Japanese Gourmet / Steak ” Ikinari Steak”

Hi, this is Yuyujin.

I have met a traveler from Hong Kong at a steak house named “Ikinari Steak”.
He said Hong Kong TV introduced “Ikinari Steak”, then he tried.

It does not serve Japanese beef like ” Matsuzaka beef” or ” Kobe beef”.

But it is popular and reasonable price steak house in Japan.

Unfortunately the man from Hong Kong can not speak Japanese.
And the waiters / waitresses at “Ikinari Steak” are mostly non-Japanese who can speak only Japanese and their own language.
So he can not order his steak.
At that time I could help him.

In this lesson I will introduce minimum level Japanese to survive in “Ikinari Steak”.
Let’s get started.

When you order the dish, the simplest way is to point menu or the other person’s dish.
That Hong Kong man also pointed my dish and ordered it.
In this situation you can use the below phrases.

When you have menu in your hands, you can use “Kore” (this).

I will have this one./ This one please.
Kore Kudasai (これください。)
“Kore (これ)” means “this”.

“Kudasai (ください)” means “give me”.

When you order multiple dishes,

I will have this one and this one and …….

Kore To Kore To ….. Kudasai
(これとこれと……ください。)

“To （と)” has function “and”.

When you want to order the other person’s dishes, you can use “Are” (that).

I will have that one. / That one please.
Are Kudasai (あれください。)
“Are (あれ) ” means “that”.

Of course you can say,

I will have that one and this one and ……..
Are To Kore To ….. Kudasai
(あれとこれと ………ください。)

And I will give you some basic Japanese words at restaurant.

water: Mizu (みず)
salt: Shio (しお)
soy sauce: Shouyu (しょうゆ)
pepper: Koshou (こしょう)
sugar: Satou (さとう)
rice: Gohan (ごはん)

You can use lots of English words like folk, knife, spoon,coffee,milk and rice in Japan.

After dinner you will pay at cashier near exit.

And you can speak,
Ikura Desu Ka (いくらですか。)
How much is it?

You already know this phrase.

“Ikinari Steak” is a chain store.
Recently they also have stores in New York.
Here is “Ikinari Steak“. The URL is http://ikinaristeakusa.com/.
If you find them, please try them and teach me how about that in the comment box.

OK, that’s it.
Thank you so much.
Have a good trip!