ぐるまに2020
【Restaurant Name】Charcoal Izakaya IGOR COSY Shibuya Main Store【Price】5,000 yen per person【Visit Time】Visited around 17:00 on a holiday【Waiting Time】Visited by reservation, recommended to save for reference before going to the store【Menu Received】"Standard Course" 6 dishes + drinks impressionsThe shochu was delicious, and I was invited by Ryota to visit this place. The interior of the store is very luxurious and stylish! It's definitely a great place for a date, but it seems like it could also be great for entertaining clients. The Standard Course was recommended, so I chose that course. First, we were served with an appetizer. It was like a bruschetta, but when I heard the explanation, it was a mix of Japanese tapenade sauce with anchovies, black olives, and simmered seaweed, topped with Jerusalem artichoke chips. What!? The overwhelming deliciousness from the appetizer was incredible!Next was Hasegawa Farm's mushroom salad. The mushrooms were served raw, topped with olive oil and pickled cheese. The crunchiness was amazing, and the aroma was really good!Then came the Miyazaki Kuroiwadori chicken tataki. The breast and thigh meat were cooked over charcoal and served rare. The taste was unbelievable with the charcoal flavor, and the texture and umami of the meat were outstanding! The tataki was served with just salt to enjoy the flavor of the ingredients. The taste was so good that it was hard to stop eating it!The next dish was sea urchin shumai with lime leaf aroma. The power of the sea urchin was amazing, and the aroma of the lime leaf was fantastic. The meatiness of the dish was irresistible!Following that was the grilled giant prawn with aioli mayonnaise. The prawn was delicious, and the aioli sauce was a perfect match, making it incredibly tasty!Then we had the Echigo pork mochi pork smoked with Saikyo miso. Saikyo miso is always delicious, and it makes you crave rice. The umami of the pork was irresistible, and it went perfectly with the drinks.Lastly, we had the signature Asian-style chicken rice in a clay pot, which was equivalent to two bowls of rice per person. Mixing cilantro, nuts, and nam pla to your liking made the rice even more delicious! After eating this rice, I was surprisingly hungry again! I definitely want to visit this place again. It's perfect for a date, and you'll definitely impress someone here!In the end, I was really full, the cost performance was great, the commitment to shochu was strongly felt, the atmosphere was comfortable, and the service was good. I give it a 3150 out of 5.