Staff Score Meat Bento for the Scorching Summer Heat! First-Ever "Meat Bento Grand Prix"

This year is also predicted to be scorching hot. What's welcome in the coming hotter season is stamina-packed meat bento!

A total of 20 signature meat bento boxes from various shops were entered, and staff members evaluated bento boxes from other stores, scoring them on six criteria: "Photo Appeal," "Volume," "Plating Beauty," "Main Ingredient Presence," "Cost Performance," and "Bento Completeness." The first-place bento for each category was announced.

First Place for "Photo Appeal" and "Volume"

<Meat Yazawa> Gokumi Bento 12,000 yen

A bento that allows you to enjoy hamburger steak, sirloin steak, and Chateaubriand steak all at once.

[Judge's Comment] The meat impact is amazing! The diverse variety of meat dishes catches the eye.

Double Crown

First Place for "Plating Beauty"

<Okowa Komehachi> Vegetable and Chicken Japanese Black Vinegar Bento 1,379 yen

Proud of its rich and mellow black vinegar. The most popular bento at the shop.

[Judge's Comment] It uses a lot of vegetables, and the colors are beautiful. It's also nice that there are three types of rice.

First Place for "Main Ingredient Presence"

<Karatto Tori> Super All-Star Bento 2,808 yen

Rice is just a side. A satisfying bento packed with 9 types of fried chicken from <Karatto Tori>.

[Judge's Comment] I was overwhelmed by the presence of the all-stars.

First Place for "Cost Performance"

<Ginza Aster> Yurinji Chicken Bento 1,080 yen

*Limited to 20 per day

A bento packed with the shop's particularly popular Yurinji chicken.

[Judge's Comment] I am very satisfied with this volume and variety at this price.

First Place for "Bento Completeness"

<Niku no Takasago> Japanese Black Beef Charcoal-Grilled Beef Rice Bowl 1,680 yen

A luxurious meat bento featuring Takasago's signature beef rice bowl made with domestic Japanese black beef, Binchotan charcoal grilling, and a secret sauce, along with Takasago's famous "Tokyo Yaki Buta" (grilled pork), "Hanjyuku Nitamago" (soft-boiled seasoned egg) simmered in that sauce, and carefully crafted "Japanese Black Beef Corned Beef."

[Judge's Comment] You can enjoy three types of meat dishes with different flavors, and its versatility as a meal or a snack with alcohol is wonderful.

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Introducing all entry products!

<Paul Bocuse Deli> Chaliapin Sauce Hamburger & Japanese Black Beef Yakiniku BENTO 1,620 yen

A bento combining yakiniku (grilled meat) made with Japanese black beef and a hamburger steak.

<Sendagi Koshizuka> Corned Beef & Domestic Beef Sukini Bento 1,880 yen

*Limited to 10 per day

A luxurious bento with homemade corned beef and slowly simmered sukiyaki-style beef. Enjoy the corned beef with crunchy wasabi.

<Gyutan Kanezaki> Thick-Cut Beef Tongue Steak Bento 2,400 yen

Carefully grilled using the tender part of which only 6 portions can be obtained from one cow.

<Jongyun> Extra Meat Kalbi Bento 4,500 yen

Increased the amount of "Kalbi" (rib meat), the highlight of yakiniku, by 2 slices compared to usual.

<Gotsu Tabenasare> Yamagata Beef Kalbi Bento 2,100 yen

*Limited to 5 per day

A yakiniku nori bento made with carefully selected Yamagata beef kalbi marinated in sauce and grilled.

<Sousaku Sushi Dokoro Takimoto> Soft Beef & Chicken Soboro Takana Maki (with Lemon Mayo Sauce) 1,180 yen

*Limited to 20 per day

A double wrap of nori and takana (pickled mustard greens) filled with richly flavored soft simmered beef and flavorful chicken soboro. You can enjoy two types of takana: fresh pickled and aged pickled.

<Kameido Masumoto> Ryogoku 1,499 yen

A Japanese beef bento with two types of seasoning: burdock root sukiyaki-style and wine simmered.

<Tonkatsu Maisen> Soft Hirekatsu Bento 1,382 yen

Maisen's recommended bento featuring a soft fillet cutlet.

<Yoshokuya Sandaime Taimeiken> Taimeiken's Steak Bowl 2,000 yen

A bowl featuring the rare cut "Tomosankaku." Served with a special sauce, homemade tartar sauce, and mountain wasabi. Enjoy it with your preferred flavor.

<Komeya no Onigiriya Kikuya Beikokuten> Yakitori Bento 880 yen

A yakitori bento with fragrantly grilled Oyamadori chicken thigh and cartilage tsukune, accompanied by sesame salt rice balls and edamame.

<Yushon> Demiglace Hamburger & Beef Sagari Garlic Rice Gozen 1,380 yen

A special Western-style gozen (meal set) featuring rare beef sagari served with well-matched garlic rice, a spicy and savory sauce with black pepper that stimulates the appetite, plus a hamburger steak.

<Seiyo Ginza> Beef Fillet Cutlet Sandwich 1,598 yen

Thick-cut beef fillet carefully grilled. A popular product finished with a special sauce.

<Kakiyasu Dining> Kakiyasu Beef Gyumeshi 2,160 yen

Uses Kakiyasu's original highest-grade A5 rank brand beef "Mie Kakiyasu Beef."

<Kakiyasu Gyumeshi> Japanese Black Beef Gyumeshi 1,598 yen

Japanese black beef carefully simmered with Kakiyasu's secret sauce.

<Tsukiasa> Torizammai Bento 1,300 yen

A bento combining flavorful chicken soboro, gently flavored egg soboro, and Tsukiasa's popular side dishes: chicken teriyaki and chicken breast karaage.

*All prices include tax.