うずらとセップ茸の包み焼き。
姫サザエとうにのエスカルゴ風グラタン。
Galette with quail and Cepe truffle - my friend’s appetizer. Gosh it is big as a main.
Turban shell and uni, escargot gratin - my choice. The uni is at the bottom, unfortunately too cooked to taste uni at all. The sea snails are a bit oily but very nice.
白金豚の盛り合わせ（肩煮込み、バラ肉コンフィ、ソーセージ）。
ほろほろ鳥もも肉のパテ詰めのロースト、アンディーブのグラタン添え。
Assorted Platinum pork(Braised, confit and sausage) - my friend’s main.
Roasted pate-stuffed guinea fowl, gratin of endives - my choice. The guinea fowl is soft and tender, a bit light, but the liver pate gives it a rich meaty savoury taste. The sauce is slightly salty and the endive gratin a bit watery though.
桃のコンポートとアーモンドミルクのシャーベット。
バナナのプリンと塩キャラメルのアイスクリーム。
Peach compote and almond milk sorbet - my friend’s dessert.
Banana pudding and salt caramel ice-cream - my choice. This dessert is incredible!! The ice-cream is salty, bitter, and caramel sweet all at once! (*o*)!! Banana pudding with fresh banana slices is nice, the brownish jelly is bitter and has alcohol taste, veeeeeeeeery good~~~
With amuse and petits fours, the dinner course is 5250yen. Also ordered a Kir Royal, and a decanter of red wine to share between 2 people, came to 7000yen each. Actually quite a good deal.
Been here for lunc before(see tag). Damn I just realise I had chicken last time…^^;;
Salut
Archive for September, 2006
わらびもち、３３０円。栗蒸し羊羹、３３０円。
Warabi-mochi and steamed chestnut youkan(sweet bean jelly cake). Seems like a popular Japanese sweet shop. First impression - very expensive. But I was soon blown away by the elegant taste. Warabi-mochi is unlike any I have tried before - soft and light and wobbly jelly texture with strong black sugar flavour, inside is very smooth bean paste. This thing practically melts in your mouth. Not being a big fan of youkan, I find the steamed chestnut youkan absolutely delicious! Not too sweet - that is very important - with big pieces of chestnuts. The bean cake is smooth and soft. But what really impresses me is the matsukaze(松風), which is slightly sticky steamed cake with black sugar and…soy sauce!! The combination of the sweet bean cake and salty sponge…is just perfect!
一幸庵
カキと下仁田葱のクリームスパゲッティー。Spaghetti with oyster and spring onion, cream sauce. Pumpkin potage, cream caramel dessert, self-service salad and drinks(very basic stuff) included, 1050yen. The pasta came out like 5 minutes after I ordered…how could it be good? The meat dishes other people ordered seemed soooooo much better…really regret! ^^;
牛やわらか煮のソテー、エストラゴン風味、１０５０円。
Came back to try the meat dish…disappointed again. Simmiered beef saute, estragon sauce - the meat hard and rough and rather tasteless. Self-service bar included potato salad, sweet corn, green salad, tea and coffee. Also came with cold green pea soup(not sweet and quite hard to drink), rice, and a small piece of chocolate mousse which was too sweet. Well a lot of food for 1050 yen though.
Cappello
鴛鴦せいろ（粗挽きせいろ・せいろの２種類）、９４０円。
En-ou seiro soba set - thick soba came out first and then the thin soba. Very nice chewy texture, and big portion. The tempura other people ordered looked really good~, wanna try next time.
美蕎
ロールキャベツ、１０００円。チーズケーキ、４００円。
A tea room less than 10 mins walk from the busy area of the Ikebukuro station but well hidden in the middle of a quiet residential area. The cabbage roll tastes very homemade…the slice cheese makes it look homemade too. ^^;;; Borsch-like soup is very good, and the big portion of meat inside is filling. Comes with salad, corn potage, rice and coffee. They have a variety of cakes available but apparently only the cheese cake is homemade. Two old gents were chatting at a corner and latter I realised one of them was the owner. Amazing how a short walk can gain you a quiet and slow lunch experience~
Châtelet
Hokkaido fair at Ikebukuro Seibu 2006.
いくら亭(Ikuratei)： うに・かに丼、１８９０円。 Uni and crab rice bowl is not bad.
うにむらかみ(Uni Murakami)： スペシャルうに丼、２４００円。Special uni rice bowl. The uni is better than Ikuratei definitely, even the rice tasted better. Though not the best uni I ever had.
Hokkaido fair at Ikebukuro Seibu 2005.
Soup curry hirihiri: Boned chicken, 950yen. Tsukimiken: Miso ramen, 750yen. Anne Charlotte: regular pudding and tea pudding. All are very good.
スープカリー ヒリヒリ：骨チキチキン、９５０円。
月見軒：味噌ラーメン、７５０円。
アンシャルロット：やさしいプリン、紅茶のプリン。
Otaru masazushi: Tachibana set, 2800yen.
Ikuratei: Uni don, 2100yen.
Both are not very good….
おたる政寿司：たちばなセット、２８００円。
いくら亭：うに丼、２１００円。
Genghis Khan Kodaiya: Mutton barbecue, 1260yen. Hmm….
古代屋：ジンギスカン定食、１２６０円。
JA中標津：ソフトクリーム、３００円。
ドライトマトとマッシュルーム クリームソースフェットチーネ、１０００円。
Dried tomato and mushroom fettuccine in cream sauce. Came with the dessert: fig and red wine ice-cream, yogurt mousse and almond cake. I was surprised by the high standard for a 1000yen lunch….the pasta and the dessert were both very good. There is no good Italian in Ikebukuro and I am happy to have found this place.
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