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About this place
A good omurice is about more than the egg. Diners have described Naganuma’s version as fluffy and soft, with the richness of butter and tang of ketchup in the chicken rice balanced by the gentle bitterness of demi-glace sauce. Another diner enjoyed the combination of egg and slightly thick chicken rice, using a little of the ketchup served alongside to change the flavour from one bite to the next. It’s a dish worth exploring with both sauces.
For a meal with a couple of different mains, consider the set of hamburg steak and cream croquette. One diner recalled a tender steak with a hint of sweetness from the onion, alongside a croquette with a pronounced white-sauce flavour, describing the meal as comfortingly familiar. Other diners have also singled out the potato salad, coleslaw and vegetable soup served as accompaniments. The supporting dishes help make a full Western-style meal after you have chosen your main.
If you’d like to try a range of fried dishes, you can choose from cream croquette, prawn, chicken, menchi katsu (breaded minced-meat cutlet) and oyster for a mixed platter. The menu offers a choice of 3, 4 or 5 items, so you can focus on favourites or sample a broader selection. Other listed combinations pair individual dishes, such as hamburg steak with fried oysters, or fried prawns with cream croquette.
The small dining room has counter and table seating, and is described as suitable for solo diners. Naganuma serves lunch and dinner, with beer and wine by the glass on the menu. Whether you’re after lunch or a drink with a Western-style dinner, the choices range from omurice to combinations of fried dishes.
