ZOJIRUSHI ‘GOHAN’ RESTAURANT Tokyo — Restaurant in Tokyo

We found this place as we were exploring the KITTE building and wanted to have dinner. We were drawn to the rice they serve here and the variety of it. We ordered the set meals and had one sake flight and one tea flight. Both were very interesting and tasty. The food was good, but not great. The varuous small dishes were mostly served cold, but the main dish was served hot, but it was not as hot as we would have liked it to be. The rice was very tasty and specially with the sesame seed grinder it was absolutely delicious and brought the food to new levels. One of my favorite parts was the house made rice ice cream which was very innovative and new for me, as you could still get little bits of pieces of rice in there...the texture was a bit like house made coconut ice cream. Absolutely delicious!

The atmosphere was nice but a bit cold, the view of the Tokyo station was very nice and overall we enjoyed our time, but would not...

A bit tricky to find a good but affordable spot in this building — this one’s on the 5th floor, not the 1st! It’s a small place with a straightforward menu. We ordered two lunch sets, which came to around ¥5,100 in total — pretty good value. I think the brand actually makes rice cookers, so no surprise they focus heavily on rice. You can choose from three types, and refills are free. I finished my set and even poured some soup into the rice bowl to end the meal — super filling and really...

En entrant dans ce restaurant, j’ai eu l’impression de me retrouver au cœur d’un Japon intemporel : des samouraïs imaginaires, aucune ombre de yakuza, et des hôtesses élégantes, telles des geishas, qui servaient le riz avec grâce et générosité.

Ce riz n’était pas banal : il portait à la fois une pointe d’amertume, une douceur subtile et un parfum profondément japonais. Chaque plat semblait conçu spécialement pour le voyageur itinérant que j’étais.

Ce que je cherchais, ce n’était pas simplement un repas, mais une véritable aventure culinaire. Et chaque bouchée me transportait dans un voyage suspendu, comme si le passé s’invitait à ma table. On n’a plus envie de revenir à la réalité : on ne veut que prolonger le voyage. Ce restaurant m’a offert bien plus qu’un dîner, il m’a offert une traversée dans un autre temps et un autre...