"Perched halfway across the span of a pedestrian bridge inside the Japan Center mall, there's a well-worn but charming restaurant where hundreds of tattered volumes of manga line the walls. In the kitchen, proud Japanese-American chef Mitsuhiro Nakamura spends three days preparing luscious pots of Shinjuku-style curry, to be ladled liberally over crispy chicken katsu and rice. Out front, his wife Yolanda takes orders and ferries plates of mentaiko spaghetti and okonomiyaki pizza to diners' tables."
"Close your eyes and you're not in San Francisco's Fillmore district, but in a quiet corner of Tokyo. Since 1992, the Nakamuras' On the Bridge has been quietly preserving the tradition of yōshoku-style cooking, a fusion of Japanese and European cuisines. On any given weekend, hundreds of shoppers walk past the faded green storefront without giving the place a second glance."
On the Bridge occupies a pedestrian-bridge location inside Japan Center and serves Shinjuku-style curry, chicken katsu, mentaiko spaghetti, and okonomiyaki pizza. Mitsuhiro Nakamura prepares curry over three days while his wife Yolanda handles front-of-house service. The Japan Center and Kinokuniya malls host a wide range of dining options, including snack counters, shoebox sushi with conveyor belts, sprawling Korean barbecue, massive dining rooms with theatrical preparations, and elegant omakase counters. The shopping centers' winding walkways and aging storefronts create opportunities for unexpected culinary discoveries. Not every venue excels, so on-the-ground tasting helps identify the best spots for lunch, family dinners, and celebrations.
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