Thursday, December 12, 2019

Nagoya - To Eat 12Dec2019 (Ichibiki - イチビキ Unagi Joint)

Nagoya - To Stay
Nagoya - To Do
Nagoya - To Eat
Ichibiki
イチビキ
CASH ONLY

Closed Mon
Opens 1130-1pm Needs Queue number and starts at 10am. GO Inside to get your queue number.
5-8pm. Dinner reservations only!
400m from Hilton Nagoya 6min walk
Recommended by T.T.Q

Ichibiki only takes in limited seats for lunch service and requires patrons to collect a queue card from 10am onwards. Dining times are allocated there after. Dinner is by phone reservations only! You'd be lucky to get a seat at this joint.
Ordered On
12Dec2019
Small Hitsumabushi 3600yen
Food 4.5/5
*From the top view, it seems like a single layer of Eel, but in fact its a double layer of eel with a generous serving of rice and sweet Unagi sauce. Perfection! Amazing grills flavor on the outside, fat and super juicy on the inside. By far one of the best Hitsumabushis and grilled Eel ordered. It is as good as Grilled Eel so far in Kyoto, Hakusuien, at the start of the Philosophers walk.
Personally, this beats Narita's Village famous Kawatoyo Eel joint, hands down.*
 
Service 3.5/5
*Food service is a little slow but man is it worth the 40min wait.*
Ambience 3.5/5
Value 4/5
Of the three Hitsumabushi's had in Nagoya, Ichibiki comes up as the best tasting and best value. Totally worth the wait! Their 'mala-like' condiment added a nice zesty flavor to the eel. In fact, we went on to purchase it from the local Supermart there after.
Among the other two Unagi joints tried, one being a famous Picho - Hitsumabushi Unagi あつた蓬莱軒 松坂屋店 located in Lucia mall is overly price in comparison and satisfactory meter doesn't match up to that served here.

However, if you can't spare the trouble of queuing for a number at 10am and turning up again much later, at 12.30pm (in our case), Yo Neh Yi Chi offers value Hitsumabushi for a value asking price and starts lunch service at 10am.  The eel at Yo Neh Yi Chi does however loose out by way of deep flavor and fattiness. 
If one is willing to queue at 10am and wait about 30-40mins on arrival for the food to come, the rewards of thus far best Hitsumabushi Unagi joint are value and full flavored.  
 *An individual serving of Eel only at 2800yen.*
Most patrons went for Eel over rice, although their best seller and recommended order is their Hitsumabushi. Personally I felt that the grilled eel, though looks incredibly impressive, alone would be too rich and needed different textural and flavor enhancement condiments that comes in a Hitsumabushi meal to cut through the richness of the eel and sweet sauce. To each his own.
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