Tokyo 東京: Hamburg YOSHI ハンバーグ 嘉 || Shibuya

 

Hamburg YOSHI is a casual charcoal-grilled hamburger specialty shop, located at the Shibuya area. It is run by a chef with 24 years of experience in grilling meat. The hamburg is made of freshly ground meat every morning and grill over charcoal right in front of the customers. 

It is very famous among the neighbourhood of Shibuya, so do expect a queue outside of the shop. We likely queue for about 40mins to get our seats. And, the dine-in time is limit for 1 hour only. 

 There is a L-shaped counter seats that can fit about 25 persons which surrounds the grilling kitchen in the restaurant enables everyone to catch a glimpse on how their hamburg is grilled. It is also a perfect spot for solo diners. And by the way, there is another outlet nearby at the Omotesando area. 

The rice served is carefully selected from a 5-star rice meister, then freshly milled and cooked in a traditional hagama pot. It is Free for a refill. 

In Japan, a 5-star rice meister is the highest official certification awarded by the Japan Rice Retail Association. These experts possess exhaustive knowledge of rice cultivation, blending and cooking techniques. Famous certified meisters like Tadao Koike and Hachidaime Gihey supply premium, perfectly balanced rice varieties to top-tier restaurants worldwide. 

Drinking water is refillable too. 

Raw egg available for one per person. 

The 3 specialty house-made condiments and 1 soy sauce. 

pickled red chili peppers, soy sauce

salted lemon, misho-zuke green chili peppers

Lemon Highball (700 yen)

Pickles Vege

Raw egg

Beautiful raw egg.

Raw egg with soy sauce.

Raw egg with soy sauce and pour over to the fluffy white rice - Tasty !

There are 3 types of house-made condiments - salted lemon and misho-zuke green & red chili peppers. 

We ordered the Special Outside Skirt (Harami) Steak Set Meal with 2 Hamburg Steaks (2800 yen) - this meal featured two of Yoshi's signature charcoal-grilled hamburg, made with freshly ground meat, paired with a special skirt (harami) steak that is grilled to perfection, locking in all that delicious flavour. It comes with a homemade spicy demi-glace sauce too. 

Every set meal gets to enjoy the unlimited refill of freshly cooked rice from the hagama pot, miso soup and pickles. Each person is entitled for one raw egg too. 

The homemade spicy demi-glace sauce is the one in the cast iron pan. 

Hamburg with some homemade spicy demi-glace sauce. 

the Special Outside Skirt (Harami) Steak

Also we ordered the Special Selected Beef Tongue Steak Set Meal with 2 Hamburg Steaks (2900 yen) - this beef tongue is beautifully cut to resemble a blooming flower. It is not only gorgeous to look at but also exceptionally tender and flavourful after grilled. The surface is grilled over charcoal until crispy and fragrant. Yum!

"Tongue Base" part is use only in the restaurant, which is served as the "specially selected beef tongue" or "premium beef tongue" at Yakiniku restaurants. 

Cow tongue consists of 3 parts which are the "tongue base", "tongue middle" and "tongue tip". The "tongue base" is the fattiest and highest quality part, which has juicy and tender soft texture. Therefore, it is to be enjoyed in delightful thick slices. 

Special Selected Beef Tongue Steak

Special Selected Beef Tongue Steak - Look! It is beautifully cut to resemble a blooming flower. It is not only gorgeous to look at but also exceptionally tender and flavourful after grilled.

Other than that, wagyu hamburg steak set meal and Hokkaido venison hamburg steak set meal are both available from the menu too. 

ごちそうさまでした. Thank you for the foods. The foods were exceptionally tasty! Everything were grilled to perfection. That's the reason why there is always a queue outside the shop. 

Hamburg YOSHI Shibuya

Japan, 150-0001 Tokyo, Shibuya, Jingumae, 6 Chome-12-6 J-Cube B, B 1F

Hours: Daily 1130-2000

Visited on 20 March 2024