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The charcoal-grilled,俵-shaped hamburg steak is made with 100% coarse-ground beef and comes in sizes from 150g to 500g. The menu says it is seared over high heat of at least 300°C for a savoury finish. Choose 250g or 400g for a more substantial meal, or start with 150g. One visitor ordered 400g and wrote that the meat was cut in front of them, then cooked at the table as they ate. For something a little lighter, or with a different meat profile, there is also a hand-formed hamburg steak made from a beef-and-pork blend, with a pleasing texture from onion.

Bar sets let you shape the meal around your main. The Premium Set includes unlimited servings of salad, soup, curry and rice made with domestic rice. The menu lists 18 salads, combining regular and seasonal options, and 2 soups: corn soup and a daily selection. One diner who tried the salad bar mentioned pasta, fruit and jelly among the offerings, making it an appealing way to add vegetables and something sweet after a hamburg steak. You can also keep to the main dish; the menu notes that a salad and soup bar can be added to grill plates.

There are plates that pair hamburg steak with chicken, as well as a Triple Grill combining hamburg steak, chicken and cut steak for anyone keen to try several flavours in one meal. The Kishinosato branch is listed as open from 10:00 until 2:00 the following day and also offers a breakfast menu, so it may suit an early start or a late meal as well as lunch and dinner.