cheap good eats near Keio Plaza

Can anyone recommend restaurants near Keio Plaza which specializes in any of the ff: ramen,yakitori,tempura or tonkatsu.Is there an alley in West shinjuku where we%26#39;ll find rows of restaurants? What are the fruits in season during April?

cheap good eats near Keio Plaza

The west side of the station (where Keio Plaza) is has fewer choices. The south or east side of the station has tons of dining places for you to try.

A couple recommendations:

Tonkatsu: Katsukara at 14th floor of Takashimaya Dept Store, new south exit of JR Shinjuku

http://www.tradina.com/0353611878/

Beef: Sandaya, again at 14th floor of Takashimaya Dept Store, new south exit of JR Shinjuku

good Japanese beef served on a sizzling iron platter, good smoked ham as well

www.restaurants-park.jp/search/04/index.htm

Other categories:

Ramen: there are many ramen shops at Shinjuku, whether at the restaurant levels of department stores of around Kabuki-cho. Everyone has the favorite so it%26#39;s tough for me to recommend. I have eaten at the #1-rated ramen places in the country, Menya Musashi after standing in line for an hour. It wasn%26#39;t that spectacular though:

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Yakitori: maybe somebody else can give you a favorite. Most izakayas should give you good yakitoris.

Tempura: I personally don%26#39;t like eating an entire meal of tempura as after a while, they all tasted the same. Consider going to a soba noodle place where you can get mixed tempura with the noodles. Those can be very good.

Fruits: department store basements have a grocery section that has wonderful looking fruit but it is usually very expensive. There is a discussion on that a while ago at the link below:

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cheap good eats near Keio Plaza

锛烇紴Is there an alley in West shinjuku where we%26#39;ll find rows of restaurants?

The block south east of Shinjuku Post Office (200m east of Keio Plaza) is where all the restaurants are.

Strawberries will be in season. Look for pastries with strawberries as well. The best ones are grown by Japanese in California then shipped back to Japan. You cannot find this tasty berry anywhere else because they send the best ones back to Japan.

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