October 28, 2006

Ristorante IL NIDO (イル・ニード@下北沢)

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Vegetables in marinade and sardine with olives on top. Quite a solid plate for a palate teaser. The foccacia is a little dry but alright.
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青りんごで包んだ フォアグラのテリーヌ。
コルドネッティ 魚介のジェノヴェーゼソース。
Antipasto: Terrine of foie gras wrapped in green apple. Apple is sweet and foie gras is salty, my favourite combination! Though the foie gras is slightly soaked, probably because of the apple? A piece of smoked duck on the side which is quite dry.
Primo: Cordonetti with seafood genovese. The pasta has the chewy and elastic texture of Japanese yakisoba! ^^;;; Genovese is not the usual basil paste, but chopped fresh basil mixed with olive oil. Despite the unexpected taste and look, I like this dish!
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山形牛のソテー。
口直し:ローズマリー、タイム、アニスのシャーベット。
Secondo: Yamagata beef saute. The sauce is just Balsamico and olive oil I think. The vegetables are great. The beef is fatless and not too soft, need a lot of chewing but it is not bad. My friend's fish is nicer.
Sorbet of rosemary, thyme and anise. Very refreshing.
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ババとキャラメルセミフレッド。
Baba with caramel Semi Freddo. It is very good! Not too sweet, the sponge is soaked with rum, the ice-cream is smooth. My friend's simple Panna Cotta is absolutely delicious too. I am very impressed by the desserts here, as I always think desserts are boring in Italian restaurants. ^^;; Comes with espresso and little sweets, which are both nice. Lunch course is 3500yen. Glass wine is 900yen. Service charge is 600yen per table. Overall it was quite a satisfactory lunch, slightly salty was the general impression. In fact we both felt quite thirsty afterwards, but the level of saltiness was acceptable for me. This restaurant has only 4 tables and a capacity of 12 people at the most - a very small place even for Tokyo. About 10 minutes walk from the nearest Shimokitazawa station if you don't get lost, which we did. ^^;; There is no cheaper lunch course than the one we ordered, probably part of the reason why we were the only customers during the entire lunch time even though it was a Saturday and the area near the station was crowded with people.
IL NIDO

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Comments:

But they do have an Italian name for that pasta...guess it is not wafu? ^^;; The shrimp head is empty! The miso probably is already mixed in the sauce.

This place used to do cheaper lunch, but they apparently changed the menu. When I was inside I saw through the curtain some people standing outside and checking out the menu, but no one came in, guess it was the stiff price...Shimokitazawa is so local, yet the price is not.

seat | October 30, 2006 07:23 PM

I was going to say...the spaghetti (?) looked a bit stringy...^^;;; Probably it was housemade and whowever made the pasta 'customized' it with wafu influence ^^;;; Did you suck on the shrimp head?

The apple foie gras sounds yum! I only had mango with foie gras before, apple would def taste 'lighter'.

The door front of the restaurant looks adorable, I would have gone in without looking at the price ^^;;; The cabinet and expresso machine were soooo romantic-Euro~

Freda | October 30, 2006 02:41 PM

やっこさん>
パスタは生じゃないと思う。
本当に焼きそばみたいなの~
友達のラグーのタリァテッレも美味しかった。
ババのお酒が強くてちょっと回った、昼から!

ひーさん>
もっと安いコースがあると思ったのに、
メニューが変わって、びっくりした。
前菜+パスタ2種のラインアップなら最高じゃん!
バールもよかったの?今度行ってみよう~

seat | October 29, 2006 02:17 PM

可愛いお店だね!
パスタは生パスタだった?
デザートのババが食べたい~!!

やっこ | October 29, 2006 01:07 PM

イル・ニード、私も前にランチで何回か行って美味しかったー。
でもその当時は3000円以下で前菜+パスタ2種のお得コースもあったのに。最近はコース内容変わっちゃったのね。

近くに出来たバールに方も良かったよ。

確かに駅から遠いし分かりにくいから知らないとなかなか来ないエリアだよねえ。

ひー | October 29, 2006 08:18 AM