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On the first day of my business trip to Hokkaido in February 2020, I went to dinner with a senior colleague who is from Hokkaido. When I asked where we should go for dinner, he mentioned a Genghis Khan (Mongolian barbecue) place that he always goes to. As a Genghis Khan lover, I was excited to try it out. We went to Genghis Khan 5-jo in Susukino. Although I had heard of it before, it was my first time visiting.
We opted for the all-you-can-eat and all-you-can-drink course priced at 4,500 yen. There was also a 3,600 yen course available with the main difference being the variety of lamb dishes offered, including raw lamb, mutton, and seasoned lamb, as well as lamb leg, salted green onion lamb, and raw lamb shoulder in the 4,500 yen course. The reason we chose this course was that my senior colleague absolutely loved raw lamb shoulder. Throughout the 90-minute time limit, he kept ordering and eating it continuously. It was indeed tender and more flavorful than the regular raw lamb, so it was delicious.
As for the drinks, I started with a beer, but I was a bit disappointed with the taste. It was a third-tier beer, and despite being the top-selling beer, it was not good. For an additional 300 yen, I could have upgraded to Asahi Super Dry, but I decided to switch to red wine instead.
Apart from the raw lamb shoulder, we also ordered lamb leg and mutton. I ordered the mutton as I found lamb alone to be lacking. It was a deep experience. The lamb leg I ordered was drier and had a stronger taste compared to the mutton, with strong spices to mask the gaminess. I felt like the drinks influenced my perception.
Since it was an all-you-can-drink option, I had about 5-6 glasses of red wine. And I must have had the raw lamb shoulder 5 or 6 times, I lost count. After continuously eating and drinking for 90 minutes, we used a 300 yen coupon from Tabelog at the end. We parted ways with my senior colleague after this, and although I usually go for a second round alone, I was too full today. My colleague mentioned that he wouldn't be able to eat as much if it was beef instead of lamb. That's true. I decided to head back to the hotel and relax in the hot spring.