Tamahide 玉ひで

Chuo-ku, Nihonbashi Ningyocho 1-17-10 中央区日本橋人形町1-17-10

Tel. 03-3668-7651

11:30 – 13:00, 17:00 – 22:00, Saturday 16:00 – 21:00

closed Sunday and holidays

www.tamahide.co.jp/ (Japanese)

Tamahide will be easy to find as there is a perpetual line out the front door. The large white building looks like a castle with the large stones surrounding its base. Opened in 1760, this fifth generation shop is synonymous with a dish called oyakodon. Literally, mother and child, this dish is made from chicken cooked in a sweet soy broth with eggs added at the last minute until they just start to set. This is poured over a bowl of rice and eaten with a lacquer spoon. If you want to upgrade the dish ask for the duck and to downgrade ask for ground chicken. Seating is communal at low horigotatsu tables, with a hole under the table to put your feet into. For a real treat come in the evening for a full chicken sukiyaki course.