The buffet at .RAW in Tokyo's Roppongi district offers 40 plant-based options. (Kelly Agee/Stars and Stripes)
Vegans and meat eaters alike may feast together at .RAW, an all-you-can-eat buffet with salads and burritos in Tokyo’s Roppongi district.
The dining area in the first-floor restaurant accommodates 25 on couches at wooden tables; a patio has room for 10. An English menu is available, and credit cards are accepted.
The 90-minute vegan buffet costs 2,000 yen, or about $14.15, for adults; 1,600 yen for ages 7-12; 1,000 yen for ages 4-6; and free for children 3 and younger.
The buffet at .RAW in Tokyo's Roppongi district offers 40 plant-based options. (Kelly Agee/Stars and Stripes)
The buffet offers 40 plant-based options, including bean sprouts, olives, fresh cilantro, garbanzo beans, chia seeds, cucumbers, mushrooms, cabbage, broccoli, tomatoes and carrots. Salad dressings range from spicy mustard, sesame oil, and onion to seasonal carrot, olive oil and spicy radish.
Also on the buffet are whole wheat tortillas, carrots, onions, mushrooms and potatoes, red rice and mushrooms and a side of vegan soup. Other side items are pasta, quinoa, brown rice and seasoned potatoes.
Build your own burrito with buffet ingredients from .RAW in Tokyo's Roppongi district. (Kelly Agee/Stars and Stripes)
My friends and I really enjoyed creating our salad and burritos with the many ingredients. After assembling our burrito in a whole wheat tortilla, we warmed it up in a microwave grill. The fresh cilantro really stood out.
For meat eaters, the non-vegan buffet costs an extra 1,000 yen and includes parmigiano reggiano and feta cheese, free-range boiled eggs, additive-free smoked salmon, roast Iberico pork, free-range grilled chicken and grass-fed roast beef.
Drinks include apple, orange, pineapple and grapefruit juices, tea, cola, ginger ale and sparkling water. Fruit smoothies – flavors include frozen apple, frozen banana, frozen mixed berries and frozen tropical fruits – cost 800 yen.
.RAW also offers a takeaway, make-your-own salad menu, a small size is 850 yen, medium for 1,000 yen and a large for 1,200 yen.
Vegans and meat eaters alike may feast together at .Raw, an all-you-can-eat buffet with salads and burritos in Tokyo’s Roppongi district. (Kelly Agee/Stars and Stripes)
.RAW
Location: 5-10-32 1F, Roppongi, Tokyo 106-0032
Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Prices: The 90-minute buffet costs 2,000 yen for vegans and 3,000 yen for meat eaters.
Dress: Casual
Directions: A short walk from Roppongi Station via exit 3.
Information: 03-3403-6664
