High protein meals at Hidaka-ya that are safe even while dieting! I tried ordering "yakitori don" and other dishes.

Not just popular among salarymen, "Hidakaya" is also a big hit with families. It's cheap and delicious, but as someone on a diet, there are just too many temptations! Just when I was thinking that, I discovered something called "yakitori don." It’s chicken, so it should be fine for lunch.

Setting aside popular ramen and gyoza, dieters say, "It's chicken!"

When it comes to Chinese cuisine, stir-fried dishes tend to have a high-calorie image. However, if it's "yakitori don," the body should be happy. So, I ordered the yakitori don (320 yen).

"Wait a minute. Is there really a bowl for 320 yen these days?" After looking five times to confirm, it seemed correct, so I cautiously placed my order.

The bowl was smaller than I expected. It's a bit more than a normal serving of rice, but on the smaller side for a bowl. Perhaps it's positioned like rice in ramen rice, the yakitori don?

As a dieter, it's fine if there's less rice, but I want to eat a lot of side dishes! So, while casually looking at the menu to see if there was anything else, I found plenty of things that looked good.

There are many other menu items as well.

Even during a diet, it's become a luxurious set that seems like it can be eaten

There is also the single item "yakitori (with green onion)," so you can have "extra yakitori," but here I’ll select the nutrient-rich "edamame" (220 yen), the "Chinese-style flavored menma" (170 yen) that provides dietary fiber and protein, and the representative of healthy side dishes, "chilled tofu" (200 yen).

As you can see, the table has become luxurious! Let’s dig in right away.

First, I’ll start with the main dish of yakitori and rice. The well-seasoned yakitori pairs perfectly with the rice. It makes me want to eat more rice. But the temptation from the menma is incredible... It catches my eye for some reason. "Hurry up and eat!" the pressure is intense.

In the first place, I have no habit of ordering menma as a side snack with alcohol, and I have never added extra menma when having ramen, so this is my first encounter with menma on the plate.

There’s quite a lot. Sometimes, the menma found in ramen shops can be tough and stringy, but this menma is easy to eat. The flavor is not too salty, making it quite enjoyable to eat.

For now, I mixed the menma and yakitori, and for some reason, also the tofu.

Load everything up! Guilt-free healthy Hidaka-ya

This was quite幸せ. Ginger, menma, yakitori, and rice are the best. The tofu, while completely a supporting role, occasionally coolly asserts itself, making me feel warm inside as if to say, "Sorry, I haven't forgotten about you."

Mixing various healthy dishes allows for enjoyment without guilt, which is the best. This wouldn't be possible with a parfait loaded with whipped cream.

If you enjoy too many different things, you might accidentally misallocate... before you know it, it's almost entirely a menma bowl. While doing that, the author completely forgot about the existence of edamame.

In the end, I finished off with edamame as dessert.

Restaurant visited
Hidaka-ya Odakyu Marche Komae Branch
Location: 1-2-2 Motoizumi, Komae City, Tokyo, Odakyu Marche Komae 1
Business hours: 11:00 AM - 11:30 PM (Last order 11:00 PM)

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