King of Matsuri
In Japan, everyone loves a good matsuri. There are several famous ones in Tokyo alone, including the Sanja Matsuri and the Koenji Awadori Matsuri. What is it that people enjoy about a good matsuri so much? Is it the dancing? The food? The traditional things people wear? I guess it’s just a combination of all those things and more.
So, now you’re thinking yeah, I want to get in on the next big matsuri, right? Well, I’ll let you in on a little secret; it’s happening right now. Where, you ask? Didn’t you know?…
Your neighborhood Sukiya, you dope! That’s right! It’s the gyu-don matsuri and it’s going on until the 8th of this month.
Ok, so now you’re thinking that I’ve completely lost it, right? Well, maybe you’re right. But, I can’t hide the fact that I love Sukiya, especially their 3-cheese curry and 3-cheese gyu-don. And, now that you can get 3-cheese gyu-don for under ￥400 yen during the matsuri, I’m freakin’ ecstatic. I shit you not, I’m stopping in nearly every night for dinner at Sukiya this week.
It’s fine if you think my taste is in my ass, and that it’ll be difficult to take another one of my future restaurant recommendations seriously, but if you’ve never tried Sukiya before, you really should; it’s the best Japanese junk food there is.
For a look at Sukiya’s menu, click here.
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It does look good. Makes me hungry. It is really too bad their are not places like this in Los Angeles. A few decent places in Santa Monica and Torrance which both have sizable Japanese communities.
I also miss Flying Garden. I know it is just a basic family type restaurant but I love it.
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Sukiya is ok, but I really prefer Nakau - especially their katsudon! Hanamaru is great too, and cheap (even with the stronger yen!).
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Nakau’s alright. There’s one right across the street from the Sukiya in my neighborhood. But, the 3-cheese curry at Sukiya is something you don’t find at many other fast-food joints.
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I’m a big fan of Hanamaru Udon! Yummy, cheap and filling - around Y500 for a bowl of udon and a couple pieces of tempura.
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We have a Sukiya over the road from work. When the Taco Rice came out it was done as a promotion with a buddy of coke …. and i LOVED IT. I can’t drink the green tea, it’s terrible so getting food i liked and a drink as a set was great.
Now the Taco Rice is still on the menu it’s just not done with the coke.
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OK, you’ve convinced me to give Sukiya a go…!
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I pass by Sukiya all the time but have never given it a shot. You’ve won me over, Billy! I’ve got my eye on that cheese curry, too…
As for Nakau, I’ve only been in there once, but the employees are either telepathic or I had the look of a man that seriously needed a beer — I got my curry and beer tickets from the vending machine, and the scant few seconds later I was taking a seat at the counter, a beer was being placed into my hands! Rock.
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@Tornadoes:
Yeah, it’d be nice to throw into the LA fast food mix, but I love hole-in-the-wall Mexican joints so much that even if there were Sukiyas in LA, I’d be giving them a miss for some place with killer Tacos Al Carbon.
@Shane:
Liked the udon there, but it doesn’t do the trick for me when I’m really starving. Good lunch on a hot summer day when you don’t want to do the gyu-don gut-bomb.
@Neil:
Taco rice, eh? Haven’t hit that part of the menu yet, but will be sure to do so in the near future since there’s a Sukiya right around the corner from my new place.
@Chris:
Yep. Just think of a hot bowl of cheese curry waiting for you next time you’re returning from one of your climbs. By the way, what kind of food do you usually think of when you’re hungry and cold on top of a mountain?
@JT:
Careful… The Sukiya addiction is a powerful one that requires extra sit-ups three times a week.
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Cheese curry sounds like a plan!
Top-of-the-mountain-craving: tonkatsu. Bowls of steaming white rice, and a big slab of the tonks, preferably washed down with a nama or two..
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Wow, I’ll have to hit sukiya this week!
I’m a Matsuya man, myself, though. I lived off their 290 yen curry for months when I first arrived here.
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I have seen this going down out in Nerima-ku where I work. It looked like a lot of fun and I stopped by one evening to have a beer and some chicken on a stick. One of more cute and friendly students(don`t worry I did not do anything with her)took me to the area in which all the food booths where set up. I had a good time. Man! People in Nerima-ku can really drink.
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@freedom:
I think you’re talking about a different matsuri
Well, the gyu-don matsuri ends tomorrow. One thing’s for sure; I ate too much of the stuff this last week.
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That right I forget. There are matsuri going down just about everywhere in Tokyo.
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