Yakisoba Kabukichi - Shinjuku Tokyo - Japan

We had time before dinner to go back to our apartment and charged our devices and did search on all available options. I suggested sukiyaki but the options was a bit more pricey due to the meat. We scratched that out and looked some more. In the end we thought of yakisoba which is a stir fry soba noodle. And it just happened that there was one restaurant just very close to our Airbnb apartment.

We followed the direction and found our way to the restaurant. But before that we were surprised by the establishments we passed through. Turned out that we lived pretty close to the entertainment district of Shinjuku. Unlike Bangkok where people sort of gather in front of the establishment either trying to entice customers or just hanging out. Over here we didn't see anyone, maybe it was too early ? The only thing we noticed was plenty of pictures of pretty men/women. All of those in innocent poses nothing raunchy.



Anyway, the restaurant was very compact with just a few tables. It was only 6 pm so there were not too many people yet. We got a table and the menu. We ordered the yakisoba - regular size for me and large size for hubby. We also ordered a dish of gyoza (pan fried dumplings). The waiter asked if we wanted egg on the noodle and we declined. Apparently people like to have yakisoba with raw egg. Just a plain raw egg with the yakisoba and then you are supposed to mix it before enjoying it.

The yakisoba was yummy with lots of bean sprouts and cut green onion. There was no meat but we didn't miss it. But of course there was meat in the gyoza which was equally yummy.

gyoza side by side with yakisoba

Outside of restaurant

This is pretty much the whole restaurant

Yakisoba Kabukichi  
Yakisoba Restaurant
Address: 1 Chome-14-6 Kabukicho, 新宿区 Tokyo 160-0021, Japan
Phone: +81 3-6228-0248