The second recommendation for lunch at Tokyo Bigsight visit is an unique seafood restaurant, "Mexico", followed the first post on early this month, Kagaya(加賀屋), a fine Japanese restaurant - Tokyo Bigsight area. As you can recognize, the name in alphabet represents the central American country. It is pronounced as "me-hi-ko" (メヒコ) in Japanese and for Japanese that does not sound to be a Mexican restaurant at least. We are not sure where the name comes from but anyway, it is not a Mexican restaurant but is one featuring Western style plates with Japanese high quality seafood.
We never know about the restaurant till we found it near Tokyo Bigsight. It has over 30 years presence as a seafood restaurant chain in Tohoku region, offering good quality fresh seafood like crab from the local region at reasonable price. In Tokyo, only two units serve in this convention center area and Asakusa.
Apart from the fresh seafood, another unique point of the restaurant is casual and resort like interior with large rattan funiture set and water tank creating atmosphere like an aquarium. It can be regarded as a bit upper scale family restaurant. You do not have to be uncomfortable even with young kids.
Well about food, their specialty is variety of crab dishes. The most popular menu, pilaf (flavored rice) is offered with choices of size and with-shell or without.
Traditional Mexico fried rice with crab meat (メヒコピラフ)
My pilaf rather simple
ordinary size and crab meat without shell
Other seafood selections on the menu include sea urchin pilaf, starter dishes with crab meat, steamed Zuwai Kani(ズワイガニ, Snow crab) and Taraba Kani (タラバガニ, King crab), seafood tempura etc. With the long years as seafood cooking professional, the restaurant knows the best way to cook each ingredient.
Crab guts (紅ズワイ蟹のカニ味噌)
served along with fresh meat
is another distinguishing crab menu.
Even in this gourmet city Tokyo, it is rare to find such wide selections of fine seafood plates.
Your object of travel to enjoy fresh high quality seafood in Japan may be accomplished at Mexico near Tokyo Bigsight area, even you do not have so much time to go around central Tokyo.
Don't miss the chance!
Mexico has English menu and opens without break through lunch to dinner time.
Its regular close day is Monday.
Restaurant name: Mexico (メヒコ)
Address: 2nd floor Ariake Park Building, 3-7-11 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo
*5minutes walk from Tokyo Bigsight and the building next to Washington Hotel
Official site in Japanese : http://www.mehico.com/shop/suizokukan3.html
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