Toriyoshi

A twenty-seat wood counter tucked into an Akasaka basement. Binchotan flames and 1920s jazz. The oyakodon with its golden, runny egg and the usudukuri (chicken breast carpaccio) are revelations of what poultry can be.

Chicken elevated to a high-art form

Located in Akasaka, Toranomon & Nihonbashi, Tokyo