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About this place
One thing that stands out at Nihonsugi is that its set meals go well beyond fried dishes. One diner who ordered the fish tempura set meal featured as a daily special reported that it came with five pieces of white fish wrapped in shiso and fried in tempura batter, along with tempura aubergine. The daily special offers a chance to try something different from a standard tempura set. Another visitor described a tempura set with prawns, squid and fish wrapped in shiso, too, giving seafood fans another option.
For something other than fried food, there are choices such as the stamina teppan-yaki set, a pork teppan-yaki set, a fish set with thickened sauce and champon. A diner who tried the stamina teppan-yaki described the offal as flavourful, with a pronounced garlic taste, and noted kimchi among the side dishes. It is a hearty option for anyone after a robustly flavoured meal. The menu also includes pork teppan-yaki and grilled pork set meals, so you can choose between teppan-yaki and grilled meat.
If you are undecided between fried food and meat, rice-based dishes include katsu curry, fried-chicken curry, katsudon and a prawn tempura and egg rice bowl. One diner found the katsu curry slightly spicy, and said the cutlet went well with it. You could opt for a fish-fry or fried-oyster set meal, or go for a rice bowl or curry if you would rather have a single dish; the range makes it easy to choose according to your appetite that day.
Solo diners can sit at the counter and choose a set meal. The restaurant serves meals on site and also has free parking, making it a handy lunch option.
