A note on the words: sakizuke is the small opening dish of a formal Japanese meal, here featuring surinagashi (a smooth, thin pureed soup) alongside fried squid and kazunoko (seasoned herring roe). Chawanmushi is a delicate savory steamed egg custard, in this meal holding a chicken dumpling, ginkgo nuts and something like mochi at the bottom. Tentsuyu is the warm dipping broth served with tempura, and inaka soba refers to a rustic, darker buckwheat noodle with a coarser bite.
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Shinjuku Nadaman Hinkan on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Hello, this is Hangover Meshi. I had some things to take care of in Shinjuku. With my errands done, I thought I would grab lunch somewhere in Shinjuku, but rain started pattering down. Without an umbrella, going outside would have been a hassle, so I decided to look for somewhere I could reach directly from inside the station without getting wet, and headed up to the restaurant floor in Odakyu Halc. Thinking I might fancy some refreshing soba for a change, I arrived at the restaurant, which seemed to be a different format of Nadaman. They share the same entrance, but from there it branches into Nadaman and a soba spot called Mansuke.
I wonder why they split them up… wouldn’t keeping them together be fine, ha.
Lunch course — 12,000 yen
Tempura set — 5,000 yen
Tempura and soba set — 3,800 yen
Tenju — 3,000 yen
I was really just hoping for soba on its own, but tempura seems to be the main focus.
There did not seem to be any stand-alone soba orders, so I chose the tempura and soba set!
Quite a proper sakizuke, ha.
A surinagashi soup alongside fried squid and a dressed dish of kazunoko. As expected from a big name in Japanese dining, ha — it is delicious.
This is thoroughly delicious too! A chicken dumpling, ginkgo nuts, and at the very bottom something like mochi as well.
The good dashi really shines through, delicious!
Tempura is the main specialty here, after all!
The tempura is beautifully fried. The batter is thin and just right. The eggplant is wonderful. The shrimp tempura is great too!
Warm tentsuyu came alongside it, and tempura eaten with warm broth is really nice.
The soba! This noodle portion is quite substantial.
Smooth noodles that slip down very easily. There are ice cubes keeping them properly chilled and tasty.
I tend to prefer inaka-soba style, so I had a feeling that might have suited me better, but this was a very elegant soba.
The yakumi has several kinds mixed together, which is nice! The fresh wasabi is good too.
So, while I had originally headed up Halc just to take shelter from the rain, I ended up having a much more formal lunch than expected. While I was reasonably satisfied, I had been in the mood for a quick, casual bite, so it was unexpected, ha. While I thought it might have been easier to use if there had been a slightly more accessible price point for lunch, staying dry is a real advantage, so it may be worth keeping in mind.
Shinjuku Nadaman Hinkan (Japanese Cuisine / Shinjuku-nishiguchi Station, Shinjuku Station, Seibu-shinjuku Station)
Tabelog lunch rating ★★★☆☆ 3.3
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
