二日酔い飯
"Fire Hole 4000 Azabu Juban Branch, 二日酔い飯 (Hangover Meal) here. This is a place I've been wanting to try for a while - Fire Hole 4000, a hot pot restaurant with its main branch in Gotanda, I believe. I've been wanting to visit since it opened in Azabu Juban, but spicy food can be a bit selective, so I couldn't make it until now when the timing and the group were right! Take the elevator to the 5th floor. It seems like the terrace seats would be nice in this season, but it was raining on the day we went, so it was a bit challenging.
Notable menu items include:
- Platinum Course [Private Room Available] ¥11,000
- Ruby Course 9 dishes ¥8,500
- Jade Course [Private Room Available] ¥16,500
This time, we chose the Platinum Course, but come to think of it, it wasn't a private room at all. Well, I completely forgot on the day, so it's fine.
Platinum Course:
So, once we were seated, the course began! From the bottom left, we have the white soup, then the medicinal herb soup, and on the right, the spicy soup. When you talk about hot pot, it has to be spicy, right?
- Appetizer! It's like saliva chicken, basil, and those sweet beans in the back!
- Next, we have shark fin, a large shark fin, actually. It was recommended to put it in the medicinal herb soup. It looked so delicious! And I wondered what would happen after it was done cooking... seafood! By the way, the shark fin looked like this - large and chewy and delicious! Since the soup was delicious, the quality of the shark fin was amazing.
- Seafood immediately followed! Luxurious. And they put a lot of it in. I think the white soup has clams, kinmedai (alfonsino), and crab, the spicy soup has shrimp and the fish in the middle, and the medicinal herb soup has abalone, I think. Each one had its own unique taste, and they put it in perfectly. All the seafood ingredients were excellent. The clams and kinmedai were especially delicious.
- Vegetables - next, a plate of vegetables came. You can choose which soup to put them in! The mushrooms go really well with the spicy soup. It's not too spicy at all, and the strong umami of the spicy soup was quite delicious, so I think I mostly put them in the spicy soup.
- Meat - and then, the meat also arrived. Japanese black wagyu sirloin and ribeye. These also went into the spicy soup. It was so delicious. Could it be the magic of the soup's deliciousness? Here we have Gunma prefecture's Kuchidoke Kato pork back loin, shoulder loin, and belly meat! I feel like the pork has a stronger umami when it combines with the soup.
- Mushrooms - really delicious mushrooms!
- Dessert
It was so delicious. In fact, it wasn't very spicy at all. Moreover, there was medicinal herb soup and white soup, so even if you're not a fan of spicy food, you can still enjoy this restaurant. So, I think it's much more approachable, and if there's anyone who has been keeping their distance because of the spiciness, please give it a try!"
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