Breakfast Meal at Sukiya, Beef Bowl Restaurant, - What I Ate in Ikebukuro, Tokyo

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Breakfast Meal at Sukiya, Beef Bowl Restaurant, - What I Ate in Ikebukuro, Tokyo

Sukiya (すき家)

As I mentioned in my previous entry, my husband and I visited Japan in 2022 and stayed at Sunshine City Prince Hotel in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. For breakfast, we decided to go to Sukiya (すき家) because Japanese beef bowl is one of our favorite foods in Japan. You can check out my previous entry, My Top 15 Must Eat Foods in Japan - My Favorite Japanese Foods. We've visited Sukiya many times since we lived in Japan for many years. Yet, I think that this is my first time to enjoy their breakfast meal. (We also enjoyed beef bowl at Sukiya in Japan in 2019 and 2014.)

Sukiya has 1,942 branches in Japan in 2022, so you can easily find Sukiya restaurant in Japan. This time, I visited Sukiya Ikebukuro Sunshine Mae branch.

Sukiya Ikebukuro Sunshine Mae Branch

Times Station Ikebukuro

4-25-9 Higashiikebukuro

Toshima-ku, Tokyo

Open 24/7

Order Through Sukiya Touch Screen Menu

Even if you don't speak Japanese, you can order meal in English through Sukiya touch screen menu.

Sukiya Touch Screen Menu

You can choose your preferred language from Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean.

Sukiya Touch Screen Menu

You can also choose size of rice. 😀

Sukiya Breakfast Combo Meals (すき家の朝食)

I've always wanted to try breakfast meal at beef bowl restaurants in Japan. It's because it looks nutritious and affordable. The cheapest breakfast combo meal is 290 yen, which is equivalent to $2.05 (1USD = 141 yen)! Sukiya's breakfast menu is only available from 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. You can check out Sukiya official website for their breakfast menu. Today, I'm going to share what we had for breakfast at Sukiya with you.

Beef Bowl with Raw Egg Combo with Grilled Mackerel

My husband ordered this beef bowl with raw egg combo with grilled mackerel for 580 yen, which is equivalent to $4.11. It included rice, beef bowl plate, raw egg, grilled mackerel, simmered hijiki seaweed, nori and miso soup.

Beef Bowl with Raw Egg Combo with Grilled Mackerel

We were surprised that the meal was served in paper plates to reduce plastic waste.

Beef Bowl with Raw Egg Combo with Pork and Vegetable Miso Soup

I ordered this beef bowl with raw egg combo for 350 yen, and I chose pork and vegetable miso soup (とん汁) for extra 100 yen instead of regular miso soup, so in total, it cost 450 yen, which is equivalent to $3.19. It included rice, beef bowl plate, raw egg, simmered hijiki seaweed, nori, and pork and vegetable miso soup.

Raw egg on rice is called tamago kake gohan (たまごかけご飯) in Japanese and is popular breakfast meal in Japan. You might think eating raw egg is insane. However, as I mentioned in my previous entry, How to Make Tamago Kake Gohan - Raw Egg on Rice, because Japanese people eat raw egg, eggs are sold on the premise of being consumed raw in Japan. That's why egg producers make eggs perfect cleaning before marketing those. If you are interested in tamago kake gohan, you can try it with ease in Japan.

Raw Egg

I'm going to share with you how to eat tamago kake gohan. First, put soy sauce in raw egg bowl. Then, mix the egg and soy sauce together thoroughly.

Make a hollow in the center of the rice.

Then, pour the mixture into a hollow, and stir the mixture into the rice. That's it. You can enjoy tamago kake gohan.

I put beef over tamago kake gohan, and topped it with kizami shoga (刻み生姜), pickled ginger. This is my favorite way to eat Japanese beef bowl.

We really enjoyed our first Sukiya breakfast meals! If we have a chance to visit Japan next time, we will definitely try Japanese breakfast at beef bowl restaurants such as Sukiya (すき家), Yoshinoya (吉野家), Matsuya (松屋) and Nakau (なか卯).

These are also my entries you might like.

♥How to Make Tamago Kake Gohan - Raw Egg on Rice

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