We were looking for a place to eat lunch at JR Hakata City in Fukuoka, when the sister spotted Ningyocho Imahan on the 9th floor of AMU Plaza, the shopping centre right above the JR Hakata station. She had been several times to the Imahan restaurants in Tokyo, and with her recommendations, we knew it would be an amazing meal. And we weren't disappointed.
The name of the restaurant in Japanese script is on the napkins.
The lunch menu - we went for the lunch sukiyaki set at the bottom of the page
A little bit of beer helps the beef go down
Out came the beef slicest - check out the marbling
And the accompanying veggies
The entire visual feast on the table
First the waitress poured the sweet sauce on to the hot plate
Then added the beef slices one by one
A close-up...it smelt heavenly
Just bordering on well done, dipped in raw egg. Amazing texture and flavour.
Followed by negi
And the rest of the vegetables, following a certain sequence which we obviously had no idea about
There were pickles on the side which were obviously very unexciting compared to the beef
Another round of beef with leek
There was a piece of mochi that had an amazing texture - no idea how they got the rice cake so fine
After all the raw stuff was cooked and eaten, the waitress threw a few beaten eggs onto the pan
And made scrambled eggs with the leftover sauce absorbing all the juices
On top of plain rice. Awesome.
And finally, dessert - fruit and sorbet.
One of our best meals of the trip.
This website gives you the location of all the Imahan restaurants around Japan: http://www.imahan.com/index-e.html
