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     Places to Eat


                                  Chinese Café Eight
                              7
      PRICE CATEGORIES
      Price ranges are for an average-size   MAP T5  •  Court Annexe, 3-2-13
      dinner for one. Lunchtime menus are   Nishi-Azabu, Minato-ku  •  5414-5708
      usually less expensive.  •  ¥¥
                              A fun, informal 24-hour eatery that
      ¥ under ¥2,000  ¥¥ ¥2,000–¥10,000
      ¥¥¥ over ¥10,000        attracts a young crowd and serves
                              excellent Chinese food. The specialties
                              here are Peking Duck and dim sum.
         RyuGin
     1                            Tofuya-Ukai
         MAP T4  •  Side Roppongi Bldg,
     7-17-24 Roppongi, Minato-ku  •  3423-  8
                                  MAP W5  •  4-4-13 Shiba-koen,
     8006  •  Closed Sun  •  ¥¥¥  Minato-ku  •  3436-1028   •  ¥¥¥
     A remarkably innovative take on   Gorgeous kaiseki-style meals, made
     traditional kaiseki cuisine.   up of tofu and seasonal ingredients,
                              are served in this beautiful old
         Gonpachi
     2                        wooden building set in a traditional
                              garden at the foot of the Tokyo Tower.
         MAP C6  •  1-13-11 Nishi-Azabu,
     Minato-ku  •  5771-0170  •  ¥¥
     An enormous branch of the chain
     Japanese restaurant styled like an
     old Edo inn. The specialty is kushiyaki,
     charcoal-grilled skewers.
         Fukuzushi
     3
         MAP U5  •  5-7-8 Roppongi,
     Minato-ku  •  3402-4116  •  ¥¥
     Beside the usual tuna and squid
     offerings are the less common shad,
     conger eel, and other delicacies at
     this no-frills sushi restaurant.
         Inakaya
     4                        Garden views at Tofuya-Ukai
         MAP U4  •  5-3-4 Roppongi,
     Minato-ku  •  3408-5040  •  ¥¥¥
                                  Bodega Santa Rita
     An old-fashioned robatayaki (grilled   9
     food) eatery, offering all manner of   MAP T4  •  Tokyo Midtown
     meat and other foods.    Garden Terrace 1F, 9-7-4 Akasaka,
                              Minato-ku  •  5413-3101  •  ¥¥
         Nodaiwa
     5                        Seriously good wines and fine
         MAP V5  •  1-5-4 Higashi-Azabu,
                              regional fare from southern Spain
     Minato-ku  •  3583-7852  •  Closed    served in charming stucco interiors.
     Sun  •  ¥¥
                                  Brasserie Paul Bocuse
     Specializing in wild eel, Nodaiwa   0
     serves charcoal-grilled fish drizzled   Le Musée
     with an appetizing sauce.   MAP T4  •  3F National Arts Center,
                              7-22-2 Roppongi, Minato-ku
         Hassan
     6                        •  5770-8161  •  ¥¥
         MAP T4  •  Denki Bldg B1, 6-1-20
                              Located inside the striking National
     Roppongi, Minato-ku  •  3403-8333  •  ¥¥  Arts Center building, this stylish
     The star course here is the set, all-  restaurant serves light French
     you-can-eat dinner of shabu-shabu,   cuisine. The fixed-price lunches
     thin strips of high-quality beef dipped   are extremely popular.
     in boiling broth.
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