Nihonbashi Tendon [Kaneko Hannosuke] / 日本橋天丼 「金子半之助」

A few months ago, my wife's friend who lives in Yamanashi Prefecture came for a visit.  We were planning on having lunch at this well-known steak bowl restaurant in Nihonbashi only to discover that it was closed the day we went (even though the information we found on the internet showed that the shop was supposedly opened for business).  So we had to think of an alternative place to go and chose a famouse tempura restaurant called [Kaneko Hannosuke]. We expected a line in front of the shop but what we didn't expect was to wait in that line for an hour and forty minutes before we were shown to our table. Choosing what to eat is easy as there is only one item on the menu - Edomae tendon (a bowl of rice topped with fish and vegetable tempura).

七月頃妻の友達が山梨から東京まで遊びに来て、日本橋で有名なステーキ丼の店でランチ食べる約束してた。ところがその店がやってなかった。ネットで調べたのになぜか定休日になったので、別の店に変更。近くに有名な江戸前天丼の店もあり、そこに行くことに決定。店の名前は「金子半之助」。店の前に行列はあるを覚悟しましたが、まさか私たちが１時間４０分並んだことは予想外でしした。メニューには江戸前天丼しかありませんので、席に案内されたら食事がすぐ出された。

Was it worth the wait?  Yes, it was.  This would be the best tendon you could imagine. But the next time we go, we will be sure to go earlier so we won't have to wait in line as long as we did today.

並んだ価値はあり？はい、今まで食べた天丼でここが一番美味しいです！次来る時は開店前に並ぶことが分かりました。

The tendon is served with miso soup.

天丼セットに味噌汁も付いてます。

Aside from the fish, shrimp, and vegetables, there is also tempura of a poached egg.

海老、魚、野菜以外に半熟卵の天ぷらも乗ってました。

Bon Appetit!

いただきます！

The shop's menu. The main dish and only item is as I said, the Edomae tendon.

店のメニュー。本当に江戸前天丼以外のものはほぼありません。

The line never seemed to have shortened even after we finished our meal. These people will have to wait over an hour before they are seated inside the shop!

食べ終わっても外の列が全然短くにはなってなかった。この人たちも店内まで案内されるのは一時間以上でしょう。

After a nice hearty lunch, time to go walking somewhere around the city, but where?

ランチが終わったので、妻の友達と東京散策。さー、今回はどこ歩いて行こうかな？

Feel free to check out their website listed below.

下記に店の公式サイトをご覧になってください。

http://www.kaneko-hannosuke.com/