Many restaurants in Japan are offering a lunch menu which could be translated as “teishoku”.
Usually it’s set around 500 and 1000 yen so working people can eat without worrying for their wallet.
A lot of restaurant bars (called izakaya in Japanese) serve simpler and cheaper menus without alcohol at lunch.
For example, here is a sashimi menu for 800 yen in a restaurant called Rikyu.
Located next to Nakano-sakaue station and it’s office building area, it’s full of office workers at lunch.
You can enjoy nice fresh fish from the season at reasonable price for lunch.
As a Japanese table manner, you have to put only a small amount of soy sauce that you’ll be sure to finish, to avoid wasting it.
Many restaurants like this one ask you if you want a normal or a big (“oomori”) serving of rice without supplement.
For girls or people without much appetite, you can ask for a smaller serving (“sukuname”).
The menu is served with a miso soup and a salad bar where you can choose your sauce and favorite vegetables.
If you want to try to have a lunch surrounded by Japanese office workers for an daily-life authentic experience, try to look for “teishoku-ya”, daily menu restaurants at noon!
More info (Japanese):
http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1319/A131903/13165367/
Map :
Local tip :
Rikyu’s boss is a retired pro-wrestler. He’s coming at the restaurant on weekends to meet his fans. ;)
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