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December 31, 2006
RELLENO SUGAWARA (ルエノ・スガワラ)
カニと野菜の包み揚げ"クラブポットスティッカー"、レモンとショウユのソース。
Dinner at a restaurant serving California cuisine(The name card says "Tokyo Internation Cuisine"). Very tiny place at the basement, basic decor and very quiet - could be a little claustrophobic at first. Check out the interior here.
The little samosa(potato as stuffing I think) and prawn are complementary appetizer which is nice. Two of us chose from the a la carte menu and shared 1 appetizer, 1 risotto and two meat dishes. The service staff offered to split the dishes for us, so all the pictures are half portion, except the risotto which we had to cut it ourself.
Crispy fried crab pot stickers on chopped vegetables salad. Simple but quite good.
ロンバルディア産タレッジオチーズのリゾットケーキと小海老のソテー、温製チェリートマトのサルサ。
Lombardia taleggio cheese risotto cakes with sauteed shrimp, oregano and hot plum tomatoes salsa. Risotto cake...is just risotto. Quite spicy. Portion tiny.
霧島産"ＳＰＦ"ポークとピックルスにしたピメント、スペイン産バルディオンブルーチーズと赤ワインソース。
メキシカンスタイル仔羊のストロガノフと緑トマトのソテー、ハラペーニョチリクリーム添え。
Chargrilled SPF Kirishima pork with pickled pimientos, and Spanish Valdeon blue cheese and red wine sauce. The pork is okay, love the blue cheese.
Mexican lamb stroganoff with pan-fried green tomatoes, tortillas salad with jalapeno cream. Very spicy and a little salty. We both craved rice while eating this. The meat is tender.
We didn't order dessert because the friend who told me about this place said the dessert is expensive(800yen~) and very small portion so not so worth it. With a glass of champagne, it is 5000yen per person. The food is not bad, though taste-wise the food doesn't leave much impression on me. The dinner menu has rather limited choices: 1, 2.
RELLENO SUGAWARA
Comments(3) [ other cuisines | 神宮前・青山・広尾 ]
December 30, 2006
Kitchen Check (キッチン チェック)
オムライス、９００円。
Omurice is very nice! The egg is not the half-cooked fluffy runny kind, but still nice. The veggy on the side is a bit oily though.
Kitchen Check
Comments(0) [ 池袋 ]
December 29, 2006
Tokyo tasty place k-chacha
プチパスタ＋お肉料理のセット、１３５０円。デザート＋コーヒー、１５０円。
渡り蟹のトマトクリームパスタ。
豚肩ロースのソテー、イタリアン風ジェノヴァソース（古代米付き）。
A lunch set consists of salad and appetizer, a small pasta, a meat/fish dish and rice, 1350yen. With an extra 150yen, you get dessert and coffee too. Meat dish is pork shoulder meat saute in pesto sauce. Pasta is spaghetti with watarigani(crab) in tomato cream sauce. Dessert is gateau chocolat. So much food! Double carbs! Even the dessert is such a big piece. Taste not bad too.
k-chacha
Comments(2) [ 飯田橋・神楽坂 ]
December 28, 2006
Restaurant Cherive (シェリーヴ＠目白)
Have been trying to go to this French restaurant for lunch twice by myself but both times I was turned away because it was full even I went on weekdays. So I booked in advance and dragged a friend to go with me. Like before, it was packed, with many happy and loud ladies.
サバのタルタル仕立てのリエット。
白金豚トマト煮こみ、カレー風味。林檎のタルトとマンゴーアイス。
Rillette of mackerel and tomato and black olives. Tastes just like tuna.
Platinum pork simmered in tomato and curry. Mashed potato and lentils underneath. Very yoshoku-feel. Curry taste non-existent.
Apple tart with mango ice-cream.
Food is a bit mediocre. Very cheap though - lunch course is 2000yen. Glass wine is 500yen~.
Lunch menu here(Japanese).
Restaurant Cherive
December 27, 2006
九段 斑鳩
特製塩本鰹らー麺、１０００円。
Hongatsuo(some fancy version of dried bonito?) soup based ramen. Usually bonito soup never works for me but I really like this one. Thought it would have been nicer if the soup were piping hot, but after reading other people's reviews, seems like the lukewarm temperature is deliberate. Noodles are perfectly cooked, the pork and the eggs are both soft and tasty. No wonder there is always a long queue. I went twice before but gave up because of the queue. This time I went early, around 11:30am, and I got in pretty quick. I sat at the counter and the staff in front of me(not the guy in pic) has his head quite interestingly shaved...seems like he is the owner. He is all smiley and softly singing(literally) irashaimase the entire time.
斑鳩
All About
Comments(2) [ good cheap eats | 神田・神保町・秋葉原 ]
December 26, 2006
田園調布 食堂廣田
Christmas dinner at a low-profile restaurant with 2 friends. Reservation is via email only. My friend, who had been there before, told me that the chef might not exactly be that easy-going, so I asked the only waiter there whether I could take pictures of the food or not, and he was very friendly and told me to go ahead. I was still unsure about using flashlights even though it was pitch dark inside, hence the dark pictures. The chef came out of the kitchen when we were leaving and he seemed friendly though. The Christmas dinner course with all-you-can-drink champagne and wine, was 10,000yen per person. A very small place and only 3 groups of customers that night.
イベリコ・ベリョータ。チョリソ。
Iberico ham and chorizo. The bread is imported from France, says the waiter.
車海老と大根 クリーム煮込み。
ホロホロ鶏とフォアグラ フランスキノコの香り。
Kuruma Prawn with radish in cream sauce.
Guinea fowl and foie gras in mushroom and truffle sauce.
鴨胸肉のロースト 林檎とバターと蜂蜜。
Roasted duck breast with apple, in butter and honey.
The chocolate cake, not baked by the chef, is the birthday cake for other customer, who generously shared it with all of us. The chef made us sing birthday song for him. ^^;;
The food is very good. A lot of meat. I like the roasted duck the most even though it is a bit sweet. The prawn dish reminds me of fried prawns with mayonnaise from those Hong Kong style cafe. The guinea fowl one tastes very chinese, despite the French-ish ingredients. This place is not exactly a French restaurant, the chef cooks all kinds of food and you can make your request.
廣田
December 25, 2006
五十番
汁なし極太坦々麺、１０００円。
Very thick tantan noodles without soup. It is so good!! The thick noodles are soft and chewy and go so well with the minced meat and very spicy chilli oil. I had the normal tan tan noodles with soup here before and didn't like it, but the no-soup and thick noodles version is delicious! This is only available at dinner and weekend.
五十番
Comments(3) [ good cheap eats | 飯田橋・神楽坂 ]
December 24, 2006
Ristorante da Nino (リストランテ・ダ・ニーノ＠乃木坂)
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
Comments(7) [ italian food | 神宮前・青山・広尾 ]
December 23, 2006
ここのつ
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
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December 22, 2006
POIVRIER (ポワヴリエ)
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
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December 21, 2006
Restaurant Kobayashi (レストランコバヤシ＠平井)
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
December 20, 2006
ビストロ割烹 喜いち
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.
Comments(0) [ 飯田橋・神楽坂 ]
December 19, 2006
魚Den
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
Comments(4) [ 飯田橋・神楽坂 ]
December 18, 2006
DIRITTO (ディリット＠幡ヶ谷)
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
Comments(7) [ my favourites | italian food ]
December 17, 2006
群林堂
豆大福。栗蒸し羊羹。
Popular Japanese sweet shop which is famous for its Mame Daifuku. Delicious! Studded with lots of whole red kidney beans. Also got the steamed chestnut youkan, good too.
群林堂
Comments(6) [ japanese sweets | 護国寺・江戸川橋 ]
December 16, 2006
手打古式蕎麦
焼きこんにゃく、２００円。山揚げそば、１２００円。
Grilled Konjac - the sauce is slightly salty but nicely savoury. Soup soba with fried yam. The big croquette thing on top is all yam, nicely fried on the outside but the yam not seasoned or salted at all, and the soup is also very mild - I was very tempted to ask for soy sauce. Old entry here.
手打古式蕎麦
レストラン イコブ
銀鱈の味噌漬焼＋ポテト入りメンチカツ、８００円。
Grilled black cod with miso, cutlet with potato, minced meat and onion.
レストラン イコブ
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December 15, 2006
プリック
なまずの辛子みそ炒め、１８００円。ライス、３００円。
Dinner alone at a Thai restaurant. Fried catfish with chilli, 1800yen. SPY pink Premium wine cooler, 400yen. Plain rice 300yen. Considering the location is obscure and far from Ikebukuro station and the decor isn't up to much, the menu is priced like a fancy upscale restaurant. The deep-fried catifsh is very dry, not a good choice, but so many different spices are used and the sauce is so full of flavours. Coconut milk is added so it is sweet too. I told the waitress that I can eat very hot food and it came very spicy. I was instantly hooked(to the sauce), had to refrain from stuffing the spice leaves into my mouth. The pink drink is only 4% alcohol, very sweet and artificial coloured/flavoured.
シーフードの辛子みそ炒め、１８００円。
Went back again and ordered the seafood with the same sauce. There are squid, prawn, green pepper, mussel and scallop in it. Just as good as last time. Really a shame that it is so expensive, otherwise I would go back and try other things too~
プリック
Comments(2) [ other cuisines | 池袋 ]
December 14, 2006
GLOBE du MONDE (グローブ・デュ・モンド＠市ヶ谷)
Cozy little bistro with warm wooden decor and homely ambience.
３４００円のディナーコース。
前菜： カブのブランマンジェ。
Dinner course starts from 3400yen(tax included, no service charge) and offers a variety of choices for appetizer, main dish and dessert. Glass wine is 500yen~.
For appetizer I had Turnip blanc manger, which was light and smooth, accompanied by smoked salmon and vegetables.
鴨もも肉の黒ビールとハチミツ煮込み。（＋３００）
焼きたてのイチジクパイとイチジクコンポート、アイスクリーム添え。
Simmered duck thigh with black beer and honey. Very soft meat and sweet sauce. The duck was from France, and had a yummy layer of fat under the skin. Freshly baked fig pie and fig compote with vanilla ice-cream was a bit basic and small though. Overall, quite a bargain for the quality.
ＧＬＯＢＥ du ＭＯＮＤＥ
December 13, 2006
Boulangerie JEAN FRANÇOIS (ブーランジェリー ジャン・フランソワ)
セミドライトマト、プロセスチーズ、タイム。ゴルゴンゾーラとハチミツ。
カボチャ。カマンベールチーズとオリーブ。
Semi-dried tomato, processed cheese and thyme. Gorgonzola and honey - not so much gorgonzola but very sweet with lots of honey.
Pumpkin(scone/biscuit texture, nice!). Camembert and olves.
クロワッサン。ラタトュイュのバゲットサンド。
Croissant - popular item, very good. Ratatouille baguette sandwich - lots of sweet veggy.
Boulangerie JEAN FRANÇOIS
Comments(5) [ bakeries ]
December 12, 2006
和邑
田舎そば、１２００円。玉子焼、５００円。
Inaka soba - "country soba", thick and dark soba made with whole buckwheat.
Tamagoyaki - Japanese egg roll.
Both are absolutely delicious!!! Price is not cheap but the food is really worth it. The soba is the best I have had recently, and the egg roll is to die for.
和邑
Comments(6) [ good cheap eats | 池袋 ]
December 11, 2006
七厘＠三ノ輪
A rather local yakiniku restaurant recommended by a friend who is living nearby and is sort of a regular. We got to order stuff that are not on the menu(e.g. cow tongue sashimi and beef sashimi), and enjoy an incredible omakase course which allowed us to try almost everything on the menu. It is however an impossible task to translate the menu...in fact I can't even match the name with the right picture cos they all look the same. ^^;; Basically we tried various parts of cow, both the meat and the horumon.
キムチ盛り合わせ。牛アキレス腱ポン酢。にんにく焼き。
Assorted kimchi. Achilles tendon in ponzu. Grilled garlic.
センマイ刺し。レバー刺し。
Cow stomach sashimi. Liver sashimi.
牛タン刺し。牛刺し。
Cow tongue sashimi. Beef sashimi.
幻のタン塩(ゲタ)。
From here, the meat are to be grilled. The pic on the left is some fancy cow tongue. The rest...sorry, don't really remember.
The umeshu here is very nice with a variety of choices - nihonshu based, shochu based, white wine based, red wine based, and house blend. I like the house blend and nihonshu based of umeshu the most. The one in the picture is just nihonshu.
シビレ。
My favourite horumon "shibire", it tastes like foie gras~ Takes a while to grill until it is smooth and creamy.
The steak is nice too. The waitor cut it into pieces for us. But I prefer the fatty thin slices of beef which are just much more juicy.
We had some additional orders which I didn't take pictures of...btw, there were 5 of us, 4 girls and 1 guy. ^^;;;
ユッケ。豚トロ。
Yukke - Korean version of Steak Tartare. Tontoro - fatty pork.
Horumon also, forgot name. Hard and chewy texture.
On the right is Kimchi fried rice.
The usual stomach-filling carbs(though we were already very full...): Korean beef soup rice, chilled buckwheat noodles, and ramen in a hot stone bowl. I think we paid about 12,000yen each. Considering how much we ate and drank, and how amazing the quality of the meat was, not a bad deal.
My friend actually remembered the menu in Japanese and kindly sent it to me, so I just copied here.
・キムチ盛り合わせ ・牛アキレス腱ポン酢 ・にんにく焼き
・センマイ刺し ・レバー刺し ・牛タン刺し ・牛刺し
・幻のタン塩(ゲタ) ・カイノミ ・シンシン ・ホルモン ・コブクロ
・ギアラ ・コプチャン ・シビレ ・ヒレ ・トモ三角 ・ザブトン ・ツラミ
・ユッケ ・豚トロ ・ウルテ ・ハツモト ・子袋
・キムチチャーハン ・石焼ユッケジャンラーメン ・冷麺 ・カルビクッパ
七厘
Comments(8) [ my favourites | other cuisines | 浅草 ]
December 10, 2006
本多横丁 八千代鮨
穴子せいろ、１２００円。
Anago seiro - steamed chirashi sushi with anago toppings in a seiro. It is very good!! Perfect for winter.
八千代鮨
Comments(2) [ 飯田橋・神楽坂 ]
December 09, 2006
La Matière (ラ・マティエール)
ヤリイカのブイヤベース風テリーヌ、じゃいが芋とインゲンのサラダ バジルの香り。
骨付き仔羊のポワレ、プロバンス風。
ココナッツのブランマンジェ、ライチのシャーベット添え。
Terrine of Spear squid Bouillabaisse, potato and kidney beans salad in basil sauce. Smooth terrine with finely chopped squid that are still very chewy. Quite good!
Panfried baby lamb chop, Provençale style. The meat is very tender and juicy. A bit salty and the Balsamico sauce a bit heavy, but still delicious.
Coconut blanc manger and lychee sorbet. Hmm, the dessert is so-so.
A rather new French restaurant located in kagurazaka - an area crowded with little homely bistros. The price is a bit on the higher end - a 3 three course lunch where you can choose your appetizer and main dish but not the dessert, plus a glass of wine and service charge, came up to about 4000yen. The ambience is sophisticated but welcoming. Check out my friend's blog(Japanese) whom I went with.
Lunch menu: 1, 2.
La Matière
Comments(4) [ french food | 飯田橋・神楽坂 ]
December 08, 2006
三国一 （新宿西口店）
名古屋味噌煮込みうどん、９００円。
Nagoya miso nikomi(stew) udon - consisting of thick, hard, chewy, handmade udon noodles served in boiling hot miso sauce. Not bad though the portion of the udon was small. Left with so much of the thick miso soup that I was very tempted to order rice to put into the soup...but I resisted. There were chicken, mochi, dried tofu etc. in it as well.
三国一
La Feve (ラ・フェーブ 九段下店)
小エビと菜花入りマカロニグラタン、ソーセージと甘栗入りトマトソースショートパスタ。
Macaroni gratin with shrimp and Rapeseed. Fusilli with sausage and chestnut in tomato sauce. It is okay. The portion seems to have shrunk since the last time.
La Feve
Comments(3) [ 飯田橋・神楽坂 ]
December 07, 2006
みつばち
栗ぜんざい、７００円。小倉あんみつ、５７０円。
Kuri-zenzai - chestnut, shiratama(sticky rice balls), red bean, millet paste, and black honey at the bottom. Served hot. Quite nice though a bit sweet.
Anmitsu with red bean ice. This place is famous for being one of earliest to sell red bean ice-cream. A big pot of honey on the table for you to add to the anmitsu yourself.
みつばち
Comments(5) [ japanese sweets | 本郷・根津・湯島・上野 ]
光麺
焦がし坦々麺、８８０円。
Tan-tan noodles, a version which the sesame seeds are burnt black, topped with black chilli oil. Hmm, quite salty and oily, almost like eating instant noodles. This ramen place right next door is much better, but then it always has a queue.
光麺
Comments(5) [ 池袋 ]
December 06, 2006
まめ半
古都： 冷たい湯葉うどん、かき揚げ、手作り豆腐、１３３０円。
Cold yuba udon. No water is added to make the udon apparently, only two kinds of yuba and condensed soy milk are mixed to the flour. The result is very elastic and chewy texture. You grate the ginger yourself, and add it together with the spring onion into the tsuyu dipping sauce. There is a little bottle of condensed soy milk, which the waitor told me to add into the tsuya sauce as well, giving it a smooth taste. The side dish kakiage is mainly onion, plus a piece of bitter gourd tempura. The item I love the most is actually the simple handmade tofu.
まめ半
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December 05, 2006
Cold Stone Creamery
チェスナッツ カプチーノ（コーヒーアイスクリーム、栗、チョコファッジ、ホイップクリーム）
Chestnut Cappuccino: coffee ice-cream chestnut, chocolate fudge and whipped cream. "Love it" size(i.e. medium) plus waffle cup, 630yen.
The first branch of this American ice-cream shop in Japan is at Roppongi Hills. I have tried going for a couple of times but it ALWAYS has a long queue, even during odd hours like weekdays afternoon, or in winter(the waiting and eating space is outside). So I was very happy to find out that the second branch(in central Tokyo) is inside a mall at Ikebukuro. Happier still that there was no one waiting when I went during weekday lunchtime! The ice-cream is chopped and mixed with the ingredients on a cold marble stone. The much-hyped ice-cream didn't disappoint, very smooth and rich, a bit sweet in Japanese standard, but okay for me.
Cold Stone Creamery Japan
Comments(6) [ cakes and sweets | 池袋 ]
December 04, 2006
桜なべ中江＠三ノ輪
Dinner party at a traditional Japanese restaurant more than 100 years old. Speciality is horse meat, also called "sakura meat" in Japan.
馬肉の佃煮。
Horse meat Tsukudani.
馬刺し：霜降りと ロース 。 タルタルステーキ。
Two kinds of horse meat sashimi - more expensive shimofuri(meat marbled with fat), and loin meat. Somehow the cheaper loin meat is actually nicer. Both are sweet and tender.
Tartar steak - ground raw horse meat, with sesame oil, and a raw egg yolk. Very good. The sesame oil and the egg yolk combined to give the lean meat a smoother texture and a nice fragrance.
馬刺しにぎり寿司。馬肉串焼き。
Horse meat sushi is incredible, while the grilled horse meat skewer is no good - the meat is too hard.
桜鍋。ザク： ねぎ、しらたき、麩。
Sakura nabe: horse meat sukiyaki. Tender and juicy, no need to cook too long, dip into a bowl of raw egg before you eat. Also added to the nabe are leek, shirataki and fu. The warishita is miso and soy sauce and zarame sugar.
ステーキ。お新香。
Steak. Thick cut and tender. Homemade pickles are so good you can eat them alone.
Eggs are added to the leftover soup, and you are supposed to scoop the sweet full-of-meat-flavour egg and add onto the rice. It is so yummy!
Dessert is Matcha ice-cream.
中江
Comments(5) [ japanese food | 浅草 ]
December 03, 2006
Chez le BRETON (シェル・ブルトン)
そば粉のクレープセット（マッシュルームとチーズ）、スープとサラダ付、１０００円。
Mushroom and cheese buckwheat flour crepe, comes with salad and soup. Cute decor. The chef is from Bretagne where galette(buckwheat crepe) is famous.
Chez le BRETON
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December 02, 2006
Aigre Douce (エーグルドゥース＠目白)
ミルフィーユ。モンブラン。
Mille-feuille: the pie is crispy and nice. Mont Blanc: cream and merengue underneath the marron cream, which I found a bit rough and grainy. Old entry here.
Aigre Douce
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上野藪そば
鴨せいろ、１７８５円。せいろ、６８３円。
Seiro Soba with hot, duck based, dipping sauce. Seiro Soba with tsuyu dipping sauce. The duck is thickly sliced and very soft, love it! The soup has strips of yuzu in it. The soba is great but such a small portion! Everyone around ordered L size for a reason. ^^;; A bit embarassing but I ordered an extra portion of the soba on its own, hoping that additional order would be cheaper, but obviously there was no such thing and the normal Seiro came with tsuyu and wasabi and everything....
上野藪そば
December 01, 2006
RUCHI (バングラデシュ料理 ルチ)
ムルギ マサラ： チキン骨付きもも肉のロスト風カレー（辛口）、８５０円。ナン、２６５円。
Dinner at a local but quite famous Bangladeshi restaurant. Murgi Masala: chicken thigh Masala curry, with lots of well-cooked onions in it. The chef warned me that it is very spicy, but turned out it wasn't really. Very mild and sweet. Nice!
ルチ
Comments(2) [ 大山・板橋 ]
