Delicious Chicken NAMBAN チキン南蛮 at a Restaurant KOSHITANTAN 虎視眈々 in Shibuya 渋谷 Tokyo 東京 Japan

Are you looking for a recommended restaurant in Shibuya 渋谷 Tokyo?
Have you eaten a Japanese chicken dish called CHICKEN NAMBAN?

Table of Contents

Chicken Namban チキン南蛮
Charcoal Grilled Japanese Brand Chicken 地鶏の炭火焼
Banana Umeshu (Plum Wine) バナナ梅酒
Information

Chicken Namban チキン南蛮

Chicken Namban Regular Size チキン南蛮レギュラーサイズ - Koshitantan 虎視眈々

Dinner Time from 6:00 pm

Chicken Namban (a la cart)
チキン南蛮(単品)
Regular Size レギュラーサイズ 1200 yen (as pictured)
Half Size ハーフサイズ 780 yen

The quantity of the regular size is for 2 or 3 people.

Lunch Time between 11:30 am and 2:00 pm

Chicken Namban Set Meal
チキン南蛮定食
1000 yen
This set meal includes rice, soup and pickles.

Chicken Namban チキン南蛮 is limited number to the first 30 customers at both lunch and dinner.

I suggest you go to the restaurant as soon as it opens for lunch or dinner to get this dish.

This is deep fried juicy and tender chicken seasoned with sweet vinegar, and topped with tasty tartar sauce on it. I highly recommend their chicken namban.

I rank this as the 2nd best chicken namban I've ever had.

Don't miss it when you visit Shibuya Tokyo.

There were 5 pieces of chicken on a dish when I ordered it.

This deep fried chicken gets softer because maybe it is soaked in sweet vinegar sauce.
Their tartar sauce is also good taste.
Tasty! I will repeat this!

I will tell you about chicken namban and the best chicken namban I've ever had on another blog below.

Do you know Chicken Namban? チキン南蛮・チキンナンバン - Torishin 鳥心（高知）、Torisyo 鶏笑、Yayoiken やよい軒

Chicken Namban is deep-fried chicken that is then soaked for several seconds (or slightly boiled) in a special sauce after frying, made with sugar, soy sauce, vinegar and so on. It is usually served with tartar sauce or, in some restaurants, with ketchup m...

Charcoal Grilled Japanese Brand Chicken 地鶏の炭火焼

Charcoal Grilled Adult Chicken Half Size 地鶏の炭火焼親鳥ハーフサイズ - Koshitantan 虎視眈々

It is the restaurant's specialty. They use domestically produced Japanese brand of chicken.

Dinner Time from 6:00 pm

Mature (Adult) Chicken
親鶏 Oyadori
Regular Size レギュラーサイズ 1350 yen
Half Size ハーフサイズ 800 yen (as pictured)

Mature chickens have very tough meat, but it has a stronger / better taste than younger chicken meat.

Young Chicken
若鶏 Wakadori
Regular Size レギュラーサイズ 1300 yen
Half Size ハーフサイズ 780 yen

Young chicken is juicy and so tender meat.

Mature Chicken Half and Young Chicken Half 1450 yen
親鳥・若鳥ハーフ＆ハーフ
Oyadori Wakadori Half and Half

Lunch Time between 11:30 am and 2:00 pm

Mature Chicken Set Meal 1000 yen
親鶏定食 Oyadorei Teishoku

Young Chicken Set Meal 1000 yen
若鶏定食 Wakadori Teishoku

These set meals include rice, soup and pickles.

Putting this green paste which is Japanese yuzu citron pepper on the meat is good taste.

This dish was flavored salty.

Mature chickens 親鶏 Oyadori tend to have very tough meat, which is better to serve thinly sliced.

This restaurant's grilled mature chicken was cut into thick chunks, making it too chewy and tiring my jaw.

To be honest.
I should have ordered a dish with young chicken 若鶏 Wakadori instead, as the meat is more tender.

Banana Umeshu (Plum Wine) バナナ梅酒

Umesennin Mojikou Banana Umeshu (Plum Wine) 梅仙人門司港バナナ梅酒 - 虎視眈々 Koshitantan

Alcoholic beverages

Banana Umeshu (Plum Wine) 660 yen
バナナ梅酒

Umesennin Mojikou Banana Umeshu
梅仙人　門司港バナナ梅酒
This liquor is 9% alcohol when you drink it straight.

Tomato High 520 yen
トマトハイ
Tomato juice mixed with shochu

When I went to the restaurant the mini-appetizer of cover charge was mashed pumpkin salad as pictured above. (It might be changed every day.)

Draft Beer (SAPPORO)
630 yen

Do you like umeshu (plum wine)?
Another restaurant in Tokyo specializes in 100 kinds of umeshu.

All-You-Can-Drink 100 Kinds of Plum Wine (梅酒 Umeshu) in Kitasenju 北千住 Tokyo - Puedo Bar プエドバル

Plum wine is called Umeshu 梅酒 in Japanese.

Information

This restaurant is a type of Izakaya 居酒屋. Izakaya is a Japanese style bar / pub.

Most Izakaya bars hope customers order at least 1 item of food and 1 drink per person.
In most cases, it is not a rule but kind of a Japanese style courtesy for eating at an Izakaya.

At some Izakaya bars it is a rule, and inform of this on their menu or wall. This culture can differ and depends on the Izakaya.

I recommend this Izakaya KOSHITANTAN 虎視眈々 because they kindly accept customers ordering food without ordering drinks (it is written on their official website), but when you go there at dinner time, all customers are charged cover charge. (Maybe around 250 - 300 yen per person) Although, at the lunch time the charge is waved.

At dinner time, you can order a main dish from an a la carte menu and side dishes such as rice and soup, without also needing to order a drink. Water is free of charge.

If you don't order any drinks you should order a main dish (such as chicken namban, grilled chicken, etc.) and a side dish.

Examples (Rice and Soup Type Dishes)

冷や汁 Hiyajiru 760 yen
Chilled Soup with Rice
とろとろ卵の地鶏の親子丼 Oyakodon 960 yen
Simmered Chicken and Egg Rice Bowl
(Choose mature or young chicken)
地鶏と青紫蘇漬けのチャーハン Cha-han
Stir Fried Rice with Chicken and Pickles
地鶏の茶漬け Ochaduke 960 yen
Hot Soup with Rice and Chicken
つくねカレー Tsukune Curry 900 or 600 yen
Ground Chicken Meat Crurry Rice
おにぎり Onigiri 600 yen
2-Rice Balls
白飯 Shiromeshi 250 yen
A Cup of Simple Rice
玉葱入りつくね汁【小】 Tamanegi-iri Tsukune-jiru (Small)
780 or 420(Small) yen
Onion and Ground Chicken Soup
白飯・つくね汁【小】セット Rice and Onion Soup 580 yen
A cup of simple rice and onion soup (Small)

Smoking is allowed. This is an ash tray.

When you find this lantern, walk into a narrow alley below.

Restaurant (Izakaya) name
KOSHITANYAN 虎視眈々

Business hours
Lunch menu: 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
They offer some kinds of reasonable lunch set meals.
(Saturday and Sunday are closed.)

Dinner menu: 6:00 pm -
(Sunday is closed.)

Irregular holiday

https://www.koshitan.com

At dinner, cover charge is maybe around 250 or 300 yen per person including mini-appetizer.
At lunch, it is not charged when you order a lunch set meal.
No service fee
Smoking is allowed.
10% tax is included in the prices.
Credit card is not accepted.
There is a bathroom outside the restaurant. Turn right when you exit the restaurant.
~~This restaurant also allows your bill to be rounded down to the nearest 100 or ?? yen at dinner.~~ (Unreliable information)

When you search for the restaurant name 虎視眈々 on Google Maps, it shows the the correct location of the restaurant, but the navigation is incorrect.

You can't get to the the restaurant if you follow it.

Instead, here is the correct navigation of Google Maps from the Shibuya Crossing (Station) to the restaurant on foot.

Check out the map below!

Photos, prices and information are as of January 2020.

Why don't you try another chicken dish called OYAKODON?

A restaurant chain NAKAU なか卯 offers tasty chicken and egg rice bowl OYAKODON 親子丼 in Japan.

I highly recommend their OYAKODON. It is a type of Japanese chicken dish. They also offer beef bowl, katsudon (pork cutlet bowl), noodles (udon / soba), curry rice and so on.