Archive for August, 2006

Fruit Parlor Fukunaga(フルーツパーラー フクナガ)

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060826 012.jpgフルーツサンド(ハーフ)とコーヒーのセット、600円。
桃のパフェ、950円。
Fruit sandwich and peach parfait. The sandwich is just sliced fruits with whipped cream, the bread is not toasted(I wish it was). When I went I was the only customer and the owner was talkative and gave me a lecture about how you should eat the skin of peaches and not peel it away and waste all the nutrients in it…so my peach parfait came without having the skin peeled and I had to do it myself secretly, hiding the skin in tissue paper… ^^;; While I ate, two more loner customers came in and one girl seemed to be familar with the owner and she ordered the peach parfait too. When the owner started to give the same lecture, she said, “I WANT THE SKIN PEELED, JUST DO IT!” ^^;;; The parfait was okay…peach sorbet and vanilla ice-cream underneath.

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Cherry parfait.
フクナガ

EL TORITO (エルトリート)

060830 001.JPGファヒータ ブリトー、1134円。
Fajitas Burrito. Beef fajitas, onion and sonora beans wrapped in flour tortilla. The tortilla is soft and the beef is juicy, but…the whole thing is unbelievably salty and has too much pepper!! It was difficult to grab the waitress and get more water…after I struggled to finish it and got out, I ran into the first convenience store in sight for drinks… ^^;; This place seems to be a chain restaurant, huge space and very family restaurant feel with kids running around.
EL TORITO

Salsa Cabana (サルサ・カバナ)

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スパイシーチキン エンチラーダ、900円。
Spicy chicken Enchiladas. Hmm….the chicken tasted suspiciously like canned food, the green tomato sauce was too sour(supposed to be sour?), the corn tortilla was hard(supposed to be hard?), plus it was not ovened enough so not hot…just like my friend said about this place, the taste is very fastfood…while the price is not.
Salsa Cabana

岩井食堂 (Iwai Shokudou)

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イワシのオイルサーディン。トマトのオーブン焼き。
Sardine with olive oil. Oven tomato(some rare type of tomato apparently) and cheese with garlic. Both are very good.
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コクレ鶏のハーブ焼き。ウニのクリームパスタ。
Some French bred chicken, grilled with herb. A bit normal.
Uni pasta. Not spaghetti but thicker type, probably linguine, cooked just right, but the uni cream sauce had not much uni taste…
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失恋のパスタ。海老のトマトソースリゾット。
“Broken heart pasta”, just Lasagne with corn beef instead of minced meat, and not grilled.
Prawn tomato sauce risotto. The prawn was a bit bitter…

060822 007.jpgA small restaurant with only counter seats. The chef is famous for being rude and noisy. ^^;; But since we were prepared, we were not too shocked. Still a bit nervous when ordering or asking for recommendations. He and his wife both smoked while cooking, which was something I had never experienced in Japan, even in cheap places. Because of the open kitchen+counter seats, all our clothes stank oily afterwards. 3 of us shared all the food and opened 2 bottles of wine, came up to 5000yen per person, quite cheap! But really, once is enough. ^^;;
岩井食堂

Bistro Chez AZUMA (シェ・アズマ)

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有機野菜のサラダ。タイのマリネ。
Organic salad. Most are cooked vegetables, very nice!
Marinated sea bream.

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My god this is the best onion soup I have ever had! The soup is clear but with rich onion flavour; the soft slices of onions, the grilled melted cheese, the French bread soaked with the soup, are all perfect! I want to eat it again~~

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仔羊のロースト、ドライトマトソース。クレームビュレ、マンゴアイスとモモのコンポート。
Roasted lamb with dried tomato sauce. The lamb is soft and not too fatty, the sauce has strong herb and chilli flavour, the side potato gratin is good too. Then I was a bit disppointed when the dessert came out…but the Creme Brulee has very rich vanilla flavour, and the mango sorbet and the peach compote are not bad.
We ordered the 5000yen dinner course. The salad, the sea bream and the lamb came in big plates for sharing between two people. The onion gratin soup and the dessert are of course for one person. We printed out a coupon from the homepage and got ourselves free Kir Royal, very good and strong alcohol for a free drink! Also ordered glass wine later but it was like 600yen a glass, very cheap. The only thing is, whether you order A la carte or full course, you have to share from a big plate and split yourself….and I am the laziest person on earth and hate doing that especially in French or Italian restaurants…the food gets cold quickly. ^^;;
Chez AZUMA

de sot bar NOZAKI(デ・ソト・バル・ノザキ)

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スパゲッティ 仔羊とバジリコのトマトソース、1000円。 Spaghetti with lamb, basil in tomato sauce. Came with a big salad, a small but quite good foccacia, coffee and a tiny cake. Spaghetti was quite good though the sauce was a bit thin. The open terrace was too hot for summer…even though there was air-conditioning inside.
de sot bar NOZAKI

Nemurian (眠庵@神田須田町)

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060823 022.jpg二種もり、1160円。牛肉と大根のバーボン煮、580円。
Bourbon-simmered beef and radish. The beef is a bit rough, but the radish is good. I ordered the half-half soba set with two kinds of soba, and they came separately. They look the same in pictures though, actually taste similar too…the second one only a bit thicker than the first one. The place is a bit difficult to find as the narrow entrance is easy to miss. Very small place, with only three tables and a few counter seats. There is air-coniditioning but still quite hot inside…The two ojisan sitting next to me were hotly discussing high school baseball and saying the pitcher of this year’s winning school is too cute and too thin/short/small-bone to really become a professional pitcher…haha…^^;;
眠庵