Ikkaku Marugame head shop — Restaurant in Marugame

A head shop of one of the more popular restaurants in Kagawa that does not involve udon. There was already a ten-person line when I went there fifteen minutes before the opening time. The inside looks like a cozy izakaya with a large personal counter area and some table seats for group dining. I ordered their oyadori, torimeshi and some beer. The oyadori was very flavorful, but very gamey and chewy like a well-done steak; definitely not for beginners. There is also the hinadori version but what’s the thrill with that. Since the chicken is very chewy, you could go to town while eating and no one will judge you. The torimeshi came a little later, I wish they arrived at the same time as the chicken. They also offer takeout for their chicken in both cooked and frozen form at the...

Extremely popular restaurant and deservedly so.

I highly recommend this place for honetsuki dori, the fantastic chicken leg but with one major caveat: always order the young chicken (Hinadori).

Their Hinadori is juicy, flavorful and full of umami. An absolute delight.

It was so good i went back a few days later to try the other chicken, the adult chicken or Oyadori. It was terrible- the adult chicken isn’t just firm- its horribly tough to chew and felt like my jaws were getting a workout. It was nowhere in the same league as the Hinadori and baffles me that it costs more than Hinadori

I visited the restaurant again for the third time, of course i got the Hinadori and it was divine. Highly recommended- but only the Hinadori. If i were rating the Oyadori, it will only...

Only two items in the menu - young chicken on a bone (hinatori?), which is soft, or old chicken on a bone (oyadori?), which is chewy (and more flavorful they say)

I ordered the young chicken on a bone plus the rice meal (torimeshi). It was great, and I definitely loved the chicken grease! Haha. But this is after falling in line for about 70minutes.

On reservations, there are days where they allow for it and days they don't. Usually, they don't have reservations on a holiday. They have branches in Tokyo and other places too, so no need to fall in line...