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About this place
At Notoya, a good place to start is with oden, with each item ordered individually. The choices range from favourites such as daikon, egg and potato to beef tendon, tofu pouches, cabbage rolls and umeyaki, making it easy to order a light snack or put together a few dishes to enjoy with a drink. Some visitors have been struck by the slightly sweet broth, which soaks into the ingredients, and by the care taken to prepare the tendon. Start with daikon and tendon, then add atsuage or burdock tempura to sample a few different flavours.
Oden is not the only option. One visitor's account mentions choosing sashimi and other dishes from a refrigerated case, while the wall menu offers another way to pick a dish of the day. Listed choices include cod and tsuwasu sashimi, scallops with butter, clams steamed with sake and grilled chawanmushi. One diner ordered the scallops with butter; they are an option when you want to add a cooked dish to an oden-centred meal.
Drinks include beer and other alcoholic options. Some diners have paired oden with sake served lukewarm; another moved from bottled beer to chilled sake. The menu also lists Tosa Tsuru junmai sake, described as rich and crisp, and dry Echigo junmai sake, giving you a couple of options to match with the food. One visitor who stopped by for a quick drink said the oden was easy to enjoy. The restaurant is also presented as suitable for dining alone.
