This is THE restaurant that I will recommend to my friends and family when they visit Tokyo. It was the only restaurant we visited twice after spending 6 days in Tokyo. I had never heard of monjayaki before visiting Tsukishima. My boyfriend and I were hungry after walking around the neighborhood and smelled what looked like okonomiyaki coming from this restaurant. The patrons were all Japanese so we were excited to try a place that was seemingly more appreciated by locals.
We immediately walked in and were greeted by kind and helpful staff. The staff takes their time to perfect the monjayaki and will chat with you (one of our servers spoke english so we were lucky to ask him a bunch of questions! I think his name is spelled Soichiro, but I'm not sure). The menu also comes in English and has a little history section at the beginning to learn more about the dish!
The experience of monjayaki is great. Your eating is well paced because you have to wait for the staff to cook your food, which allows for more conversation at the table and appreciation of your dish. It's also very entertaining to watch the staff put together all of the fresh ingredients right in front of you.
What we ordered (and loved) the 1st time: Squid ink monja with cheese Pork & kimchi monja with cheese Lychee & condensed milk drink
What we ordered (and loved) the 2nd time: Squid ink monja with cheese (so good we had to get it again) Pork, leek, & egg monja Okonomiyaki (pork & noodles - this okonomiyaki was made Hiroshima style, which focuses on layering the ingredients instead of mashing and mixing them together, and it was SO delicious. Apparently, it can be challenging to find Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki outside of Chลซgoku because most places serve Kansai-style, so we recommend this one a lot!) Lychee & condensed milk drink (again, so delicious we had to get another)
I seriously cannot recommend this place enough. I rarely write reviews that are this detailed on Google but truly believe that this place deserves it for phenomenal food and superb staff. The owner (or we at least assumed so) recognized us immediately too - it was pretty funny!
Thank you, Tsukishimamonja Okoge Tsukishima Honten team, for making our dining experience so memorable. We are going to try to replicate monja at home but will probably not be too successful haha...
ย ย ย Read moreDo not recommend this restaurant, particularly for people who can't speak Japanese. Even with the help of google translate, the communication is very difficult. They have the English menu but the price is not updated and hence incorrect (so the actual price is higher and you will only know this when you pay; they will say sorry but won't do anything else). I pointed the item (octopus & pork) on English menu where Japanese is just written below to order, but the lady still got my order wrong (octopus only). When I asked where is the pork, she said you want to add? I asked whether the item I ordered is without pork (but the menu indicates pork & octopus clearly) and then she said she is sorry and she will bring pork. When the bills come, it still shows I order octopus and add pork (of course the price is higher than that of combined flavors), on top of that prices shown in English menu are old/not updated. After the lady cooked monjayaki, she just said I can eat and left. Due to language issues, I feel she is shy and wanted to avoid interactions and I had to google how to eat monjayaki. When the bills issue occurred, I try to ask and she then started cleaning the table at one point rather than trying to explain. The entire experience is rather frustrating. The menu itself is quite sticky and the plate and seats are...
ย ย ย Read moreใชใ็งใฎ่จไบใซใฏไฝใ่จใใชใใฎใงใใ๏ผ่งฃๆใใฆใปใใใงใใ
ๆไธใคใๆใใ้ฃฒ้ฃๅบใงใใใ้ฃฏใ้ฃในใฆๆฐๅใๆชใใชใฃใใฎใฏๅใใฆใงใใใชใๆ0็นใฏใใกใชใฎใงใใใใ๏ผ
ใฌใใฅใผใ่ฆใใฐ้ๅฝ่ชใงใใในใฟใใใใใฆใฟใใชใใฌใณใใชใผใ ใจ่จใฃใฆ่กใใพใใใใใในใฆใฎในใฟใใใ่ฑ่ชใ่ฉฑใใชใใใฉใใใฏๅ จใๆฅๆฌ่ชใง็้ใใพใใใ ๅฅณๆงในใฟใใไธไบบๆใใฆไปใฎ็ทๆงในใฟใใๅ จๅกในใฟใใๆ่ฒๅใณใใชใใใฐใชใใชใใจๆใใพใใ
ไปใฎใใผใใซใฏๅผใใงใใชใใฆใ็ฅใฃใฆ่กใฃใฆไฝใๅฟ ่ฆใชใฎใใจๅฐใญใฆๅฉใใฆใใใชใใใใใ็งใใกใๅผใถๆใฏๅพ ใคใจ่จใฃใฆใใใชใใฃใใใงใใใญใใใณใง็ฌใใชใใ้จใใงใใใจๅผใใ ใๅพ ใฃใฆใไปใฎในใฟใใใๅผใใง้ใฃใฆใใพใฃใใใ้ฃใน็ฉใ้ฃๆใ ใใใฅใ็ฝฎใใฆ่กใฃใฆใใพใฃใฆ็ก้ใฎๅพ ใกใฐใใใใพใใใ่ชฌๆใงใ่กใฃใฆใใใฎใ่ชฌๆๆธใใใใกใใฅใผ็ใงใใใ็ฝฎใใชใใใฐใชใใพใใใ่ชฌๆๆธใฏๆใฃใฆ่กใฃใฆใใพใฃใฆๆกๅ ใฏใใฆใใใพใใใ
่ทๅกใๅคๅฝไบบใชใฎใงๅทฎๅฅใใใฎใๅฅฝใใชใปใฉ่กๅใใพใใๆๅใฏๅฟใใใฆใใใใใใๅคๅฝไบบใ ใใใณใใฅใใฑใผใทใงใณใ่ฒ ๆ ใชใฎใใใใใใฎใซใใฃใจใใใใไบบ็จฎๅทฎๅฅใ๏ผๆใฃใใปใฉ่กๅใใฆๅฃๅฝใใใ่ฝใกใพใใใ ็นใซ่ใ้ซใใฆใตใฃใใใใ็ท๏ผใใใในใ ใณใตใ ไผผใไบบ๏ผใจ้ซใ่ท็ดใฟใใใชไบบ๏ผ็ฐไธญไผผใไบบ๏ผใไธ็ชไบบ็จฎๅทฎๅฅ๏ผใฒใฉใใงใใ
ใใใใ็ผใใจใๅฅฝใฟ็ผใใใใใใใใใใใ็ผใใฏ่จ่ใใชใไฝใฃใใ่ชฌๆใใชใใใ ่กใฃใฆใใพใฃใฆใคใณใฟใผใใใ่ฆใชใใ้ฃในใใใใๅฅฝใฟ็ผใใฏใใจใใจใปใซใใจใใใใจใ็ฅใฃใฆไฝใใใจใใใ้ๆฟใๅใใฃใฆๆญใใชใใใฐใชใใชใใจ่ชฌๆๆธใฏๆใฃใฆใใฃใฆใๅฉใใฆใใใตใฃใใใใ็ทใใใฃใจ้ใใชใใ่ใใใตใใใใชใใจไปๆนใชใใใฆใใใใใใ ใฃใใ้ไธญใใใฏๅฅณๆง่ทๅกใใใฆๅปใฃใฆใใพใฃใใใใจใใผใบใจใฝใผในใฏๆใฃใฆใใใชใใฆใพใใใฐใใๅพ ใกใพใใใ ่จ่ใ่จใใใใชใใชใๆๅใใใกใใใจๆใฃใฆใใใๅ จ้จๆใใฆใใใฆใใใฃใฆใใใใฐใใฃใจๅพ ใฃใฆใจ่จใใฐใฉใใใใฎใๅใใใชใใงใใ ใใฎๆธฆไธญใซ้ฃในใฆใใใฎใซใฝใผในใจใใชใณใฏใฎใซใใใๅฅฝใใชใใใซใในใฆๆถใใฆใใพใใฎใซๆใฃใฆ่กใๅใซ่ใใชใใใฐใชใใชใใฎใงใฏใชใใงใใใใ๏ผใใ่ชๅใฎๅๆใซๆใฃใฆใใใจ่ใใฎใฏใฉใใใใใใช๏ฝ๏ฝ ่ชฐใ่ฆใฆใๆฎใฃใฆใใใฎใซ ใใงใซใซใใใจใฝใผใน็ผถ่คๆฐใฎๆผขๆนใซๆใฃใฆใใฃใฆๅฃๅฝใใ้จๅๆฑๆใใใฆใใ ๆจใฆใพใใใ
ๆฅๆฌๆ ่กใงๅบไผใฃใในใฟใใๅ จๅกใๆฌๅฝใซๅชใใใฆใจใฆใ่ฆชๅใงๆฐๆใกใ่ฏใใฃใใฎใงใใใๆๅพใซๆๅพใฎ้ฃไบใงๆฑไบฌใซ่ฏใใคใกใผใธใๅฐ็กใใซใใพใใใ
ไธๅธใซ ใฌใใฅใผ ๆชใ้ ใง่ฆใใฐไธใฎไบไบบใฏใใฃใจๅ้กใใใฃใใฎใซ่จ่ใ ใๆ่ฒใใฆๅคๅใใใใจใใใใใกใใจๅ้ก่งฃๆฑบใใฆใปใใใงใใในใฟใใใใคใณใใๆฌ็ฉใฎ0็นใงใใ่ชฐใฏๆฑใๆตใใชใใ้ฃใน็ฉไฝใใ่ชฐใฏ่ชๅใใใใใใใจใ ใไฝใใใญใใใณใง้จใใงใใใใใใใช้ขจใซ่กๅใใชใใใใซใใฒ๏ผใ้กใใใพใใ็กๆใฎ้ฃใน็ฉใ้ฃในใใฎใงใฏใชใใใ้ใๅบใใฆ้ฃในใใฎใซๆฐๅใๆชใใงใใ
์ ์ ๊ธ์๋ ์๋ฌด๋ฐ ๋ง๋ ์ํ์ฃ ? ํด๋ช ํด์ฃผ๋ฉด ์ข๊ฒ ์ต๋๋ค.
๋ณ ํ๊ฐ๋ ์๊น์ด ์์์ ์ ๋๋ค. ๋ฐฅ๋จน๋ค๊ฐ ๊ธฐ๋ถ ๋๋น ์ง๊ฑฐ ์ฒ์์ ๋๋ค. ์ ๋ณ 0์ ์ ์๋๋๊ฑธ๊น์?
๋ฆฌ๋ทฐ ๋ณด๋ฉด ํ๊ตญ์ด ํ ์ ์๋ ์ง์์ด ์๊ณ ๋ค๋ค ์น์ ํ๋ค๊ณ ํด์ ๊ฐ๋๋ฐ ๋ชจ๋ ์ง์์ด ์์ด๋ฅผ ๋ชปํ๋๊ฑด์ง ์ํ๋๊ฑด์ง ์์ ์ผ๋ณธ์ด๋ก๋ง ์ํตํ์ด์. ์ฌ์ ์ง์ ํ๋ถ ๋นผ๊ณ ๋ค๋ฅธ ๋จ์ ์ง์๋ค ์ ๋ถ ์ง์๊ต์ก ๋ค์ ํด์ผ๋ ๊ฑฐ ๊ฐ์์.
๋ค๋ฅธ ํ ์ด๋ธ์ ๋ถ๋ฅด์ง ์์๋ ์์์ ๊ฐ์ ๋ญ ํ์ํ๋๊ณ ๋ฌป๊ณ ๋์์ฃผ๋ฉด์ ์ ์ ์ ํฌ๊ฐ ๋ถ๋ฅผ๋๋ ๊ธฐ๋ค๋ฆฌ๋ผ๊ณ ๋ง ํ๊ณ ์ค์ง๋ ์์์ด์. ์ฃผ๋ฐฉ์์ ์์ผ๋ฉด์ ๋ ๋ค๊ณ ์๊ธธ๋ ๋ถ๋ ๋๋ ๊ธฐ๋ค๋ฆฌ๋ผ๊ณ ํด๋๊ณ ๋ค๋ฅธ ์ง์ ๋ถ๋ฌ์ ๋ณด๋ด๋ฒ๋ฆฌ๊ณ ์์๋ ์ฌ๋ฃ๋ง ํญ ๋๊ณ ๊ฐ๋ฒ๋ ค์ ๋ฌดํ ๊ธฐ๋ค๋ฆผ๋ง ์์ฒญ ํ์ด์. ์ค๋ช ์ด๋ผ๋ ํ๊ณ ๊ฐ๋๊ฐ ์ค๋ช ์ ํ ๋ฉ๋ดํ์ด๋ผ๋ ๋ ๋ฌ์ผ ๋๋๋ฐ ์ค๋ช ์์ ๊ฐ์ ธ๊ฐ๋ฒ๋ฆฌ๊ณ ์๋ด๋ ํด์ฃผ์ง๋ ์์์.
์ง์๋ค์ด ์ธ๊ตญ์ธ์ด๋ผ์ ์ฐจ๋ณํ๋๊ฑด๊ฐ ์ถ์ ์ ๋๋ก ํ๋ํด์. ์ฒ์์๋ ๋ฐ๋น ์ ๊ทธ๋ฐ๊ฐ๋ณด๋ค, ์ธ๊ตญ์ธ์ด๋ผ ์ํต์ด ๋ถ๋ด์ค๋ฌ์ด๊ฐ๋ณด๋ค ํ๋๋ฐ ๊ณ์ ์๋ค๋ณด๋๊น ์ธ์ข ์ฐจ๋ณ์ธ๊ฐ? ์๊ฐ๋ค ์ ๋๋ก ํ๋ํด์ ์ ๋ง ๋จ์ด์ก์ด์. ํนํ ํค์๊ณ ํตํตํ ๋จ์(๋น ๋๋์ค ๋ฌธ์ค ๋ฎ์ ์ฌ๋)๋ ๋์ ์ง๊ธ๊ฐ์ ์ฌ๋(๋ค๋์นด ๋ฎ์ ์ฌ๋)์ด ์ ์ผ ์ธ์ข ์ฐจ๋ณ? ์ฌํด์.
๋ชฌ์์ผ๋ผ๋ ์ค๊ผฌ๋ ธ๋ฏธ์ผ๋ผ๋ฅผ ์์ผฐ๋๋ฐ ๋ชฌ์์ผ๋ผ๋ ๋ง๋ ์์ด ๋ง๋ค๋๋ ์ค๋ช ๋ ์์ด ๊ทธ๋ฅ ๊ฐ๋ฒ๋ ค์ ์ธํฐ๋ท๋ณด๋ฉด์ ๋จน์๊ณ , ์ค๊ผฌ๋ ธ๋ฏธ์ผ๋ผ๋ ์๋ ์ ํ๋ผ๋ ๊ฒ์ ์์์ ๋ง๋ค๋ ค๊ณ ํ๋๋ฐ ์ฒ ํ๋ ์์์ ๋ฆ๊ณ ํด์ผ๋๋ค๊ณ ํ๊ณ ์ค๋ช ์๋ ๊ฐ์ง๊ณ ๊ฐ๋ฒ๋ฆฌ๊ณ , ๋์๋ฌ๋ผ๊ณ ํ๋๊น ํตํตํ ๋จ์๊ฐ ๊ณ์ ๋๋ง๋ค๋๋ฉด์ ๋ค์ ์ฒ๋ ์ํ๋ค๊ณ ์ด์ฉ ์ ์์ด ํด์ฃผ๋ ๊ฑฐ ๊ฐ๋๋ ์ค๊ฐ๋ถํฐ๋ ์ฌ์ ์ง์์์ผ์ ๋ ๋๊ฒจ๋ฒ๋ฆฌ๋๋ ๋ง์๋ค์ฆ๋ ์์ค๋ ๊ฐ์ ธ๋ค์ฃผ์ง๋ ์์์ ๋ ํ์ฐธ ๊ธฐ๋ค๋ ธ์ด์. ๋ง์ ํ๊ธฐ ์ซ์ผ๋ฉด ์ฒ์๋ถํฐ ์ ๋๋ก ๊ฐ์ ธ๋ค ์ฃผ๋๊ฐ ๋ค ๋นผ๋จน์ด๋๊ณ ๊ฐ์ ธ๋ค ๋ฌ๋ผ๊ณ ํ๋ฉด ๊ณ์ ๊ธฐ๋ค๋ฆฌ๋ผ๊ณ ๋ง ํ๋ฉด ์ด์ฉ์๋ ๊ฑด์ง ๋ชจ๋ฅด๊ฒ ์ด์. ๊ทธ ์์ค์ ๋จน๊ณ ์๋๋ฐ ์์ค๋ ์๋ฃ์ ์ปต ๋ง๋๋ก ๋ค ์น์๋ฒ๋ฆฌ๋๋ฐ ๋ค๊ณ ๊ฐ๊ธฐ ์ ์ ๋ฌผ์ด์ผ๋๋๊ฑฐ ์๋๊ฐ์? ์ด๋ฏธ ์๊ธฐ ๋ง๋๋ก ๋ค๊ณ ๊ฐ๋ค๊ฐ ๋ฌป๋๊ฑด ์ด์ฉ์๋ ๊ฑด์งใ ใ ๋๊ฐ ๋ด๋ ๋จ์์์๋๋ฐ ์ด๋ฏธ ์ปต์ด๋ ์์คํต ์ฌ๋ฌ๊ฐ ํ๋ฐฉ์ ๊ฐ์ ธ๊ฐ๋ฉด์ ์ ๋ฟ๋ ๋ถ๋ถ ์ค์ผ๋๊ฐ์ง๊ณ ๊ทธ๋ฅ ๋ฒ๋ ธ์ด์.. ์ง์ง ๋ ๋ญ๋น..
์ผ๋ณธ์ฌํํ๋ฉด์ ๋ง๋ฌ๋ ๋ชจ๋ ์ง์๋ค ์ ๋ง ์ฐฉํ๊ณ ๋๋ฌด ์น์ ํด์ ๊ธฐ๋ถ์ด ์ข์์๋๋ฐ ํํ ๋ง์ง๋ง๋ ๋ง์ง๋ง ์์ฌ์์ ๋์ฟ์ ์ข์ ์ด๋ฏธ์ง๋ฅผ ๋ง์ณ๋ฒ๋ ธ์ด์.
์ฌ์ฅ๋๊ป ๋ฆฌ๋ทฐ ์์ข์ ์์ผ๋ก ๋ณด๋ฉด ์์ ์๋ ๋ ์ฌ๋๋ค์ ๊ณ์ ๋ฌธ์ ๊ฐ ์๋๋ฐ ๋ง๋ก๋ง ๊ต์กํ๊ณ ๋ณํ์ํจ๋ค๊ณ ํ์ง๋ง๊ณ ์ ๋๋ก ๋ฌธ์ ํด๊ฒฐํ์ผ๋ฉด ์ข๊ฒ ์ต๋๋ค. ์ง์ ๋ง์ธ๋๊ฐ ์ง์ง 0์ ์ ๋๋ค. ๋๊ตฌ๋ ๋ ํ๋ฆฌ๋ฉด์ ์์ ๋ง๋ค๊ณ ๋๊ตฌ๋ ์๊ธฐ๊ฐ ํ๊ณ ์ถ์ ๊ฒ๋ง ๋ง๋ค๊ณ ์ฃผ๋ฐฉ์์ ๋ ๋ค๊ณ ์๋๋ฐ ๊ทธ๋ฐ์์ผ๋ก ํ๋ํ์ง ๋ง๋ผ๊ณ ๊ผญ!! ์ ๋ฐ ์ ํด์ฃผ์ธ์. ๊ณต์ง ์์ ๋จน์ ๊ฒ๋ ์๋๊ณ ๋...
ย ย ย Read more