These are my secret food tips
when eating at one of Japan's most popular steak shops
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Today I'm taking you to one of my favorite quick hitter steak shops
aptly named Ikinari steak
Luckily the folks here have agreed to give me access
to show you what happens behind the counter
and show you all of the magic that happens
plus I'm going to share with you some of my favorite food tips
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alright let's get our steak on
Ikinari Steak has been serving up them thick hitters on cast iron plates since 2013
with now over 200 locations all throughout Japan
and for those that don't know Ikinari steak literally means sudden steak
which is a simple concept of get your quality steak fix on quickly
and whenever you want
without the hassle and frills of them sit down places
definitely my speed which is why I'm here so often
plus it's one spot in Tokyo where quality meat doesn't break the bank account
alright so we made it inside
but the first thing we do is we have to order our food
first let me explain how it all goes down
after you're seated and let them know you're in the market for steak
take your table number to the front counter
to order your meat just the way you like it
how many grams and how you want to cook
and right there on the spot in front of you they'll cut your meat to size
and all of it is grilled in front of the dining section
where everyone can see
nothing like hearing the crackle of steaks cooking over an open grill
and that intoxicating barbeque scent filling the restaurant
Damn I can't wait for my steak to be served
quick tip though the steaks are served on extremely hot cast iron plates
so I recommend ordering the meat
at least one level more rare than you prefer
so you can let the steak cook at the table while the plate cools down
and a little secret
between you and me
you can actually order very rare for the nicer cuts of meat
also for those of you who like that dark brown brown
they can order it very well done
enough, time to put the meat in my mouth
This looks so good
so first of all what I like to do when I start off is
I like to just spread the butter around
you have these garlic chips you have the onions
you have the corn you have the carrots
you have all this stuff just laid out perfectly
and I just put the sauce over it
WOW look at that pork
it's just amazing let's just take the first bite of that
Oh it is cooked perfectly
the meat is so tender and juicy it's amazing
this is why I come here
I love how it's on an iron pan and just cooking it as we speak
so even though I got the tenderloin
there's so many different meats that you can choose from
you can get ribeye steak
you can get sirloin steak
you can get chuck eye
but to be completely honest
the wild hamburger steak
is a top contender for overall value and flavor
definitely one of my go-to's
the wild hamburger steak uses 100% beef
and is juiced up like fighters back in the pride days
and I love every single juicy bite of it
but on top of that it's only 770 yen per 150 grams
which is about six and a half dollars for five ounces of meat joy
it's served fairly rare
like this as it cooks while you eat it over the hot iron plate
adding a sauce is also a must
but be careful as the hot sizzling flavor left to do a little dance right off the plate
Wild Steak is also a perfect choice for those looking for quality value
and a red meaty option
it's a chuck eye steak cut from certified angus beef
and this one also sizzles for a reasonable 800 yen for 150 grams
about seven dollars for five ounces
one more thing that I wanted to mention
is that they do have a rangiri cut steak aka dice steak
it's basically a mix of different cuts of meat
so you can enjoy various flavors and textures in one order
if you can't decide what your meat passion
is that day then maybe this is the way to go
so like I said I'm having a day of it today
so I'm going with one of my favs, the hire aka tenderloin cut
made from australian grass-fed beef
this cut is only available from 3% of the cow
it has a soft and very fine texture
just like uh how I like my steaks
so now that I've eaten some of the meat
what I like to do is make some garlic rice
and the fact is you have all the ingredients to do it
um I bring some of the meat and then what I'll do is
I'll cut up all the rest of the meat that I have
so I'll take some of the rice
and I will put it on the side
just right here like this
and then I'll take the garlic
and i'll just plop it on
I love garlic so much that I put probably a little bit more than
people are used to but no problem with that
I'll take a little bit of salt and pepper just like this
take some of the garlic chips then you just mix it all up
with the remaining meat that you have
and of course you can do this in any order you want
but I just like to get that first hit of meat in my mouth
before I start this process because I'm so hungry usually when I come here
and then the trick here ask them to re-heat it
so that you get a piping hot garlic rice
with all the lovely meat mixed in
look at this steaming plate right here
almost like a minute or two for them to heat it right up and now everything is sizzling
and perfect let's take the first bite of this garlic loveliness
steaming as we would expect it
that garlic is so strong I put a lot of garlic in that one
but it is amazing it's so perfect you got garlic chips
you get the garlic sauce you got the rice you got the tenderloin right here
and every single bite is a joy
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That said let's continue on
another tip I have for you is just to get all sauced up
like I said they got the sauces all right here next to you
they have the wasabi and the mustard
and they even have their own ikinari sauce
this is like a very like sweet one
so just to give you a few examples you can take the mustard
and you can take the Ikinari sweet sauce
and you can put it together and it's quite a tasty combination
you can take the wasabi here and obviously you can mix it with a soy sauce
as another combination or one of my personal favorites is
you can take their sweet Ikinari sauce and you can mix it with tabasco
there's just so many different combinations that you can play with
and you can just get all solid stuff and get super creative
based on all these sauces
let me know in the comments what you would mix together
so now if you have some garlic rice and some of your steak left over
let me share with you my next tip
another little secret between you and me
is that you can eat your steak and rice Hitsumabushi style
which is originally an eel over rice bowl combo
mixed with soup broth and various spices
basically you can take your rice dish with your meat
and you can mix it with their soup here
and you can just create an all new flavor and taste experience
first of all what you do is you take the remainder of your steak
and your rice
and you throw it in a bowl
you usually have to ask the restaurant for the bowl
that is looking good
they got all of the food in here and then there's soup
The soup itself here is amazing
it's like a lot of onions and carrots some celery in there
it is a meat enriched broth
how beautiful is that
all right so now back to our mission
we're gonna throw some soup in here just like so
let it soak in just a little bit
as I'm soaking in the loveliness of this entire experience
look at this is like a perfect soup dish
and just like kitsumabushi
you can add wasabi or any other condiment to change the flavor
we are going to flavor town today
most lovelies you still have those like little pieces of garlic chips in there
and the strong garlic so you get that garlic taste as well
and when you're all done with this
if you still want more you can order take out
which is awesome
If i want to bring someone to Maiko because she wasn't here with me
but that's pretty much how I would spend my time here
at Ikinari Steak get my quick fix
get all staked up sauced up and good to go
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