $80 a plate. Did not order, obviously. Like I said, you really should not have a sense of humor if eating here. Looks like this
(not my pictures) Had a green salad and chicken curry rice, she had a belgian endive salad and an omurice (homemade ketchup, the works). My salad was just 30 or so small leafs of iceberg impeccably dressed in a white vinaigrette, all placed exactingly in a bowl. A little clump of shiso chiffonade on top, that was it. It was great, I'd eat that salad with every meal.
Curry rice looked like this:
They have a wagyu beef stew on their menu, it's like $80 a plate. Did not order, obviously. Like I said, you really should not have a sense of humor if eating here. Looks like this
