Monthly Archives: March 2007

Restaurant JOEL (ジョエル)

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フォアグラとレンズ豆のムース ポルト酒を煮詰めたソース添え。
ガレット ド クラプ(身と味噌のムース＆殻と味噌のスープ)。
Lunch course consisting of 2 appetizers, main dish and dessert is 4200yen.
Foie gras and lentil mousse, with port wine sauce.
Crab galette(crab meat and crab miso mousse + crab shell and crab miso soup).
These two appetizers are absolutely amazing!! I want to eat them again~
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仔羊、ブラックオリーブとタイムのソース。
デザートの盛り合わせ。
Lamb with black olive and Thyme sauce. Tender meat, tasty sauce.
My friend’s dessert plate. Gateau chocolat, pudding and tarte tartan.
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イチゴのグラタン、イチゴのシャーベットとピスタチオのビスキュイ添え。
きんかんのパイ焼き、バニラアイス添え。
Another friend’s strawberry gratin with strawberry sorbet and pistachio biscuit. This is very good.
I had the warm kinkan(small orange) pie with vanilla ice-cream.

I have been here before(see tag). To tell the truth, last time I wasn’t too impressed with the food I ordered except the dessert. However, my friends who ordered different appetizers and main dishes, gave me a bite of each to try and they all tasted good. So perhaps it really depends on your choice of the menu.

I decided to give it another try before the restaurant closed down and moved to Midtown(The restaurant will change its name to “cuisine francaise JJ”. The chef and the staff will not change but the price probably will).

To avoid getting the wrong thing again(especially I was bringing a friend from overseas visiting Tokyo for a few days…), I did my homework – checking food blogs, asking friends who have eaten there recently. The menu shouldn’t change so much within the week and whola, there they are, the two appetizers that my friends highly recommended and I was dying to try. They don’t disappoint! I only regret that it wasn’t dinner as dinner course is twice the price of lunch, but the portion is double! I can eat 5 portions of that crab galette~~

The manager remembered me from my last visit, he even remembered what I had ordered last time! I wanted to try the new dessert this time and asked my friend to give me a little bit of her gateau chocolat cos I really liked it. The manger heard that and immediately gave me a whole piece for free….yes!! ^^;; Upon leaving the restaurant, the manager said, “See you in Roppongi!!” so I guess there will be a 3rd visit…

魚遊膳 開華亭

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060210 007うなぎ蒲焼の柳川風、さつま揚げ、竹の子土佐煮、８９０円。
Unagi with egg, Yanagawa-styled. Comes with satsuma-age(fish cake), and bamboo shoots with bonito flakes. Quite good~. Also comes with free Japanese plum wine even on a weekday.
開華亭

Thai Restaurant PIRABKAO (ピラブカウ)

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タイアヒルのチャーシューかけご飯。タイコーヒー。
Gosh it is terrible! Hard and juice-less pork and not even hot…I saw the girl microwaving the pork….-o-;; The coffee was disgusting sweet that I had one sip and gave up…
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060210 010タイ焼きダックチャーシュー丼、７００円。
Second try. Thai grilled duck on rice. It is no good…just like last time.
PIRABKAO

Bistro Bourgogne （ビストロ ブルゴーニュ）

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殻付きカキ。にんじんのムースとウニのコンソメゼリーよせ。
Argh very ugly photos because of the yellow lighting~
Oysters are raw but slightly warm.
Carrot mousse and uni with consomme jelly.
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鴨胸肉の燻製とフォアグラ、さといものテリーヌ、モザイク仕立て。
コック・オ・ヴァン（鶏もも肉の赤ワイン煮込み） ブルゴーニュ風。
Smoked duck breast, foie gras and satoimo(taro potato) terrine.
Coq au vin: chicken thigh simmered in red wine sauce.
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豚のロティー と豚の煮込み。
オレンジのクレームブリュレ 胡椒風味のクレームグラッセ。
Pork Roti and pork stewed in tomato.
Orange creme brulee with pepper ice-cream. Pepper ice-cream really has lots of pepper…interesting.

Dinner course is about 3900yen. Food is mediocre. Would be acceptable if it were 1000yen cheaper.
Bistro Bourgogne

紀の善 (Kinozen)

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くずもち。 あわぜんざい。
From a couple of visits.
Kuzu-mochi – made from kudzu starch, with kinako(soy bean) powder on top. Very nice!
Awa-zenzai – millet and red bean paste, served hot. Good but not quite sticky enough.
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くりしるこ（栗の餡）。玉子ぞうに。
Kuri(chestnut) shiruko . Instead of the usual red bean paste, chestnut paste is used. It is so delicious! Eaten with toasted mochi. Served hot.
Ozoni with egg. Can’t see from picture but mochi, kamaboko, somen are hidden under the egg. The clear dashi is light with very nice yuzu fragrance. This is not sweet.
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栗ぜんざい。
Kuri-zenzai: Chestnut, grilled mochi and red bean paste. Good!
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0706 015.jpg抹茶ババロア。
Macha bavarois.

紀の善

My Le@Kamata (ミ・レイ＠蒲田)

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魚、肉、海老の生春巻き。 パパイヤのサラダ。
Dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant.
3 types of spring roll: fish, pork and prawn.
Papaya salad.
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揚げ春巻き。 海老のココナッツジュース蒸し。
Fried spring roll.
Prawn steamed in coconut juice.
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ベトナム風水餃子。 海老せんべい。
Vietnamese dumplings(some sausage on top). Prawn crackers.
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ベトナム風お好み焼き。 サンドイッチ（焼豚）。
Vietnamese okonomiyaki. Pork sandwich.
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魚のあんかけ。 鶏のレモングラス炒め。
Fish with sweet ketchup-ish sauce. Chicken with lemon grass.
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蟹とトマトのビーフン。 鶏肉のフォー。
Prawn and tomato flat rice noodles.
Chicken Pho.
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牛肉団子のフーティウ。揚げバナナ。
Beef balls noodles. Fried banana.
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060220 193バナナぜんざい。 ベトナム風おしるこ。仙草ゼリーとドライフルーツのチェーとバジルシードのチェー。

Banana zenzai(not really zenzai). Vietnamese oshiruko(not really oshiruko). Sensou(Chinese mesona) jelly. Dried fruit che. Basil seed che. Actually they all have similar ingredients(coconut milk, jelly, tapioca etc.) and similar taste.

I was very impressed with the food on my previous visits(see tag) to this Vietnamese place but I think the quality has dropped somewhat. It is still good and cheap(all that food shared between 6 people and lots of drinks – 4000yen per person), but then the location is inconvenient so….
ミ・レイ