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About this place
If you’re weighing up the lunch options, the “Choose 2 items” and “Choose 3 items” sets let you start by picking your meat. Choices include loin, kalbi, harami, shimacho, salted liver, salted Ichiban-dori chicken and sausage. The 2-item set comes to 110–200g in total, while the 3-item set contains 160–300g. One diner who chose the 3-item set on a Saturday ordered 6 kinds of meat for 2 people, with rice, miso soup, salad and pickles. They particularly enjoyed the marbling on the kalbi and loin, noting that the sauce-coated meat went well with rice. Kalbi can be seasoned with sauce, salt or spicy umami seasoning; harami is available with the same choices. It’s an easy format for choosing a favourite seasoning or comparing several kinds of meat in smaller portions.
One account of an evening meal with a group describes a platter of kalbi, loin, harami and boneless short rib, alongside pork, chicken thigh, grilled vegetables, rice, soup, kimchi and salad. With several meats as well as vegetables, kimchi and rice, it offers a varied meal to share.
For a finish with noodles, look for Shigoro reimen, named after the restaurant. A diner who ordered it with harami mentioned the noodles’ distinctive texture and the generous number of toppings; another recalled the sweetness of the cold noodles, which they tried for the first time at the end of a yakiniku meal. The menu also includes gukbap, bibimbap and sundubu, so you can end with noodles, a rice dish or soup.
Nikuyakiya Shigoro is in Hakozaki. Lunch is served on Saturdays and Sundays, and the restaurant opens for dinner except on Thursdays. Some diners say they return for weekend lunches, while others recommend booking. If you’re planning ahead, consider making a reservation—and think about which meats and seasonings to choose, as well as what to order to finish.
