Archive for May 6th, 2006

EL CAMINITO(エル・カミニート@赤羽橋)

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My second visit to this Argentine restaurant. Meat pie, I had last time. The pizza…I took the photo but I ended up forgetting to grab a piece before it ran out…damn…
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Normal sausage and pork blood sausage. Lentil stew.
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Sirloin steak. Beef cutlet.
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Risotto. Pudding and milk cream that tasted like caramel. Ice-cream with whisky! The Argentine waitress speaks perfect Japanese but has an attitude!! ^^;; Very friendly though.
El Caminito

De Roanne (ドゥ・ロアンヌ)

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I have been to this place before and it was very good(see tag). This time I was planning to have the cheaper lunch course but the options for the main course were all beef and I had beef last time….ended up choosing the 5250yen lunch course again so that I could have the lamb for my main dish.
Octopus and couscous, a thin slice of fried potato on top(had the potato slice last time too!).
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Appetizer is seafood consomme jelly with hotspring egg. The seafood are very fresh and sweet, even has sea urchin! But later I realised I had the similar appetizer last time….^^;;
Fish dish is sole, with butter sauce. The surface is lightly fried and golden crispy, very good.
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Roasted lamb chop! Can remember the sauce’s name…vegetable bits and herb. This is the main dish I was desperate to have! The lamb is rare but amazingly soft and tender and has the right amount of fat - heaven!
The little dessert, I later realised, again, is the same vegetable bavarois I had the last time!

060506 017.jpgThe eat-as-much-as-you-like wagon desserts! I had “a bit of everything” as usual.

Somehow the menu has not changed much in general since I came last time. Every dish is very delicious but it is true the second time is not as impressive as the first.
De Roanne