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Surprisingly, there is a great restaurant in an inconspicuous place. I used to live around here a long time ago. Back then, there were no restaurants that regular people could enter. This area has also become very safe. I think it changed drastically around the time Mark City was built. In the past, it was not a safe area for regular people to walk around at night. Even I used to live in this kind of area. There are several restaurants around here, and I have already explored most of the ones along Doganzaka, so I decided to try something new. I was drawn into a wooden door shop by the sight of salarymen going in, and when I looked at the menu outside, it was full of fish dishes. That looks interesting. I entered the shop, which had just opened for the day at noon, and there were 2-3 customers already seated. It was a small shop with only a counter. The daily specials included salmon fry, salted mackerel, salmon belly, grilled hokke fish, and simmered silver whiting, all fish dishes. Oh, salted mackerel sounds good, but I can't resist the silver whiting either. Then I saw another menu item called "Cost Experiment Lab." Basically, they offer raw seafood bowls at a low cost, but the name was so cool that I couldn't resist. Although I was initially thinking about grilled fish with grated daikon, I ended up ordering the seafood bowl. It was the top item from the Cost Experiment Lab menu, priced just under 1,000 yen. I have eaten many so-called seafood bowls before that were disappointing, with too much tamagoyaki or mostly octopus. But this one was very traditional. The fish was thick and the whitebait was delicious. The only side dish was miso soup (although the menu mentioned pickles... did they forget?). The pickles were all-you-can-eat and were placed on the table. This place is really great. The seafood bowl was delicious, but I also want to try the silver whiting they serve for lunch. I left a little early that day, which was lucky. There weren't many people going to work, so many places around here were empty during lunchtime, but this place started getting customers one after another from around noon. There were people waiting outside. Oh, this place has couple seats. Even if you're a woman, it's uncomfortable to sit next to a stranger, but in such a small shop, there's no way to avoid it. I imagined quickly eating to avoid sitting next to someone I don't know, but it seems like the custom is to not seat people too close together, so they make people wait outside. This means you can't eat leisurely. Because it's a small shop, they probably need to fill it up to make money. Next time, I'll come with someone else.