Shirakawa Sakae Gas Bldg. — Restaurant in Nagoya

Arrived the restaurant about 40 minutes before end of afternoon section. The staff firstly wouldn’t lead me to my seat and then the head chef(i think) came out and told me I have only about 30 minutes, is that ok. Of course, no other answer from me!😁

And the result,,, Right decision!! Shiraga Unagi cuisine is not in the guidebook I read, just randomly visited and it really really worth🥰

The eel rice Shiraga Hitsumabushi is served in just perfect portion. Taste was very good, and I loved the 山椒 Sanshou (Japanese pepper) here. Personally I can scent the citrus in there bergamot? Lemon peel? But it was just too perfect with the eel and sauce.

Would recommend, and me myself also definitely visit there...

We did not book for a table as a large group so we understand that it may takes longer to wait. However, whenever we go ask how much more time needed to be seated we were told to “get outside”. Very impolite.

And finally get seated (as we already wait more than 1 hour), the service isn’t that well… we ask for more water and only the one who ask for the group get the water! The rest of us has no water 👁️👄👁️… maybe it’s quite often in this kind of popular restaurants but I won’t accept it.

And the eel isn’t that good as we expected...

I really wanted to try Nagoya’s famous hitsumabushi but was always very cautious about breaking the bank. But boy did this restaurant please both the budget traveller and the foodie in me! Service was fantastic though English-speaking servers were super rare. The main dish - grilled eel on rice — tastes amazing as it is, but I especially enjoyed putting the dashi broth, nori and other condiments on my bowl of goodness! I enjoyed every minute of my meal. This girl likes her eel, and this restaurant delivered! Worth the long wait during...