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About this place
Choose sweetfish grilled over charcoal as a set meal, or go for dried fish instead. Echigoya Ichinosuke is a Kagurazaka izakaya where fish takes centre stage at lunch and over evening drinks. One diner who ordered the salt-grilled sweetfish set meal noted the firm flesh and fragrant charcoal flavour. It came with rice, miso soup, pickles and grated daikon; brown rice was also available, the diner reported. Since the fish is grilled to order, one account mentions a wait of around 15 minutes. It is a good fit for a meal when you have time to wait for it to cook.
The fish set meals range from dried fish to miso-marinated options. The menu includes an open-grilled bansuke mackerel set, a saikyo-miso-marinated sablefish set and a sashimi assortment set. A diner who tried the bansuke mackerel cooked over an open fire praised its generous portion, crisp, fragrant skin and rich, fatty white flesh, and also enjoyed taking time over the brown rice. There are choices for days when you want grilled fish as well as for when sashimi sounds better. At lunch, the set meals also include dishes such as black-pepper-grilled mochi pork and aromatic seared Daisen chicken thigh. One fish-loving diner chose the open-fire-grilled sweetfish with aged brown rice, noting that the two fish were about 15 centimetres long. The range may suit both a fish-focused meal and a lunch with someone who has different tastes.
In the evening, sashimi and seared dishes make good companions for a drink. One visitor said the salt-grilled sweetfish went particularly well with sake. The menu also lists bluefin tuna sashimi, sashimi assortments of 5 kinds, Sapporo Akaboshi beer and sake. You can have a full set meal in the evening or settle in for a drink with a few small plates.
Counter seating is available, and the restaurant is described as suitable for dining alone. Whether you are after an easy grilled-fish set meal or an evening of fish and drinks, there are options for different occasions.
