Archive for December, 2007

Bistrot Vendange (ビストロ ヴァンダンジュ)

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on December 6, 07
in 07:本郷・根津・湯島・上野
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若鶏もも肉とオレンジのサラダ。
豚肩ロース肉のトマト チーズのせ焼き。
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栗のケーキ。
From a couple of lunch visits. 1000yen lunch includes appetizer and main. Hmm it is cheap for a reason. Chicken and orange salad was drowned in oily dressing. Grilled pork shoulder meat with tomato and cheese was a bit undercooked. I also got the chestnut cake for 400yen and coffee for 100yen. Bad move. Both were pretty horrible.
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白身魚と小海老のテリーヌ。
牛腹身肉のステーキ マデラ酒ソース。
Fish and prawn terrine(+200yen). Beef steak with Madeira wine sauce.
Both are just so-so.
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栗のフラン鶏レバーのせ。
サーモンの香草ソース。
Chestnut flan with chicken liver. Salmon in herb sauce.
Again so-so and very greasy. Instead of bread(which is dry and no good), I asked for rice which made it easier to finish the oily food. Well it is just 1000yen…
Lunch menu(J): 1, 2, 3.
Bistrot Vendange
Add: 1-9-1 Ueno, Taito-ku
Tel: 03-3834-0722

Tapas Molecular Bar

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on December 2, 07
in 04:Other Cuisines and 05:銀座・新橋・日本橋
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The much-hyped “chemistry experiment” dinner course at Tapas Molecular Bar!
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食前酒。 カブラレスとさきいか。
Opening Aperitif: Yakult and beer. Cabrales Cuttlefish.
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カリカリビーツ。
Olive cloud. Crispy beets.
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ホタテとカボチャソルベ。
Chef cooking the scallop, which is served with pumpkin sorbet.
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赤。 トミくん。
Red: Tomato and beets. Tommy Thai: prawn in Thai style.
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いちごのスパゲッティ。
Chef making the “spaghetti” that is more like kanten. Strawberry and Pesto Spaghetti.
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手長海老、アーモンド、きのこ。 ジュージュー肉。
Scampi, Almond, Grapefruit.
Warm Sizzling Beef. The beef popped out from a steel foam dispenser…
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にんじんキャビア。
Carrot Caviar. Made using the syringes! XD
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Tomato and water melon. Served steaming(pic here).
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イベリコの秘密。
Secreta de Cerdo: Smoked Iberico pork. The cup is used to trap the smoke. Smells wonderful.
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うなぎ、パイナップル、味噌。
Unagi, Pineapple, Miso.
Cold and foamy corn soup on top of foie gras hot soup.
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ジューシーラム。
Ice of something I forgot. Juicy Lamb.
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味噌汁。
Sweet liqueur inside the straw. At first we didn’t know and were waiting for the “drink” to come…but it was just one monthful of liqueur in the straw.
Miso Soup on a spoon. The white balls are tofu jelly and the green powder is wakame…really tastes like miso soup.
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くうき氷。
Blue Hawaii. The chef said you should finish it in 20 seconds. I panicked taking pictures! The chef scared us that because it is so cold, it could freeze our tongues if we were not careful…but he didn’t say how to be careful.
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ブルーベリーとローリエ。
Blueberries and Laurel: Blueberry sponge cake.
Desserts for one.
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サフランとチョコレートのカプセル。 カプチーノのわたあめ。
Close up of the Saffron Chocolate Tarte, and Cappuccino cotton candy.
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Fruit Course. After eating the miracle fruit(red thing in the right pic) and keeping it in your mouth for a while, the sour fruits like lemon and lime tasted so sweet with all the sourness gone. It is amazing!

What a fun experience. The food was actually very delicious which I didn’t expect at all. Plus all the performances and surprises that keep you in high tension for more than 2 hours, I think it is worth a visit. They have a chef who can explain everything in English so foreigners can enjoy it just as much.

Wine menu here and here.
Food menu here.
Dinner course alone is 12000yen per person.
Tapas Molecular Bar