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Lawry's The Prime
Rib/
Tameike: Steak house
▼5114-8080
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Bento.com correspon-
dent and bon vivant
Jorge Nakamura re-
cently filed this
report from Akasaka.


Suppose you've al-
ready decided to eat
prime rib at Law-
ry's, and are com-
mitted to at least
the 300 gm Lawry's
cut for 3500 yen.
For an extra commit-
ment of a mere 2000
yen, you can either
add a lobster tail,
or upgrade to the
belt-bursting 600gm
"Diamond Jim Brady"
cut. Which should
you choose? Well, it
just so happens that
- as of very recent-
ly - *I* am in a
position to compare
the two alterna-
tives.

The grilled lobster
tail is a little on
the small side, but
it's damn good.
After all, how can
you ruin a lobster?
They serve it with
two dips - melted
butter in one rame-
kin, and a Cajun-
type HOT sauce in
the other. I liked
the spicy stuff, but
it's just not right
for lobster, which
can't really stand
up to something so
strong. Generally
speaking, though,
the lobster is an
acceptable choice...
for a WOMAN! Such
persons can even be
satisfied with the
miniscule 180gm
California cut as
their meat choice.
Feh.

For a MAN, I must
continue to recom-
mend the Diamond
Jim. Until last
night, I wasn't
fully aware of the
incredible heft of
this particular
flesh-slab, but I
heard the waitress
telling the guys at
the next table that
it comes out to
about 600 grams of
intestine-blocking
fun. Even allowing
five ounces for the
rib bone, there's
still a pound of
meat and fat on that
baby, so much so
that it's difficult
to choke the whole
thing down your
gullet in a single
day. By contrast,
with the Lawry's cut
+ lobster combo, I
was not only able to
finish my main
course, I was even
able to have des-
sert. I guess that's
OK for some occa-
sions (e.g. the
night before a tri-
athlon), but not for
normal dining needs.


Bottom line: for the
wife, order the CA
cut + lobster tail;
for the MAN, order
the DJB.

Expansively yours,
JN
ps- The spinning
salad bowl is a big
hit with four-year-
olds.

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◎Akasaka 2-17-22,
Akasaka Twin Tower
East B/1F. ◎Open
11:30am-2, 5-9:30pm
(LO) daily.

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