Blacows

So it's obvious that when you're in Japan you should seek out a restaurant which sells hamburgers. Except, the restaurant in question, sells Wagyu beef hamburgers so it does make sense.

Blacows is in Ebisu which is one of my favourite parts of Tokyo. It was a good sign when I arrived and there was a queue for lunch. I didn't have to wait long before I was seated. The waitress fired off something in Japanese at me which I now think was 'do you want anything to drink?'. This was a bit of a surprise as the standard drill in restaurants in Japan is that when you sit down you get a hot or cold towel and a glass of water or tea (and I had got my glass of water).

I ordered a Jalapeno burger. Judging by what I overheard from the people sat near me the bacon cheese burger was very popular.

With the burger comes a small salad, Hokkaido French fries and a pickle. The salad arrived first and I wolfed it down with my fork. Most other people were using their chopsticks.

When I was waiting for my burger I realised that there was some waxed paper on the table which I saw from the other diners was being used to hold their hamburgers when they ate them. I guess I'd have to follow suit!

My burger turned up at it looked great. It was a bit of a faff using the paper to hold it whilst I ate it. In fact the the little paper pocket just collected all the juices from the burger which I just poured over my fries.

The burger was pretty good, but maybe would've been better if it was cooked a bit more on the rare side. I'm not sure I appreciated the fact the burgers were made from prized Wagyu beef!