Archive for March, 2006

おけいすし (Oke Sushi)

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on March 30, 06
in 02:神宮前・青山・広尾, 03:Japanese and Favourite Food Entries
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Absolutely delicious! The fish were all seasoned and flavoured and the rice did not have much sugar and vinegar taste probably for the balance. The sushi lunch course was 5000 yen. The ikura and wasabi little rice bowl and 3 different kinds of soup came with the course - the little one in the first pic was clam soup, very good. The pics are a bit blurry cos when I started taking pics the chef said to me, “It is for eating, not for (photo)taking. ” He didn’t seem so threatening even though he was holding a knife, so I ignored him and carried on taking. ^^;;; I did try to take them as quick as possible hence the blurry outcome.
おけいすし

Pirouette (ピルエット)

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on March 30, 06
in 02:神宮前・青山・広尾 and 05:Cakes and Sweets
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060329 026.jpgモンブラン、レモンのタルト、パリプレスト。Mont Blanc, Tarte de Citron and Paris-Brest Frase. For tea I had the Wedding Imperial, which has a chocolate and caramel flavour(but not sweet). The cakes were so-so. The tea was good but I think it was left too long in the tea-pot and was already very bitter when it was served, and it got more and more bitter as time went….even I like my tea bitter, it was a bit hard to drink.
Pirouette

はせがわ酒店 表参道ヒルズ (Hasegawa Saketen Omotesando Hills)

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on March 30, 06
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発泡酒日本酒：
Bijoufu 微発泡純米吟醸、３００円。
Biko 赤色微発泡純米、３００円。
A very trendy standing sake bar which serves not only the tradtional sake but also sparkling sake for 300yen a glass! So cheap! I have been there twice already since I love the place so much! The white one Bijoufu is sweet and the pink one Biko tastes more like champagne than sake! Both very very good!
はながわ酒店 (Hasegawa Saketen inside Omotesando Hills)

AW kitchen figlia

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on March 30, 06
in 02:Italian and 02:神宮前・青山・広尾
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本日の冷製パスタ：ブロッコリーとウニ。
Broccoli and uni chilled pasta.
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蛤とブロッコリーのキターラ　フレッシュトマトソース。
地鶏とキノコのカチャトラリガトーニ。
Chitarra with clam and broccoli, fresh tomato sauce.
Cacciatora rigatoni with chicken and mushrooms.
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豚のロースト、味噌ソース。グレープフルーツのケーキ。
Roasted pork with miso sauce. Grapefruit cake.
I went to the original restaurant “AW kitchen” in Nakameguro and the pasta was very good yet very expensive at dinner time, so when I heard the Aoyama branch does lunch, I was eager to try. The quality here turned out to be…nowhere near the standard of Nakameguro. The pasta were all overcooked, and the meat dish was terrible. Lunch with a cold pasta appetizer, a pasta dish, dessert and coffee, is 1800yen. Two of us ordered a main dish to share which was an extra 1200yen. Hmm….
AW kitchen figlia

O’gazie

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on March 27, 06
in 10:池袋
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フローズンダイキリ。Frozen Daiquiri.
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ブルーチーズベイクドケーキ、６００円。季節のフルーツとマスカルボーネのパルフェ、７００円。
Baked blue cheese cake. Fruits and Mascarpone parfait.
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ホワイトチョコとバナナのパルフェ、７００円。フランボワーズスフレグラッセ、５００円。
White chocolate and banana parfait. Framboise souffle glace.
A nice cafe bar with modern interior that makes you forget you are in the middle of the dirty and crowded Ikebukuro on a weekend evening. 4 of us were in the mood for cakes besides cocktails. At first we didn’t expect the quality of the cakes to be that high since afterall it was a bar. But the cakes we ordered were all so nice!!! I had the blue cheese cake and it had the richest blue cheese flavour I had ever tasted! Also the cakes were all very reasonably priced. The cocktails were good and inexpensive too. This place was really a nice surprise.

A・RAJ (エー・ラージ)

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マドラス　パロータ（キーマと野菜、玉子入りパロータ）。
Paratha stuffed with chicken, egg and vegetable. Super yummy!
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サンバール　ワダ（豆粉のスパイシードーナツ　野菜入り豆カレーがけ）。シェフのサラダ。
Vada made of lentil flour topped with vegetable and beans curry. Chef’s salad.
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キーマ　サモサ（ひき肉入り　インド風揚げギョウザ）。クリームソース漬けのタンドーリーキチン。
Kheema Samosa. Cream sauce Tandoori chicken.
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マサラポテト入りドーサ。玉ねぎ入りドーサ。
Dosa stuffed with spicy potatoes. Dosa stuffed with onions.
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玉ねぎ入りウタパム。チキンのひき肉入りほうれん草カレー。
Rice pancake topped with onions. Minced chicken and spinach curry.
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マトンカレー。タマリンドライス。
Mutton curry. Tamarind Rice.
Everything tasted great! And very cheap too. Shared between 4 people. Including drinks, about 4000yen per person.
A・RAJ

MANUEL cozinha portuguesa (マヌエル・コジーニャ・ポルトゲーザ)

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on March 27, 06
in 01:渋谷・恵比寿・代官山 and 04:Other Cuisines
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干し鱈と豚の耳とコリアンダーのスープ。干し鱈のコロッケ。
Lunch in a Portuguese restaurant. Dried cod and pig ear soup. Dried cod croquette.
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豚の耳のサラダ。豚肉と豆の煮込み。
Pig ear salad. Pork and beans stew.
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干し鱈のリゾット。ライスプディング。
Dried cod risotto. Rice Pudding.
So this is Portuguese cuisine. The only Portuguese food I know is of course those curry cream sauce chicken so common in HK. Have been to Macau a couple of times but the Portuguese food I had there were just like HK cafe food, definitely no dried cod and pig ear. ^^;;
MANUEL cozinha portuguesa