Kamameshi Nakai — Restaurant in Tokyo

It's a beautiful little restaurant back in the Okutama Hills. The building is the traditional style and has a gorgeous garden in the front. For being so small and off the beaten path, it's actually very popular and well run to accommodate a good amount of guests. I went on a cold November night and was still comfortable seated in the outside terrace thanks to the heater they had outside.

The service is great! They also take all kinds of payment forms which is pretty rare in those countryside restaurants.

But the food is certainly the highlight. Very clean. Very homemade. Very natural. After a day of hiking in the area it totally hit the spot.

The rice they serve is very high quality. I would like to ask them which prefecture it comes from. The pickled items are just the right type of funky, and the shiitake mushrooms were delicious and almost tasted like beef.

My o-kazu was pork yakiniku with dark miso sauce, which was so good.

I will definitely be returning and recommending to friends. I'll have to try their signature dish next...

The restaurant interior and surroundings create a lovely atmosphere to have a meal in. We arrived just after midday on a Sunday, and probably because of snowy and wet weather on the previous day, we waited less than 10-minutes before being seated. Staff are somewhat unsmiling. And the seasonal chicken and burdock kamameshi set I ordered was good, but slightly lacking in some way in terms of flavor, and is really nothing special enough for me to...

今日は、7カ月振りの訪問。奥多摩の「釜めし なかい」に行って来ました👍👍👍　こちらは、美味しい釜めしを出してくれるお店で有名❗

私は、ここの焼き魚が好きで食べにきた次第です😄😄😄注文したのは虹鱒定食と1人1本限定の焼き鳥を。　魚は、囲炉裏を使って焼き上げるので他の料理より倍以上かかります。そんな訳で途中、簡単につまめる物として焼き鳥も注文しました。

まずは焼き鳥。見た目でわかりますか、かなりの肉厚❗❗❗赤黒く焼けた鶏皮が香ばしい⤴⤴⤴柔らかく弾力のある肉❗中は熱々❗ こんな焼き鳥食べた事がない👊👊👊 めちゃ美味しいです👍👍👍

そして「虹鱒定食」肉の多いニジマスは食べごたえあります❗ほくほくとして美味しい⤴⤴⤴...