Our local yōshoku restaurant, Fuji Lunch, has Western-style dishes like karaagé fried chicken, croquettes, hamba-gu (more like meatloaf than a hamburger), and fried cutlets. Behind the counter an elderly couple are choreographed in their movements depending on which orders they were filling. Auntie kept busy topping a large plate with julienned cabbage, lettuce, cucumbers, and tomatoes. Uncle was manning the stove either frying chicken and onion rings or sautéing green bell peppers filled with ground meat.

Yōshoku is Western dishes adapted to the Japanese palate. It’s comfort food. Rice is served on a plate and not in a bowl. We call this raisu, not gohan which is when it’s served in a bowl. 

Fuji lunch feels like an American diner. A handful of counter seats overlooking an open kitchen and a few tables. Hours are only 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The rice portions are huge. I asked for a small serving and even that was hard to finish.

Note that Fuji Lunch does not serve omuraisu, ketchup rice covered in an omelet.

Fuji Lunch

Kokubunji-shi, Honchō 2-13-7

closed Tuesdays, Wednesdays

cash only

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