A note on the words: yakiton is pork grilled on skewers over charcoal, the pork cousin of yakitori. Tare is the sweet-savory soy glaze the skewers are dipped in, kept in a jar by the grill. A lemon sour is shochu with soda and lemon. Azabu-juban is a well-heeled district south of Roppongi. Prices are as of this writing (August 2026).
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Abechan Azabu-juban on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Right, this is Hangover Meshi. This time, to “Abechan,” the famous yakiton shop in Azabu-juban! It opens from around 17:00, and I arrived just a little past 17:00. You can walk straight in, so just after opening is the moment to aim for! In fact I had a dinner engagement later that evening, but I had arrived a little early, so I went to Abechan partly to kill time ^^
At 17:00 it is still light out ^^
The yakiton looks good! But eating too much would eat into the meal waiting later.
Lemon sour, and ready! For now, ordering skewers as the fancy takes us.
First, two reba and two shiro.
The minimum order is two, so we decided to split them between us.
The liver is exquisitely soft and generous. Very good. The tare sauce is extremely good, is it not. Neither too sweet nor too sharp.
The shiro has lovely fat welling out of it and is delicious.
The standard, simmered beef offal. This too — offal simmered soft and very good. The tofu has not collapsed in the pot and holds a firm texture.
In the end we ate every kind lol
The nankotsu is wonderfully crunchy and good. Watch out — if you do not eat it while hot it goes tough! The tan was tender and superb as well.
The grilled scallion skewers use thick scallions and have real substance! They are quite blackened, but very fragrant and delicious.
Duck tsukune. Light and fluffy tsukune, and this is delicious too!
Somehow we are on course to conquer the entire menu lol
Well, having come this far, on to the yakitori!!
The chicken skin, grilled until fragrant, is superb…! The lovely fat welling out of it is irresistible. The yakitori is plump-fleshed too!
In the end we ordered every grilled item there was lol
I do worry about the effect on the meal to come, but eating in a large group means it does not sit that heavily.
If anything, since everything was delicious, the problem is that I drank too much lol
Thoroughly satisfied!!
So: we ate our way through and came out, and on the way I looked at the sauce jar, which has taken on an extraordinary shape from all the tare poured over it, and left lol
As remarkable as ever, but since the shop is new, the jar not matching its surroundings is rather good in itself lol The turnover is quite fast, so eating what you want quickly and heading straight out to the next shop is a fun way to use it — my recommended yakiton in Azabu-juban! When you go, the earlier slot is best: your orders come through very quickly too.
Abechan Azabu-juban branch (Izakaya / Azabu-juban Station, Akabanebashi Station, Roppongi Station)
Tabelog dinner rating ★★★☆☆ 3.7
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
