We were doing some shopping in Ginza and all the shops were closing by 8:00PM, so we decided to go search for somewhere to eat for dinner. We found ourselves in a nearby shopping complex that has a ton of casual eateries that close late. We decided to go to a restaurant called Noah, an izakaya (naturally) whose menu looked pretty decent.
Hambagu
Curry korokke
I really wanted to try hambagu at least once, so I ordered the version with a fried egg, and then some curry korokke to share. I wasn't really sure what I was expecting — maybe a really juicy burger patty? — but the hambagu was... mediocre. At best. It is quite literally Hamburg steak (or Salisbury steak), down to the tangy mushroom gravy and the bland steamed vegetables, and I absolutely could not tell you the difference. I'm not sure if this is the standard hambagu, but if it is, I have no idea why it's so popular in Japan when there's literally thousands of better things to eat. On the flip side, the curry korokke was excellent — beautifully battered, fried to a perfect crisp, with plenty of Japanese minced beef curry inside. Then again, I don't think you can go wrong with a deep-fried croquette.
What annoyed me initially about this place was that our original server, upon learning that we only spoke English, went to get another girl to serve us instead. Then the new server went to get us English menus immediately, which contains about half of the options of their original menu and caters to, shall we say, very Western tastes. We took one look at it and immediately took out the Japanese menu and our translation apps. All I gotta say is, good thing Japan has a no-tipping culture.
Noah レストラン ノア
Ginza Inz 2, 2F, West 2-2
Ginza, Chuo City
Tokyo, Japan 〒104-0061
+81-03-3561-2230
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