Miso Goro

Set meals at Miso Goro centre on onigiri, served with rice-bran pickles, hearty miso soup and side dishes. The menu recommends the sprouted brown-rice onigiri, made with rice left to ferment for 3 days. Diners have remarked on the flavour of the brown rice, the generous vegetables in the soup and the range of side dishes.

At lunch, choose a meat or fish set meal (each 1,300 yen). Both come with 2 onigiri or a bowl of rice, a daily main dish, rice-bran pickles and hearty miso soup. Ask the staff what fish is being served that day. One diner who tried the fish set with sablefish praised the fish.

For a selection of vegetable and bean sides, there is also the carefully prepared set, limited to 5 servings on 1 days and priced at 1,800 yen. Choose 2 onigiri or a bowl of rice, served with 5 side dishes, rice-bran pickles and hearty miso soup. For a simpler meal, order the onigiri set (1,000 yen); another option is egg over rice (800 yen), served with a raw egg from Tanaka Farm, miso soup and rice-bran pickles.

Onigiri fillings include ume plum, okaka (bonito flakes), mentaiko (spicy cod roe), kombu seaweed and mildly spicy takana greens, as well as salmon and brown rice. Beer, sake and wine by the glass are available to accompany a set meal.