Stand Gen Chan, Japanese Fish Bar - What I Ate in Ikebukuro, Tokyo

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Stand Gen Chan, Japanese Fish Bar - What I Ate in Ikebukuro, Tokyo

Stand Gen Chan, Japanese Fish Bar

As I mentioned in my previous entries, my husband and I visited Tokyo last year, and we stayed at Sunshine City Prince Hotel in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, for two nights. The hotel was pretty close to the hospital we would go to for complete medical checkup, which is called ningen doc (人間ドック) in Japanese.

　On the day we arrived in Tokyo, we decided to go to a restaurant near by the hotel for dinner. We finally decided this restaurant, Stand Gen Chan (スタンド源ちゃん), Japanese Fish Bar, located in Sunshine Alpa Mall. It took us five minutes or so to get there from the hotel by walk.

Stand Gen Chan (スタンド源ちゃん), Japanese Fish Bar

Stand Gen Chan (スタンド源ちゃん), Japanese Fish Bar

Stand Gen Chan (スタンド源ちゃん), Japanese Fish Bar

B1F Sunshine Alpa

3-1-1 Higashi Ikebukuro

Toyoshima-ku, Tokyo

Stand Gen Chan (スタンド源ちゃん) is a Japanese teishoku (定食) and izakaya (居酒屋) restaurant.

This is teishoku menu. Teishoku (定食) means combo style meal such as main dish, rice and soup.

Teishoku Menu of Stand Gen Chan (スタンド源ちゃん), Japanese Fish Bar

As we have been living in the U.S. for many years, we always think that Japanese foods especially fresh raw fish is very expensive in the U.S. When we visit Japan, we are often surprised at how affordable Japanese foods are!

Bowl Menu of Stand Gen Chan (スタンド源ちゃん), Japanese Fish Bar

This is izakaya menu, which means small Japanese dishes you would like to enjoy with alcohol drinks.

Izakaya Menu of Stand Gen Chan (スタンド源ちゃん), Japanese Fish Bar

We were going to have medical checkup next morning, so we were thinking about having lighter and healthier meals, but after looking at the menu, we decided to have teishoku, combo meals. 😅

Sutamina Yaki Sashimi Teishoku (スタミナ焼きと刺身定食)

My husband ordered Sutamina Yaki Sashimi Teishoku (スタミナ焼きと刺身定食), combination meal of stir-fried pork with ginger and garlic, fresh sashimi, miso soup, white rice and Japanese pickles. This was only 1,188 yen, which is equivalent to $8.42.

Honjitu No Yakizakana Sashimi Teishoku (本日の焼魚と刺身定食)

I ordered Honjitu No Yakizakana Sashimi Teishoku (本日の焼魚と刺身定食), which is combo meal of today's grilled fish, fresh sashimi, miso soup, white rice and Japanese pickles. When I ordered it, I was told that today's grilled fish would be nishin (ニシン), herring. When I received it, I was surprised at how big the grilled fish was. The fish was bigger than the plate. This combo meal was also 1,188 yen, which is equivalent to $8.42.

The meals we had at Stand Gen Chan were affordable and pretty good. Sashimi was very thin, but we were able to enjoy five kinds of fresh sashimi.

Next time, I will also write about another restaurant we went to in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.

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