Washoku; 新橋 お多幸（Shinbashi Otako）

Have you ever eaten Japanese real Oden？

Oden has a long history, one theory holds that Oden has roots during the Heian Period which is 900 years ago.

Tokyo Geisha will expalin for you who haven't ever seen Japanese real Oden.

Oden is a hot meal that boils up large pans of various ingredients, e.g; raddish, fish minced and steamed,giant kelp,fish sausage,octopus,beef, konjac,boiled egg, rolled cabbage and so on.

Oden is based on soy sauce soup.

Oden's soup isn't for drinking, the soup is for flavor with ingrediets.

Oden is one of  the Japanese traditional food, Japanese people love it.

Especially, Japanese people like to have it in winter. Convenience stores sell  Oden, it is easy to buy for them every year.

Recently, Convenience stores from Japanese Companies sell Oden in Asia ,e.g. China, Tahiland,Indonesia. It is said that fans of  Oden have increased in Asia.

This time, Tokyo Geisha will introduce  Oden 's restaurant ‟Shinbashi Otako”which is well-established store.

‟Shinbashi Otako” is established in 1932.
 

This is the photo which shows the original restaurant and the framed document which is written the restaurant's philosophy.

In Japan,  Oden has various tastes depends on area. Oden from Tokyo has roots during Edo Period when richer soy sauce was developed.

‟Shinbashi Otako” provides traditional Oden from Tokyo, the soup is based on richer soy sauce.

The Oden is black color, but the taste is not too spicy and nice. The Oden provides about 25 type of Oden.Craftsmen are cooking and preparing for customers in a careful manner.
‟Shinbashi Otako” includes seasonal vegetables in the Oden menu.
It is difficult to choose, assorted the Oden depends on number.Of course, you are able to order the Oden what you want to eat in the menu.
Also, it is said that the Oden is excellent with Japanese Sake.
In there are two types of drinking, cold sake(‟Reishu”in Japanese) or hot sake (‟Atsukan”in Japanese）.
Japanese businessmen like to order the Oden and Atsukan.

 
‟assorted Oden”(raddish, fish minced and steamed,giant kelp,fish sausage,konjac,boiled egg,2tofu, shellfish meat, fish minced and deep fried with burdock root, chikuwabu(made from water,salt, flour),bamboo shoots)

‟Japanese Masterd”

It is very spicy. If you like it, you are able to add the Oden to it.

 

‟Shinbashi Otako”provides sliced raw fish ‟Sashimi”, grilled fish ‟yakizakana”, grilled chicken‟yakitori”,salad and so on.

 

 

‟yakitori”

 

‟Brown seaweed with miso sauce”

 

‟Salad”

 

 

‟Grilled rice ball”

‟miso soup with freshwater clam”

 

‟Green Tea”

 

 

 I hope you will like it.Gochisousama -deshita! (It is awesome!)
Website; http://www.shinbashi-otakou.com/
東京都港区新橋3-7-9 カワベビルB13-7-9, Shinbashi, Minato-Iku,Tokyo.