White Smoke

Tokyo's very own Texas smokehouse cooks its meat low and slow, producing some of the juiciest, tenderest beef brisket and lamb shanks you'll find this side of Austin. If you don't know where to start, there are sampler plates and courses available from ¥3,500; the carnivore-cartoonish Big-D Dinosaur Ribs are the real show-stopper, though expect to pay upwards of ¥4,000 for a chomp.