Hyperlocal Tokyo

Today, I had the Beef Bowl and Iron Plate Beef Kalbi set. It was hot, so I switched to cold soup. 😊 I got a large portion of rice for about 1,000 yen, so I'm pretty satisfied. ✨ You can eat inside or at the tables outside, but the tables outside are quite crowded. The restaurants in the third terminal are a bit pricey, but the Haneda Airport Garden is always empty, so if you don't have anything specific in mind, you might want to go there. Well, in any case, Yoshinoya is the best! By the way, a Chinese customer 🇨🇳 bought takeout and then decided to eat it inside, which made the staff look confused. The staff are all foreigners, so they handled it efficiently. ✨

I stopped by for dinner before boarding my late-night flight. They offer both dine-in and takeout. It's a classic Yoshinoya, even the flight attendants eat here. There were a lot of international travelers with suitcases, so it felt a bit cramped. But the food was delicious.

A typical Yoshinoya. It's fast. I'm not sure if the price is the same as other Yoshinoyas, but it's probably to be expected. While other places have inflated prices, Yoshinoya offers a meal for ¥1000 (Mos Burger does too). And while other restaurants don't have a fast turnover, so the wait times can be unpredictable, Yoshinoya is truly a master of its craft! They have a good customer flow, so you don't feel like you're waiting too long.

As a shareholder of Yoshinoya, I receive shareholder discount coupons every year. This time, I had the opportunity to use Haneda Airport and looked around at various restaurants. While I understand that the rent is high, I thought the prices were expensive. I checked out Yoshinoya, which is known for its good value, and found that the prices were comparable to the market. I decided to eat there. My wife ordered a beef bowl, and I ordered a large beef plate set. The food arrived in 3 minutes, and the taste was the same as anywhere else in Japan. However, this location has a Kuroge Wagyu Beef Bowl (¥1,547 including tax). I might order that next time. Thank you for the meal.

I arrived early for my late-night Asiana Airlines flight and tried to use the ANA Lounge, but the check-in counter was closed and I couldn't enter the restricted area. I ended up using the lounge for a meal. It was very reasonably priced compared to the other restaurants, which were all quite expensive.