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About this place
Pair a Bismarck-style pizza topped with smoked seafood and a soft-boiled egg with smoked beer. In Yutenji, GIRIgiri is a Western-style restaurant built around smoked dishes and the pleasure of matching food with drinks. The menu also includes peperoncino made with smoked fish from Tokushima Prefecture, offering another way to savour the seafood’s aroma. Smoked Weizen beer is described as having banana-like sweetness and body, while Dunkel brings roasted notes reminiscent of coffee, along with a spicy edge. Smoking features in both the food and the drinks, and ordering an assortment of smoked dishes is one way to sample a range of flavours.
For a more substantial meal, consider the beef skirt steak, briefly smoked with smoked salt. The restaurant notes that it takes about 30 minutes to prepare, making it a good choice for an unhurried evening. For a flavour beyond smoke, try the yurinchi-style dish of fried octopus and aubergine topped with a spring onion sauce. One diner particularly enjoyed it, and it could make a good beer companion.
The restaurant serves in the evening, and reservations are available. Whether you are sharing small plates with friends or choosing dishes and drinks one by one, smoked flavours offer a theme around which to shape the meal.
