Sendai - Gyutan lunch (Ox tongue)

First place we visited in Sendai was Hillside Shops and Outlets.

It seems there is no English site, so this website has some info in English.

Obviously it's an outlet shops but we didn't come to shop.
We came to eat "Gyutan lunch"!
In fact, no time to shop here...

Here's the restaurant we had "Gyutan"!

Again I found a new thing here during this trip..

It seems "Gyutan" (Ox tangue) was originally from Sendai!

I didn't know that... (x.x)

From Wiki:

Gyūtan was created when Sano Keishirō, the owner of a yakitori restaurant in Sendai, opened a new restaurant that served cow tongue dishes in 1948. 

This is "Gyutan" lunch! 

Japanese whole grain rice.

Gyutan usually comes with whole grain rice.

...usually with grated Japanese yam too.

But this hope didn't provide grated Japanese yam, so only plain whole grain rice.

This is "Gyutan" - Ox tongue! 

It was a little thicker than I thought..

Also the taste is a little different from what I used to eat.

Because it was thicker, it was chewy to eat...

I noticed this restaurant provides the original "Gyutan" taste because Sendai is the origin of Gyutan!

I still prefer the current taste of Gyutan, which is "Tanshio" (salted Ox tongue).

Tansho is thinner and easier to eat. :)