Spice Today's lunch menu is served until 4:30pm and covers a wider range than your typical green curries and Pad Thai noodles. For Y1100 you can choose two main dishes along with jasmine rice, soup and a nice green salad; there are several noodle options as well.

Main dishes change regularly, with tempting options like Stir-fried Pork with Chinese Water Spinach; Isan-style Fried Chicken; Stir-fried Shrimp Curry; and Ga Pao (minced chicken with Thai basil). There's a somewhat bigger menu at dinnertime, along with a wine list (from Y3000/bottle) and cocktails. A couple of craft beers designed to go with Thai food - Sudachi White and Grassy Spicy IPA - are available if you're feeling adventurous....

Tsurutontan offers nearly fifty kinds of udon, including enticing cream-based seafood bowls and several types of curry udon. The wide-ranging menu also includes sushi rolls, horsemeat sashimi, tempura and numerous seasonal side dishes.

A branch of Takadanobaba's best banh mi specialist, Ngon Ngon #2 also offers several types of pho. More unusual for Tokyo, they produce a version of a Hanoi dish called Bun Dau Mam Tom - a pungent fermented shrimp paste served with noodles, fried tofu, pork belly and intestines, and vegetables, for Y1100. Most dishes other than pho bowls are ready for take-out.

The second Tokyo branch of the US shopping-mall favorite serves American-Chinese dishes like Orange Chicken (their signature dish), Mongolian Pork, Kung Pao Chicken and Egg Rolls. The "Big Plate" combo (Y1144) comes with three main dishes plus a base of Fried Rice, Chow Mein, white rice and/or steamed vegetables. Smaller combo plates are also available, and you can order any of the main dishes a la carte as take out.

This branch of the aggressively innovative ramen chain Mensho, located in Parco's Chaos Kitchen area, serves quinoa noodles, wagyu beef ramen and spicy wagyu tantanmen. Ramen is served in tall, cup-ramen-like bowls, and the shop's music program is put together by a well-known DJ.

Fish and seafood burgers are the unusual specialty of the house at deli fu cious, with intriguing offerings like shrimp-fritter burgers, crab-cream croquettes, conger-eel hotdogs and tuna cheeseburgers. Most main items are priced between Y1100 and Y1500.

Souffle omelettes and souffle crepes are two of the original egg-based dishes served at this egg-themed cafe. There's also a diverse selection of drinks - "handmade" hot and cold juice-based beverages, cold-brew coffee, flavored cold-brew coffees and various cocktails.

Tonjiru - pork miso soup - is the main dish here and it's very tasty soup indeed. Packed with tofu and fresh vegetables (carrots, daikon, onions and leeks), it's got a pleasantly creamy consistency and wonderful depth of flavor.

Soups start at Y640 a la carte or Y890 for a teishoku (soup plus rice, pickles and a small salad), and you can add in ingredients like egg, natto, pork spareribs and keema curry, or upgrade to fancier types of miso....

While this is ostensibly a soba shop, most evening visitors are here for the deep-fried kushiage skewers, served with sake, shochu or beer. Skewers come in a nice range of both seafood and vegetable ingredients, and with prices starting at just Y120 they can be hard to resist....

The half dozen or so German-style craft beers on tap at Schmatz are probably the most interesting brews you'll find in the Grandberry Park shopping mall. This mini-branch of the popular German chain, located in the middle of the "Gathering Market" food hall area, serves an abbreviated menu of German sausages and hot dogs, beef and pork burgers, and beer, wine, cocktails and soft drinks. Beers start at Y600 and hot dogs are Y750.

Run by the Craft Beer Market chain, Beer Boy is a rather basic standing bar serving ten taps of craft beer and a simple food menu. The taps are roughly split between more commonly found, budget-friendly domestic craft beers and higher-priced "special" beers. The former category is priced at Y480/Y780 for small and large sizes, and there's a small table charge as well....

This branch of the very popular German bar-restaurant offers a full menu of sausages, schnitzel, risotti and pizzas. The seven taps dispense original German-style craft beers and German imports, priced from Y650 a glass, and three-part tasting flights are Y1100. If you can't get a seat here, the next nearest branch of Schmatz is around three minutes away.

Conveniently located in the Shimo-Kitazawa station complex, this new venture from the popular German chain Schmatz is a combination bakery, restaurant and beer bar, and they even serve breakfast. ...