A Japanese restaurant located about a 6-minute walk from Shiba Park Station. I visited for a weekday lunch. As of April 2024, the restaurant has a Tabelog score of 3.06. It appears to have taken over a former diner, possibly changing its business format (this is unconfirmed). Unusually for a Japanese restaurant, it clearly displays its halal certification. In the evening, they offer a halal wagyu sukiyaki course priced around 20,000 yen. For lunch, options include tempura rice bowls and wagyu beef bowls, starting at 1,500 yen. The price range is on the high side, but the interior and service are more casual. There was one party ahead of me when I arrived. From the lunch menu, I ordered the shrimp tempura rice bowl (1,800 yen). The dish was served about 7 minutes after ordering. Let’s dig in. The tempura included two shrimp, eggplant, maitake mushrooms, lotus root, green beans, large shiso leaves, and egg—quite a variety. The frying level wasn’t bad. Additionally, the rice portion was very generous, leaving me quite full. The miso soup felt like a ready-made one rather than something special. Thank you for the meal.

The restaurant that used to be here has completely changed and turned into a halal-friendly sukiyaki concept. Normally, the lunch crowd is always bustling, but this time there was only one other person besides me, which made me feel something was off. However, since I liked this place, I decided to go in. I found out that the menu had been completely revamped. I heard that the kitchen staff hasn't changed, but due to rising costs, they can no longer make the previous dishes. They've significantly raised the prices, so I'm thinking I might not come back again. The tempura bowl was 1800 yen. It was a big bowl and had an impressive appearance, but when compared to Tenya's, it definitely lacks cost-effectiveness. I really wished I could have had the previously offered dishes, like the mille-feuille cutlet.

Hamamatsucho Lunch Series (No. 1,280 in the Hamamatsucho and Shiba Park area). Today, I had lunch at this newly opened restaurant from January of this year. It’s located on the second floor of a building where a place called "Harapeko Dining" used to be. Being on the second floor, it might not be very noticeable, as there were no customers before or after me, just myself. It’s a bit of an unusual place, focusing on halal-certified ingredients. I'm not sure how much demand there is for that, but it feels like a restaurant aimed at a certain foreign clientele. The walls of the restaurant feature ukiyo-e style paintings. The basic concept is to provide halal Japanese sukiyaki. For lunch, they offer “sukiyaki don,” but there are three types of tempura bowls as well: shrimp tempura, chicken tempura, and vegetable tempura. I chose the vegetable tempura bowl for 1,500 yen. The amount of tempura was quite generous, including sweet potato, lotus root, green beans, eggplant, garlic, pumpkin, shishito peppers, and oh, there was an egg too. The frying technique was decent, and the portion size was ample. However, I felt it was a bit overpriced considering it was all vegetables. The miso soup was slightly lukewarm. When I checked the restaurant's website, I thought it would be more upscale, but the atmosphere is more like a cozy izakaya.