I was completely obsessed and decided to go to the other French restaurant as well on the next day…..but it was fully booked for a lunch party!!! Ah~~damn!!!! ^^;;; So I ended up walking back all the way to the station and went to this soba place. I was very pissed off and my reasoning snapped and I ordered the most expensive and the most fattening thing on the menu - pork cutlet with rice and soba set, 1100yen. The pork was alright, but I chose “cold” soba instead of “hot” soup soba, expecting “cold” means room temperature, but it was seriously cold, like just taken out from the fridge….Anyway, I am going to eat in that other French restaurant one day no matter how many times I need to try, you watch me!!! ^^;;
Archive for February, 2006
I was desperately craving some French food so I decided to drop by this area which is kinda sad with nothing around but shabby shops and offices, but on the same location there are two popular French restaurants right next to each other, which both provide cheap but down-to-earth French food. It is a bit of a walk from the station so I have been lazy and haven’t tried them yet even though they are convenient for me to go for lunch on work days. But I had no luck on my first try….I went early, well before noon, but by the time I arrived at this restaurant it was already full!! What?! But there is the other target restaurant next door….it was completely dark and apparently closed….but I checked on the internet beforehand and it should be open on that day!! Damn they changed the day they close. -o-;;; So I had no choice but went to the not-very-appealing Italian nearby, Il Mio, in the previous entry, which turned out to be very bad….I was so pissed off that I tried again on the next day, and thank god both two French restaurants were open and not yet full. I chose to go to this one first. It is very cheap!! Appetizer or main dish alone is 700yen. Two dishes is 1200yen. Plus dessert is 200yen. Of course I went for full course, plus coffee which is another 200yen.
中トロのマリネローズマリー風味。仔羊の白ワイン煮。
Marinated tuna(toro) with rosemary. Gosh it is such a big plate! Very fresh and nice. Lamb white wine stew, meat is soft and tender. I think this place is great cos the taste is not salty and oily - somehow cheap bistros always tend to be too salty and heavy.
栗のタルト。Chestnut tart. I saw the chef taking the tart out from the refrigerator and warming it in the microwave….err…^^;; Not too much taste but at least it is not too sweet. There is only the chef doing everything - preparing the food, bring the food, pouring water, turning away customers when the place was full, answering the phone and doing bookings….but he seemed to be all cool and calm, very impressive.
LE MOGADOR
Spaghetti with squid and broccoli in white wine sauce(completely tasteless and horrible), comes with tuna salad(the tuna is too sweetened, quite gross) and tiramisu and coffee, 1000yen. Then I never meant to go to this restaurant in the first place - see later entry for why.
ズワイガニと水菜のリングィーネ。
Linguine with Zuwai crab and mizuna. Lunch set comes with a big green salad and coffee, 880yen. The pasta is cooked just right, but the sauce is a bit too light and the portion is very very small…^^;
GRIP
A friend’s birthday. She loves pork so I picked this place which is specialised in kagoshima pork.
Free appetizer, pork ear(!) and cabbage salad.
ゆで豚とろマスタード風味。Poached fatty pork, with mustard. Drenched in too much oil, but the pork is soft and tender.
ロースカツ。Deep-fried pork shoulder meat. Wow it is sooooooo nice!!! Probably the best I have ever eaten!! It is surprisingly NOT oily and the meat is soft with the right amount of fat. I am not a big fan of fried pork but oooh this is heaven!
角煮。This is usually my favourite dish but this one turned out quite hard and not fatty enough….hmm….
バラシソ焼。 Grilled pork belly with siso. A bit rough and tasteless…..
コラーゲン揚げ。It is called “fried collagen” but it is just fried pork skin, taste is so-so.
軟骨煮。Stewed gristle? This is very very very good!! Well balanced amount of meat and fat and soft bones.
サツマイモアイス。Potato ice-cream, not bad. Two of us both had a drink and a coffee, and the total came up to about 7000yen.
黒福多
Salmon and salmon roe and tororo rice bowl set, 945yen. Late dinner again….tororo potato gives you a healthy impression but eating it with rice is like carb+carb….^^;;
Pork steak(half) and panfried sole-fish(half). Comes with a small potage and bread. Appetizer(pork terrine) and dessert(fig tart) and coffee are optional. Taste is okay, but the tiny restaurant gets very crowded during lunch time. Total was 1580yen, but the waitress forgot that I ordered the optional dishes and gave me back 720yen change which was too much, I reminded her that and she took back the change and gave me 520yen…..I told her the correct change should be 420yen and she seemed very upset….maybe because the chef/owner was standing nearby….I should have just shut up next time. ^^;;
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