I stumbled on a place in Toyosu that I can honestly call the find of the year. It’s called Stamina-en, in a building right in front of the station, and the quality of the meat is just incredible. I was surprised to find it even better than Kameido Horumon.

Kimchi

Properly fermented kimchi comes out first.

Beef tongue

Starting off light with some tongue.

Kalbi

Liver

You have to cook it through before eating.

Meat

I forget what this was, but it was all delicious.

And then I met the best beef tongue ever.

You can’t really tell from this angle.

Cross-section

This is beef tongue.

Grilled…

It’s an absurd thickness for beef tongue, but it was so tender that it wasn’t a problem to eat at all.

Pork

All the other meats were great too.

It was so good that I went back a week later.

Meat

Meat

Chicken

Liver

Premium (tokujo) beef tongue

I’ve never had anything this refined-tasting before.

Steak

Wasabi kalbi and tontoro (pork neck)

Marinating it in wasabi gives it a really distinctive flavor. Once grilled, the heat disappears and only the aroma stays. It’s an unusual menu item you won’t find at other yakiniku places. Highly, highly recommended.

Horumon (offal)

This place serves some really unusual yakiniku. If you like yakiniku, you absolutely have to try it once.

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