Mongolian Restaurant Shilingol
Closest to Sugamo station on the Yamanote line. Also accessible from Otsuka station on the Yamanote line and Sengoku station on the Mita line.

If you're a glutton for mutton, this is the place. A course for 2 for Y4000 will include appetizers (fried bread rings somewhat resembling doughnuts), salads (cucumbers in a crushed garlic marinade, slightly crunchy shredded potato, and so on, very nice) and then a parade of dumplings and noodles and crepe type pancakes and more, all with the common thread of mutton running through.

At 8 pm a live concert is given. There are pictures of ponies and yurts on the placemats and the walls. Each table has a candle, and if you like alcohol, there is a killer selection of Mongolian gins... starting at Y300 a shot.

My 6 year old made it through the multi-course dinner by amusing herself with some toy stuffed ponies in the entrance way, and adding the fillings and rolling the pancakes (a la Peking Duck style but with... Mutton of course). Seating is on the ground (under a yurt shaped canopy) or at western table. A nice little adventure! The hardest thing to eat was the mutton hock, not because it wasn't good but because it was not easy to pick the meat off the bone with knife and fork. (Yes, resorted to the Neanderthal method finally.)

Hours: 18:00 - 22:30
tel: 03-5978-3837, fax: 03-5978-3840
4-11-9 Sengoku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0011

PS. there are one or two dishes with no mutton on the menu besides the salads, one with scrambled eggs for example.

Hello,
I took Cornelia's suggestions and went to the Mongolian Restuarant yesterday. I just loved the food, the small, cozy environment and the nice friendly staff. It is a very small place but I must say, very comfortable. Even my 4 year old boy also had a nice time. The owner is so ... nice that he even came to the station to show us the way. I strongly recommend it.
In case, if somebody knows places like this where even the kids can also have a nice time, please do let us know. I love to try different dishes.
Regards, Sraboni

I've heard of one other Mongolian restaurant in Tokyo, but have not eaten there, named Pao, in Higashi Nakano, tel: 03-3371-3750.