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About this place
Not sure what to order? Start with the house speciality, the assorted plate of ate—small dishes served to accompany drinks. The selection is left to the kitchen, making it a plate to enjoy a little at a time with sake. One diner reported receiving cherry sea bream sashimi, chicken nanban, lightly pickled vegetables, house-made sesame tofu and an omelette with dried whitebait and sansho pepper. It’s an inviting mix of small fish, meat and vegetable dishes to pair with sake, one glass at a time. The menu also offers a tasting of 3 sake varieties chosen from a separate list, with 45 ml of each. You can settle on a single label or sample several in smaller pours, and the daytime drinking set can be paired with the assorted plate.
There are plenty more tempting bites at Sakana Biyori Ate ni Yoru Yaesu-ten. One diner enjoyed the seared shime-saba sandwich for its balanced curing, and the combination of sweet-and-sour pickles and onion. The menu says it goes well with white wine as well as sake. For something warm, try the dark-coloured black oden, whose ingredients are thoroughly infused with dashi. A diner singled out the daikon, and the oden can be ordered piece by piece—handy when you don’t want a whole assortment.
At lunchtime, you can drop in for a drink and a few small plates or sit down to a set meal. One diner recalled that the tender pork in the ginger pork set meal paired well with its sweet sauce. The daytime drinking set is listed on the menu as available from 11 to 16, and combines a selection of sake or wine with the assorted plate of ate. Whether you have time for a quick drink while waiting at Tokyo Station or want a proper meal, there are options to suit the occasion.
