Kitchen Murauchi

When choosing just one main feels impossible, Kitchen Murauchi’s Choose-your-own Lunch is a welcome option. One diner picked the hamburger steak and grilled chicken thigh, and enjoyed the steak’s firm texture. The menu also features yoshoku favourites such as hamburger steak, beef cutlet, fried prawns and pork sauté. You can make a combination by adding another dish: another diner paired beef cutlet with prawns sautéed in butter. The butter prawns had no coating, while the beef cutlet was satisfying despite its relatively thin cutlet, bringing two distinct takes on yoshoku to the same plate.

For a meal centred on fried prawns, consider the limited-quantity Fried Prawn Lunch. The menu lists 3 prawns, soup and rice. One diner recalled that the light coating let the prawns’ tender texture and flavour come through, while a restrained amount of tartare sauce brought out their taste. There was also a generous serving of salad, making this a promising choice for lunch if you’d like vegetables alongside a fried main.

For a lighter combination, look out for the daily lunch special of fried prawns and chicken cutlet with ponzu. It comes with soup and rice, and one customer praised the tender chicken and the refreshing citrus-soy sauce. It’s another way to enjoy two dishes together, with both fried prawns and chicken cutlet on the plate.

For a more substantial meal, there’s also beef stew made with Japanese Black Wagyu neck. The menu says it comes with soup, salad and rice, and takes about 20 minutes to prepare. One diner reported finding generous chunks of beef in the stew. It’s worth considering if you have time for a leisurely meal and would like something different from a fried dish.

Finish with the homemade pudding. Diners have praised its firm texture and bitter caramel, making it a memorable sweet after a yoshoku meal. The menu also lists it at 400 yen. Coffee is 200 yen, and can be ordered alongside dessert.