A note on the words: yoshoku is Japanese-style Western cooking that evolved in Japan, and hamburg steak is a savory ground meat patty served on a plate with sauce rather than in a sandwich bun. Demi-glace is a rich, slow-simmered brown sauce, here aged to bring out extra depth. Menchi-katsu is a breaded and deep-fried minced meat cutlet, and corn potage is a creamy, sweet corn soup, served here with the set.
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RESTAURANT Omiya Shinmaru biru ten on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Hello, this is Hangover Meshi. This time I headed to Marunouchi by Tokyo Station for lunch! Having heard that there was a RESTAURANT Omiya in the Shin-Marunouchi Building, I decided to go check it out. They are famous for their hamburg steak. Plus, Chef Omiya has published recipe books, so he feels like quite a familiar presence to me. I have also wanted to check out the main shop in Asakusa, but having a branch right in the Shin-Marunouchi Building makes it so easy to drop in, which I am grateful for!
I arrived before noon, so I was able to get in smoothly without waiting. Lucky!
Chef’s menchi-katsu — 1,800 yen
Pork ginger — 2,100 yen
Hamburg steak — 2,100 yen
Steam-roasted chicken with grain mustard sauce — 2,100 yen
Special beef steak — 2,200 yen
Mmm, everything looks so good…
The menu listed the steam-roasted chicken with grain mustard sauce as the signature dish, but when you think of RESTAURANT Omiya, you really want the hamburg steak! So I went with the hamburg steak.
Now, the first thing to arrive was the soup that came with the set.
Corn potage. Smooth, mellow and delicious!
Ooh, this looks delicious!
It is a flat patty of hamburg steak. Apparently, they flatten it out when cooking so the heat penetrates more easily.
You get a real meaty feel and it is wonderfully tasty! I seem to remember reading somewhere that they use minimal binder — hardly any at all — and keep it together through the way they knead the meat. And the aged demi-glace poured over it is delicious too! “Deep and rich” is the perfect description. This definitely might go great with rice!
Though this time, I ended up choosing bread!
But it goes well with bread too! Delicious.
And here is the menchi-katsu!
The menchi-katsu is quite hearty. Two large patties of menchi-katsu. This looks like it will fill you right up!
All in all, this is solid, quintessential yoshoku. The sauce is outstandingly good, and getting this in the 2,000-yen range feels like a very reasonable deal. I envy the people working around the Shin-Marunouchi Building who can drop in for food like this so casually! It was so good that I think I might check out the Asakusa shop next time. A wonderful yoshoku restaurant! Thoroughly satisfied.
RESTAURANT Omiya Shinmaru biru ten (Yoshoku / Otemachi Station, Tokyo Station, Nijubashimae 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?
