Mitsuhashi

A richly seasoned, sweet-and-savoury oyakodon alongside a small bowl of light dashi udon: one diner who ordered the chicken-and-egg rice bowl enjoyed it with mini udon, noting the soft, runny egg and the combination of flavours. The flat noodles and clear-tasting broth offer a refreshing contrast to the heartier bowl, making each bite a little different.

For another egg-topped bowl, consider haikara-don, made with tempura crumbs simmered with egg. A diner who ordered it singled out the way the egg was cooked and the texture of the tempura crumbs tucked into the bowl. Some diners have paired it with a small bowl of udon, a good option if you want a rice bowl as your main dish but would also like some noodles.

If you’re in the mood for tempura, there’s tendon (a tempura rice bowl) as well as tempura served separately. One diner who tried tendon reported that it came with mini soba and tempura including prawns, sweet potato and nori. Another diner’s tempura assortment included prawns, lotus root, pumpkin, aubergine, sweet potato, mushrooms and nori. Whether you choose a tempura bowl or an egg-topped one, you can add dashi-rich noodles to the meal.

The menu also lists oyakodon, katsudon and tamagodon, alongside soba and udon in styles such as kake, kitsune and yamakake. Choose a rice bowl or make noodles the focus, depending on your appetite and mood. Rice dishes include chicken rice porridge, egg rice porridge and inari sushi, too—useful choices if you fancy something lighter than a bowl of rice topped with a main dish.

Mitsuhashi is described as serving meals at both lunch and dinner, and as a suitable spot for dining alone. In the residential neighbourhood of Shiginohigashi, it’s a diner to consider for a rice bowl with noodles on the side, or a dish that lets dashi take centre stage.