A note on the words: keema is a curry of minced meat, achar is the Indian pickle served alongside, and pappadum is the thin, brittle lentil cracker that comes with it. A highball is whisky and soda, the standard drink in a Japanese pub. Marunouchi is the office district between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace, and Oazo is the building complex above Otemachi Station. Prices are as of this writing (August 2026).
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FISH Marunouchi on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Drinkers, thank you for waiting. It is Hangover Meshi time.
Ugh, I might be feeling a little rough…
That, as usual, is how the morning after begins. I somehow got through everything I had to do that day, and by the time my stomach had settled down a good deal, I was in the mood for curry — yes, let the spices look after a stomach that has been drinking. So I headed for a place I had been eyeing for a while: FISH Marunouchi.
A steady walk underground from Otemachi Station brought me to B1 of Marunouchi Oazo. Connected directly!
This shop, by the way, is the revival of a place loved for some thirty years in Akasaka Ark Hills; after it closed it came back in Nishi-Shinjuku, and in 2020 it moved to Marunouchi. I have been around Roppongi and Akasaka the whole time and never once went! Its banner reads the same flavor it has had since thirty years ago, when nobody had heard the words “spice curry”, and just as it says on the sign — “curry shop made by three uncles” — it is the shop of three older gentlemen.
You pick a main curry and combine it with the keema and the mixed curry, in threes, twos or on its own. The signature second-generation fish curry can only be had as a pair or on its own, so I chose the two-curry combo with the keema. A curry unchanged for thirty years, then. I can hardly wait!
I sat down at the counter and ordered.
A short wait. And of course…!
A highball to keep it company! My over-served stomach has recovered, so this is just right.
A little later, the curry arrived!
Whoa, that fish is huge lol
It got a laugh out of me on the spot. An enormous spicy fried fish fillet crossing the plate on the diagonal. With the rice and the curry as its retinue, it has the bearing of an outright leading man. And this has been here for thirty years!
First I stood my spoon in the fried fish, and the coating gave a crisp crack while the white flesh unraveled softly inside. One bite and you find the coating itself is spiced, complete enough to eat on its own.
Then I swam it through the golden fish curry and took a mouthful. Light and loose on the tongue, yet the savor of the dashi runs deep and the scent of the spices lifts straight up through your nose. Best of all is the way the coating drinks up the curry, so that toastiness and a soaked-through savor pile onto each other!
I mean, this has been here for thirty years? That is wild!
To be building a flavor with this much spice to it before the words “spice curry” even existed is remarkable!
Its partner, the keema, is the shop’s recommendation and calls itself “the traditional basic.” The savor of the minced meat sits underneath as a solid foundation, and going back and forth with the loose fish curry, you come to admire the range held on a single plate.
The second half is mixing time. Sweep in the sourness of the achar, the dry texture of the pappadum and the richness of the soft-boiled egg and the flavor keeps changing right to the last mouthful — that is the fun of it! The salt is fairly light-footed too, and the finish is not heavy at all. A remarkably light curry!
This is perfect hangover food!
Well — a thoroughly hangover-friendly curry, and exactly right for the situation I was in! The size of the fried fish is pure entertainment, and behind that leading-man fillet is a loose, brisk spice curry to catch it. It is delicious now, but I do wish I had eaten it back when it was in Akasaka. And the Marunouchi shop connects directly to Otemachi Station, so it is very easy to reach. Lunch may well be packed, but I got in without trouble in the early evening, so I recommend that.
May you meet something good to eat today too.
FISH Marunouchi (Curry / Otemachi Station, Tokyo Station, Nijubashimae Station)
Tabelog dinner rating ★★★☆☆ 3.9
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
