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About this place
At Inaka Chaya, the fish-focused menu is a natural place to start. One visitor remarked not only on the variety of fish in the sashimi platter, but also on the careful arrangement of the shredded vegetables and the presentation. It makes a striking centrepiece for the table. The menu also lists seafood rice bowls, fugu sashimi, fugu liver and fugu rice porridge, offering options from a sashimi-led meal to a spread that includes several fugu dishes.
There is more to the fish selection than sashimi. Grilled choices include salted Pacific saury, salted mackerel, grilled cutlassfish and grilled large prawns; simmered dishes include fish head, ara-kabu scorpionfish and flatfish. For a meal centred on fish, diners can also choose a sashimi set meal, grilled-fish set meal or simmered-fish set meal instead of ordering several small dishes. Visitors have commented on the flavour and freshness of the fish, and the range makes it easy to try different preparations, from sashimi to simmered dishes.
Kushikatsu—deep-fried items on skewers—offers another way to vary the meal. Choices include pork belly and sardine wrapped with shiso, as well as lotus root, pumpkin and shishito peppers. To finish, there are options such as sea bream ochazuke, mentaiko ochazuke, grilled rice balls and rice porridge. Choose ochazuke, rice served with tea or broth, to carry the fish flavours through to the end, or finish with grilled rice balls served with akadashi miso soup.
The drinks menu includes draft beer, chilled sake and shochu, making these options a natural match for a dinner of fish dishes and kushikatsu.
