- ramen
- This should not be super fancy. There are lots of places. My favourite is Basanova in Setagaya
- yakitori
- Lots of good places abound. Fancy ones in Ginza, cheap ones all over. One I really liked was this place
- tonkatsu
- This is one that's good to have at a fancy place. This place is pretty good, but any fancy place in a mall is generally good