{"id":6416,"date":"2019-04-21T19:26:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T17:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?p=6416"},"modified":"2019-04-21T19:26:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T17:26:55","slug":"food-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?p=6416","title":{"rendered":"Food in Tokyo &#8211; worth the wait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">For any food place that is a bit more popular and well-known in Tokyo, be prepared to stand in line. Best bet is to go at odd times in between meal times and just expect to wait for a while. Other than that, delicious food is waiting for you! Noodles are a favorite of mine, be it the more traditionally Japanese <em>soba<\/em> (buckwheat noodles) or the more Chinese inspired <em>ramen<\/em>, they are comfort in a bowl. There are lots of really good noodle places, so take your pick and enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6418\" data-link=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/1901_japan_food_01\/\" class=\"wp-image-6418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_01.jpg 500w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_01-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_01-120x180.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>at Japanese Soba Noodles Tsuta &#8211; light but flavorful broth and superb noodles<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6419\" data-link=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/1901_japan_food_02\/\" class=\"wp-image-6419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_02.jpg 500w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_02-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_02-120x180.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Ichiran &#8211; Ramen with a rich and creamy pork bone broth, noodles were quite standard. Everyone gets their own booth so they can slurp noodles in peace.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">If it needs to be quick and filling, gyoza are a solid pick every time. A lot of restaurants offer <em>gyoza<\/em> with the standard meat filling but specialized places will offer a wide variety of different fillings &#8211; even dessert ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_03.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6420\" data-link=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/1901_japan_food_03\/\" class=\"wp-image-6420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_03.jpg 500w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_03-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_03-120x180.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Gyoza at Chao Chao Gyoza &#8211; quick and easy meal<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_04.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6421\" data-link=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/1901_japan_food_04\/\" class=\"wp-image-6421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_04.jpg 500w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_04-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_04-120x180.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>shrimp gyoza<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6422\" data-link=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/1901_japan_food_05\/\" class=\"wp-image-6422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_05.jpg 750w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_05-270x180.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>gyoza with perilla leaf<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>Tonkatsu<\/em> &#8211; a breaded and then deep-fried pork cutlet &#8211; was invented in Tokyo as a Japanese interpretation of European cuisine but has since taken over Japanese cuisine. Served with sesame paste, shredded daikon and a sweet tonkatsu sauce, it is often accompanied with shredded cabbage to soak up all the oil. <strong>Katsukura<\/strong> even lets you grind your own sesame paste for fun. <strong>Tonkatsu Maisen<\/strong>, another very popular chain due to its reasonable prices offers a wide variety of different types and cuts of pork. Their takeaway shop also sells tonkatsu sandwiches and the likes but they do sell out quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6423\" data-link=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/1901_japan_food_06\/\" class=\"wp-image-6423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_06.jpg 750w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_06-270x180.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Tonkatsu and shrimp with sesame dip at Katsukura<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_07.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6424\" data-link=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/1901_japan_food_07\/\" class=\"wp-image-6424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_07.jpg 750w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_07-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_07-270x180.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>seto at Tonkatsu Maisen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_08.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6425\" data-link=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/1901_japan_food_08\/\" class=\"wp-image-6425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_08.jpg 500w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_08-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_08-120x180.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Chamiton Loin &#8211; pigs that have been fed with tea leaves for more umami flavor<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_09.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6426\" data-link=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/1901_japan_food_09\/\" class=\"wp-image-6426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_09.jpg 750w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_09-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_09-270x180.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>seto with soba noodles and sushi platter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right;\">December 24th &#8211; January 4th, 2018\/2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For any food place that is a bit more popular and well-known in Tokyo, be prepared to stand in line. Best bet is to go at odd times in between meal times and just expect to wait for a while. Other than that, delicious food is waiting for you! Noodles are a favorite of mine,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[215,217,424,427,528,580,605,609,610,641,794,1107,1213,1218,1219],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1901_japan_food_00.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6416"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}