Archive for July 15th, 2008

神田ルー・ド・メール (Loup-de-mer)

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The chef of this curry/yoshoku restaurant used to work in Brasserie domPierre in Kyobashi which I used to visit often for its delicious European-style curry and omurice. This branch in Kanda is much more casual and cheaper in price.
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ドライカレー・オムレツのせ+スープ、¥1000。
Dry curry with omelette. Soup comes with lunch set.
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北海道産黒毛和牛カレー、¥1100。特選ビーフカレー、¥1600。
Hokkaido black-haired wagyu curry on the left. Special beef curry on the right. The “special” version is 500yen more expensive but the quality of the beef is much better.
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メンチカツ・カレー、¥1500。
Not your usual Menchikatsu but more like fried hamburger with melted cheese in the middle. Very good!!
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チキンカレー+サラダ、¥1000。
Beef tendon terrine salad that comes with lunch set. Chicken curry.
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ハンバーグ・カレー、¥1500。ハヤシ・ライス、¥1600。
Hamburger curry. Patty is solid, made of mainly meat.
Hayashi rice. The beef in it is very soft.
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ポークカレーセット、¥1000。
Pork curry.
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チキン・オムライス、¥2000。オム・ハヤシ、¥2500。
Chicken omurice.
Omu-Hayashi. Fried rice with chicken and tomato sauce underneath the omelette. The sauce is the same as Hayashi rice.
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ビーフ・オムライス、¥3000。
Beef Omurice. This dish costs a whopping 3000yen so I was seriously hesitating whether to try it or not…but I am glad I did. It is very good! The rice is fried with soy sauce with generous chunks of juicy beef in it. Chicken omurice and Omu-Hayashi both cost 2000yen and more and although they are nice, they are nothing too special. To splurge on one dish, definitely go for the Beef Omurice.

I have only been to this place for lunch and I notice that the quality on weekdays is better than on weekends…the main chef is only present at lunch time during weekdays but not on weekends(though a younger chef is always there). I am sure that is not the case for dinner. Also, as can be told from the pictures that they give you a lot of sauce but not that much rice. I ordered “extra rice” once for 200yen but I usually just leave the extra sauce.

Menu(J): 1, 2, 3.

神田ルー・ド・メール (Loup-de-mer)
Add: 2-14-3, Uchi-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-5298-4390