Restoblog by Manu

Among all the Japanese restaurants in the Opéra district, this one is a pretty good deal.

163 rue Saint-Honoré

75001

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There’s another instance of it rue Saint-Anne (pretty near) but this one is a bit larger and more comfortable (food is exactly the same). We had the “Katsu Curry Set” (12 euros): pork and curry rice dish,

and miso shiru and salad:

Nothing special with the salad, the miso soup is fine, the curry pork is really nice. Then, a Katsudon (pork & rice, 8.5 euros):

which is pretty good as well, and I found the Gyoza (5.5 euros) in here particularly good:

Update: as we went back there, that time we had a Miso set (10.5 euros): miso soup,

(meat is okay, soup itself tastes great) and Gyoza:

Then, Chukadon set (10.5 euros): lots of different vegetables (plus some meat and calamari) on rice,

and also gyoza.

This is one of my “usuals”, a Japanese “ramen” restaurant. Although the cooker, waitress, boss, etc., are actually Chinese (and very nice) they make pretty good Japanese noodle soups and their sautéed rice is really good.

42 rue Saint-Anne

75002 Paris

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I didn’t keep the exact prices this time, but a menu (a main dish — noodle soup or rice dish most of the time — with either dumplings or sautéed rice, and tea, hot or ice) is around 10 or 12 euros. I usually like the noodle soup with tofu and pork (plenty of noodles, they’re just hidden down there):

These soups are really big, come with an empty stomach! The noodle soup with sea food and vegetables is also quite good (although I have no doubt that these are frozen shrimps):

The dumplings (gyoza) are not exceptional, but still a bit above average for this kind of restaurant I would say:

However the sautéed rice is particularly good (woops, already took a bite from this one):

We chose hot tea this time (Oolong tea):

Update: a good variation of the tofu & pork soup is… the tofu & pork rice! Pretty much the same dish, rice instead of noodle soup (yes yes there is plenty of rice, it’s just hidden):