A note on the shop: the sizes are named after mountains, from Japan’s lowest up to Olympus Mons on Mars. The pork is cooked sous-vide for hours and then crisped in a hot oven when you order, which is why a two-kilo slab arrives quickly.
Mallory Pork Steak, Otemachi on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Readers for whom meat means pork, thank you for waiting. It is Hangover Meshi time.
This one has a different flavour from usual.
Because this time it was takeaway. We had taken a hotel in Otemachi and were going to eat together, so we bought and ordered various things and brought them along. And the one with the greatest impact by far was the slab of meat from Mallory Pork Steak.
The sizes run from the smallest, Mount Takao at 270g, then Mount Fuji at 450g, the Matterhorn at 700g, Kilimanjaro at 1,000g, Everest at 1,500g — and the largest, at 2,000g, is the great Martian mountain, Olympus.
There were a fair number of us, so: let us order the biggest one. We ordered the Olympus 2000g, and since it was close to the hotel we went to collect it ourselves.
It is on the first basement floor of the ENEOS building, Otemon Tower.
We arrived and were told it was already done. But can 2kg of meat really cook that fast? Apparently the method is sous-vide at low temperature to cook it through and make it tender, then a high-powered oven at the point of serving to crisp the surface. So the slab is already tender and waiting, and they cut it to the size ordered. Which makes sense of how quickly 2kg appears.
2kg is genuinely heavy. Here is the slab, carried back to the hotel with some effort.
That is enormous.
You could not order this in the restaurant. How many people is it for? Olympus, which ordinary mortals will only ever see as takeaway. Put a canned highball beside it and you can judge the size.
It cannot be eaten as it is, so we cut it into smaller pieces, plated it, and picked at it together.
The visual impact rather overwhelmed everything else.
The meat itself gives off the smell of a good sear — coarse pepper and caramelising sauce.
Put a knife in and behind the firm outer layer there is a cut face still faintly pink. I cut a piece and tried it: the first bite is far lighter than it looks. There are sinewy parts here and there, but with a piece this large that is unavoidable.
What comes through is the savour of lean meat. There is plenty of fat on it, but the meat itself is not especially greasy — the juices seep out as you chew and yet there is no lingering heaviness, which is good. (On the first bite, at any rate.) Though eating only this would surely sit heavily in the end.
The seasoning is a house sauce mixing apple juice and Worcestershire sauce. Marinated in that and cooked at low temperature for about three hours, the meat is moist right through. Yes, this is good.
There is no finishing this in the restaurant. It is 2,000g. Ten people and it is still 200g each — which is plenty. This time there were some big eaters among us so a few of us managed, and the impact is total. Precisely because it is a dish you could never order in the shop, having one at a large party would go down enormously well.
May you meet something good to eat today too.
Mallory Pork Steak, Otemachi — menu
Pork steak (sizes named after mountains)
From Japan’s lowest mountain to a mountain on Mars. Weights are before cooking.
The smallest size. Mount Hiyori, in Sendai, is known as Japan’s lowest mountain at 3m.
A one-person size. 599m.
For those unsatisfied by Mount Takao. Tokyo’s highest peak, 2,017m.
For those unsatisfied by Mount Kumotori. 3,776m.
The size at which it starts to become a challenge. Can be shared. On the Swiss-Italian border, 4,478m.
About right for a few people to enjoy over a drink. Tanzania, 5,895m.
A size made for a party. Nepal, 8,848m.
A size some people attempt to finish alone. This is the one that leaves Earth: Olympus Mons, on Mars. About 27,000m.
Sides are mashed potato and creamed spinach. Swapping to chips takes 100 yen off. The larger the size, the lower the price per 100g.
Steak sets
400 yen per person for those sharing.
500 yen per person for those sharing.
Snacks and the Senbero set
Four drink tokens plus a platter of starters. You roll the dice once when ordering and can get up to three extra tokens depending on the roll.
* From the in-shop signage and the shop’s own published listings as of July 2026. Prices include tax. Delivery (Demae-can) uses a different price structure, on which the Olympus 2000g is 12,260 yen — over 3,000 yen more.
* Contents and prices change. Please check the latest on the official site or at the shop.
Mallory Pork Steak, Otemachi (steak / Otemachi Station, Takebashi Station, Nijubashimae Station)
Tabelog takeaway rating ★★★☆☆ 3.5
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
