Lunch at a much hyped Sicilian restaurant.
Cute tableware. The homemade bread is very good.
前菜の盛り合わせ:
自家製アランチーニ、ミートソース入りサフランライスコロッケ。
築地直送、本日のカルパッチョ（鱒） パンテッレリア産ケーパー。
いわしのインボルティーニパン粉焼き。
ブロッコリ、レーズンの入った卵焼き。
パスタ： ボンゴレビアンコ。
Appetizer:
Arancini.
Trout carpaccio with caper.
Sarde a beccaficu: stuffed sardines with breadcrumbs.
Baked omelette with broccoli.
Pasta:
Vongole Bianco. Tastes a bit boring, great al dente though.
お魚料理： 真鯛のオレンジソテー。
デザート： ズッパイングレーゼ。
Fish: Red sea bream saute with orange. Rather bland…
Dessert: Zuppa Inglese.
Special lunch course is 3800yen. A glass of champagne and mineral water, came up to 5200yen. The Japanese waitress is friendly and helpful, even split the bill for each of us without our asking(some of us ordered different courses). The Italian manager however is a bit of a snob. The decor is cute but quite cramp inside. A bit overpriced given the quality. I guess someone has to pay for the posh location.
Ristorante da Nino
Archive for December, 2006
重ね鴨せいろ、１５３０円。
Soba with duck soup. The soba itself is just okay, but there are two layers of it so quite a big portion. The soup is hot. I came out of the restaurant stuffed and warmed and quite happy.
ここのつ
チキンカレー、１２００円。
Chicken curry with poivrier rice. A shop specialised in spices and herbs, so I was expecting something spicy, but the curry is mild and sweet with melted onions. Lunch comes with coffee. The shop is inside Omotesando Hills.
POIVRIER
Complementary appetizer is sardine and butter on crackers. Tasty! While the bread is just so-so.
活け締め鮟鱇（あんこう）とあん肝のジュレ テリーヌ グリーンペッパーとディル風味。
魚介のスープ。
Appetizer from Today’s menu: Ankou(angler fish) and Ankimo gelee(jelly) terrine, with green pepper and dill. Ankimo is like foie gras, slightly bitter but decently prepared that it doesn’t have any unpleasant taste. The jelly makes the whole thing very refreshing and light.
Fish soup. Very thick and strong prawn taste. Would have really loved it if it were not just lukewarm.
北海道産 雌エゾ鹿とフォワグラのパイ包み焼き 丹波産 栗添え。
Also from Today’s menu: Hokkaido Ezo vension and foie gras pie, with chestnuts. I knew this choice would be heavy and was prepared for it, but what came out was 10 times heavier than what I expected. The pie was loaded with butter which was fine, but it was not as crispy as I would have liked…nothing is more difficult to cope with than an uncrispy pie. Furthermore, it was drowned in very strong sauce made from gibier. One bite, and I thought I could eat no more. Probably should have ordered roasted meat instead of stuffed pie. Couldn’t help envying the wild duck at the table next to us.
紅玉りんごのタルト バニラのアイスクリーム添え。
フランス産レンズ豆とバナナのコンポート 和三盆糖を使った牛乳のシャーベット。
My friend and I ordered different desserts to share. Apple tart with vanilla ice-cream. Again not crispy enough. My friend who likes to cook, said that maybe there were too many orders that the oven was overloaded and couldn’t maintain high enough heat to bake crispy pies.
Lentil and banana compote, with milk sorbet. Quite simple but not bad.
Dinner course is about 5000yen but there are additional charges for most of the options on the menu. The extra charge for my appetizer and main dish was about 5000yen. House wine is 840yen per glass and not quite generous in volume. Maybe because it was right before Christmas that the restaurant was full even on a weekday, and there was a lot of waiting between the courses. The manager served alright but he was too busy. The other waitor was incredibly unmotivated and we had to ask him twice for water refills as if we were in a family restaurant. All the waiting also forced us into the unhappy situation of having to rush through our coffee and petit four at the end, even though we arrived at the restaurant pretty early….the dinner took 4 hours!
Today’s menu here.
Restaurant Kobayashi
金目鯛のソテー、枝豆バターソース、８４０円。
Kinmedai(Alfonsino) Saute, edamame(green soybean) and butter sauce. Good and cheap! Very tiny place with only two small tables and a few counter seats.
日替わり定食： サバの酒粕煮、９００円。
Mackerel simmered in Sakekasu(sediment that remains from brewing sake). Very nice! The sauce is sweet and fragrant. Asked for a spoon and ate all the sauce with the rice.
魚Den
Location very local but the decor is surprisingly stylish. Service is friendly and accomodating. Three of us went and tried out the 5000yen dinner course. Everything in the pictures are included for one person.
旬をひとくち： 厚岸産の赤貝。
Potato foccacia and walnut bread were so good that we simply couldn’t stop eating them and even asked for a second helping. The complementary appetizer was ark shell - just simple sashimi with olive oil but very fresh and sweet.
三陸産 牡蠣とかぶのフリカッセ。
シチリア産 からすみのスバゲッティー。
Oyster and turnip fricassée.
Karasumi spaghetti.
いろいろな茸のタリアテッレ。お口直しのシャーベット(ブラッドオレンジ)。
Mushroom Tagliatelle. Blood orange sorbet.
ニュージーランド産 仔羊の炭焼き。
和牛テール肉の赤ワイン煮込み。
Charcoal-grilled baby lamb(left pic).
The main dish is fixed for the 5000yen course, but one of my friends can’t eat lamb and they kindly let her choose a different main dish from the a la carte. She had the Wagyu tail simmered in red wine(right pic).
DIRITTO風クレープシュゼット。
林檎のクレームブリュレ。
Crepe suzette. Apple creme brulee. I like the creme brulee better.
Many choices of tea were available, also coffee and cappuccino.
Every single dish is absolutely delicious. Simple but the great combination of fresh and nicely prepared ingredients is more than enough to satisfy. I had a glass of champagne and about 2 glasses of wine, and the bill was less than 7000yen for each person - a bargain for this type of quality. Definitely a favourite!
Menu for the 7000yen course here(Japanese). Dessert menu here.
DIRITTO
Add: 3-55-2 Hatagaya, Shibuya-ku
Tel: 03-5350-6588
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