Hamamatsucho has a fair number of hidden high-end restaurants. It’s close to Ginza, but I suppose the real demand comes from all the offices around here. Honhama used to be famous for its cheap tai-meshi (sea bream rice) at lunch, but these days they’ve switched to a reservation-only system. The economy must be picking up. On this day an acquaintance from Korea was in town, so we went together.

Appetizer

It’s a sea bream-shaped monaka, filled with all sorts of things. Makes a nice appetizer.

The filling

Not a dessert, mind you..

Sashimi topped with mentaiko.

The dishes come with a slight creative twist.

House-made ham

What a beautiful color. It tasted pretty good too.

Uni chawanmushi

With uni in it, there’s no way it could taste bad..

Sashimi

Great quality.

The setup for the main course, tai-gohan

Setup, part 2

Tai-gohan

They break down the sea bream and mix it well into the rice.

Inside

Dipping the sea bream in egg and having it over rice again.

A combination that can’t possibly go wrong.

Crispy scorched rice

They also brought out their signature nitsuke (simmered fish), but I have no photo of it T_T Anyway, the sea bream rice alone was worth the price of admission.

The dessert is excellent too.

And even fruit..

A thoroughly satisfying meal. With food this good, no wonder it’s popular. If this were in Ginza it would easily cost 1.5 times as much. I guess you could say I felt the hidden strength of Hamamatsucho..

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