１６００円のランチ（サラダとコーヒー付き）。根野菜のスープ。
Vegetables soup. A small salad too, not in picture.
菜園風タリアテッレ、リコッタチーズケーキ。
Tagliatelle with zucchini. Ricotta cheese cake. Quite good value for so much food - the portions are big! Overall taste is basic, but there are a lot vegetables and it feels healthy. An Italian friend of mine recommended me this place, said it was very authentic. I went on a weekday lunchtime quite late and it was still packed with customers, mostly foreigners, probably because the British embassy is nearby? Most of waiters are Italian too, and the atmosphere is very lively, in fact I have never been to an Italian restaurant in Japan noisier than this place…felt like I was in dim-sum place!!(^^;;) Maybe they are used to serving businessmen with very limited time for lunch, each dish came quickly(but not until I finished the previous). I went into the restaurant at half past and I was able to leave at five past! 35 minutes!
Elio Locanda Italiana
Archive for July, 2006
うに・いくら、１０００円。海鮮丼、１０００円。
I was searching for sea urchin rice bowl and found one in the middle of a big market in Ueno, seemed quite recommended. It turned out to a dirty road-side eating place without air-conditioning(-o-;;). I hesitated but went in anyway….argh the uni was black and it stank! People who don’t like uni usually have had bad experiences eating bad ones and are traumatized forever…I think this is it(-o-;;). I was seriously scared that I might get food-poisoning…so decided not to take the risk and left most of it. On my way back, still very hungry, I came across another similar seafood ricebowl place, and there were more customers inside…maybe I went to the wrong one and this was the one recommended? Failing to think clearly I went in to try…BAD IDEA!! It was a different branch of the same shop!! Damn!!(^^;;) Luckily I learnt my lesson and ordered a mixed seafood rice bowl, so at least I would have something to eat if the uni turned out to be bad…as it happened it was bad.
ピスタチオ、フランボワーズと生クリームのムース、４７０円。
Pistachio and raspberry and cream mousse. It is okay-good.
L’oiseau de Lyon
白玉クリームあんみつ、６３０円。 The Japanese sweet place I was looking for turned out to have closed down, probably for good, and this place was nearby so just went in to try. Quite standard “shiratama cream anmitsu”.
福助
竹の子と春雨ランチ、５００円。
My quest for super cheap lunches continues! A Thai place that does 500 yen lunch. The entrance to the building and the elevator are old and dodgy-looking, but once you are inside the restaurant it is quite alright. Today’s “one-coin(500yen) lunch” is stir-fried bamboo shoot, green bean vermicelli, onion, egg, bell pepper, beansprout etc. Not bad!
アユタヤ
Don’t remember the names so just simple descriptions. Chocolate mousse on a crunchy tart with nuts, like it the most. Dried fruits and nougat mousse, don’t like it much. Passion fruits, kiwi and berries and custard cream sandwiched in pastry layers, quite good.
The tart underneath the flaky decoration has pear and almond cream. Cherry and almond cream. Both are okay.
AU BON VIEUX TEMPS
２０００円のランチコースにて。
アジのエスカベーシュ。グリーンピースの冷たいスープ。
Mackerel escabeche, very cold…like just taken out from the refrigerator.
Green peas soup, also very cold…even for summer.
豚肉とじゃがいもの煮込み。チョコレートムース。
Pork and potato stew, huge portion and simple taste, the pork is quite soft. Chocolate mousse, a bit too sweet.
キャス・クルート
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