A note on the words: hush puppies are small deep-fried balls of cornmeal batter, and mac and cheese is macaroni bound in a cheese sauce. Chaliapin sauce is a steak sauce built mainly on onion. A drink bar is a self-service station of soft drinks that you refill yourself as often as you like.
CEDAR THE CHOP HOUSE & BAR on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Hey, this is Hangover Meshi. Today’s lunch was one I’d been looking forward to: CEDAR THE CHOP HOUSE & BAR, a place for classic American food on the second floor of the hotel “REMM” at the Roppongi crossing. When you get off on REMM’s second floor, Jojoen is right there in front of you. Ah, so this was the place across from Jojoen.
The lunch theme apparently changes month by month, and the theme in July, when I visited, was “the barbecue culture of the mid-eastern United States,” lol.
If the theme changes every month, you could come back month after month without getting bored, which is a nice thing. Basically you choose from Recommend, FISH and MEAT, and MEAT has several options inside it that you then pick from. That seems to be how it works.
I went back and forth over what to have this time, but the one listed as MEAT D! was a steak and looked good, so that’s what I chose.
Once we sat down, it turned out that everything except the main dish is buffet style and you help yourself, so off I went to fetch salad and whatever else.
There’s a drink bar too. Tea, water, juice, coffee — a bit of everything is set out, which is nice.
Besides the salad, there are desserts and lighter dishes on the buffet as well, so there’s basically no chance of coming here and thinking you didn’t get enough, lol. Eat all of it and it adds up to a serious volume of food. Here’s the salad I put together.
And on top of that, each person is served their own appetizer plate.
From the left: spicy Cajun beans; hush puppies with tartar sauce; pulled pork mac and cheese; and smoked sauteed corn and okra. Four proper appetizers arrive like this, so if you get carried away and take too much at the buffet you’ll end up overeating, lol.
And here’s the main: 200g of steak.
Well now, it looks great, and 200g is a decent amount.
The sauces for the steak are a Chaliapin sauce built mainly on onion, and garlic mustard. Both of them have some acidity to them, and both go really well with the tender steak. The steak itself is juicy and soft, with no sinew, so it’s very easy to eat. Well, well — this is seriously good, isn’t it. Underneath it are mashed potato and grilled vegetables.
Ah, that was good. And I’m full!
Even after the main arrives you can keep going back for dessert until your time is up, and you can refill your drink at the drink bar. It struck me as a place that suits eating slowly while you talk. Perfect for a business meal or something of that sort, I thought. The room is clean and the mood is good, and since you can eat as much as you like at your own pace, it should please just about anyone. I’ve found a good one, and I plan to use it regularly ^^
CEDAR THE CHOP HOUSE & BAR (Dining Bar / Roppongi Station, Nogizaka Station, Roppongi-itchome Station)
Tabelog lunch rating ★★★☆☆ 3.5
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
