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N9Y Nikuya Butcher's
Grill New York/
Ginza: Grill
▼5524-0055
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Grilled and roasted
meats are the pride
of the kitchen here,
along with enticing
vegetable dishes and
a decent selection
of inexpensive
wines. At the top of
the menu is the
shop's signature
"beer-can chicken" -
prepared in a spe-
cial roaster that
infuses the chicken
with beer as it's
cooking. Although
the chickens them-
selves are fairly
ordinary, the re-
sults are effective
- crispy, crunchy
skin with moist and
tender meat under-
neath and a subtle
hint of beer flavor.


More exciting though
are the grilled pork
back ribs - extreme-
ly tender, very
fatty and flavorful,
coated with a
slightly sweet orig-
inal barbecue sauce.
There are serious-
looking bottles of
Thai chili sauce on
the tables for when
you want to spice
things up.

The menu offers an
impressive array of
meat dishes to ex-
plore further -
N9Y's special roast
beef; roast pork
loin with orange-
marmalade glaze;
grilled buttermilk
chicken; venison
ham; beef-tongue
stew; and foie gras
confit among them.
This is the kind of
place where you'll
definitely want to
share dishes so you
can sample a bigger
variety of flavors.
Non-carnivores,
perhaps dragged here
against their will,
can choose from
among several salmon
dishes, bite-size
octopus steak, mus-
sels or oysters.

While waiting for
our mains (which
take awhile to pre-
pare), we explored
the vegetable side
of the menu. Bagna
cauda seems to be
popular everywhere
in Tokyo these days,
but N9Y does an
especially good
version, with more
exotic vegetables
than usual and an
assertive anchovy
dip. And our umami-
rich grilled mush-
rooms in blue cheese
were outstanding.
The blue-cheese
flavor was toned
down quite a bit so
as not to overpower
the mushrooms, and
the dish had the
overall consistency
of a very thick
cream of mushroom
soup, only with much
more flavor (and far
more mushrooms).

NY9 advertise them-
selves as special-
ists in butcher-
fresh meats and
microbrew beers, and
the latter category
includes several
local Japanese brews
on tap and some
German and Belgian
beers by the bottle.
Unfortunately,
though, the beer
selection wasn't
that exciting (even
for our table of
craft-beer fans),
and the imports are
on the pricey side.
The inexpensive wine
menu, starting in
the range of Y500/
glass or Y2000/bot-
tle, is a much bet-
ter deal.

The sprawling base-
ment dining room is
comfortable and
casual, and is well-
suited to group
parties. Budget
around Y3500 for
food and drink at
dinnertime; lunches
are Y900-1800. Take-
out and local deliv-
ery service are
available.

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◎Ginza 2-6-8, Nihon
Seimei Ginza Bldg
B1F. ◎ Open 11:
30am-2:30, 4:30-11:
05pm (LO) daily.

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