in tokyo, japan (jan’24)

little bit off the town of odowara, between tokyo and shizouka is this famous unagi shop, known for the specially farmed unagi for lunch. they accept phone reservations for unagi couple months ahead of time, or you could also walk-in relatively early to reserve a spot and wait in line for a table. we arrived around 10:15am (they open at 10am), and got seated around 11am.

their unajyu was indeed very enjoyable, unagi itself was so so plump and melts in your mouth upon each bite. really like their tare too, it wasn’t overly sweet nor too viscous, but it got slightly cloying after half the bowl because of how fatty the unagi was. the set was served with unagi innard dashi and pickles which were enjoyable also. a great unajyu lunch spot to try, worth the treck if you have onward journey plans into shizouka or en route to ryokan in the izu direction.
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うな重 unajyu set (¥6600)
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would revisit: if in the area
reservations: yes/ walk-in early
price range pp: under ¥10,000
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📍うなぎ友栄
location: 122 kazamatsuri, odawara, kanagawa
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