IL BORRO

Posted on July 26, 07 by seat

トスカーナ産の生ハムに、山羊のクリームチーズをのせて。イタリア産サラミとハム。フォアグラとリンゴのテリーヌ。サルチッシャ。真鯛のカルパッチョと黒米のティンバッロ。
Toscana Prosciutto with goat cheese cream. Salami and ham. Foie gras and apple terrine. Salsiccia. Red seabream carpaccio with black rice Timpano.

ムラサキウニとフルーツトマトの冷製カッペリーニ。
黒あわびとボッパルガ（からすみ）のキッタラ。ホロホロ鳥とサマートリュフのリゾット。
Murasaki uni and fruit tomato cappellini.
Black abalone and karasumi Chitarra. Guinea fowl and summer truffle risotto.

イベリコ豚のソテー　ヴィンサントビネガーのソース。
Iberico pork saute, Vin santo vinegar sauce. Cheese.

カシスのムース、ティラミス、クリームブリュレ、ロールケーキ。クレーム・ド・リモンチェロ。
Cassis mousse, tiramisu, creme brulee and rollcake. Creme de Limoncello.

Very gorgeous environment perfect for special occasions. There were at least 3 groups of customers celebrating birthdays or anniversaries. Also hold wedding receptions apparently. Though the food is as good as party food gets. ^^;;
IL BORRO
Add: 7-12-27, Roppongi, Minato-ku
Tel: 03-5770-8800

海南鶏飯食堂 (Hainan ji-fan shokudou)

Posted on July 17, 07 by seat

海南鶏飯、￥９００。
Hainan chicken rice. A very popular place that always has a queue outside and I have heard many positive reviews about this place….turned out it was quite bad. The chicken is those dry fatless tasteless breast meat that you need a lot of the sauces for flavours. The rice is too mushy and lacking in fragrance and flavour. Why this place gets so popular is beyond me.
海南鶏飯食堂 (Hainan Ji-fan Shokudou)
Add: 6-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku

鮨さいとう (Sushi Saito)

Posted on May 28, 07 by seat

Lunch at a sushi place with only 7 counter seats. We had the 5,000 lunch course with 10 sushi, a roll and miso soup. There is also a 10,000 yen course which consists of 15 sushi.

Hirame(Flatfish).

Forgot what. Tuna.

Chu-toro(more fatty tuna). Squid.

Aji(mackerel). Prawn.

Forgot what clam. Katsuo(bonito).

Anago. Tuna roll.

Very delicious sushi! The taste, the size, the look are all so elegant. The 35-year old chef is very humble and friendly. Finally I found a great sushi place which is high-quality, with comfortable atmosphere, and affordable!
鮨さいとう

Sushi Saito
Add: 1-9-15, Akasaka, minato-ku.
Tel: 03-3589-4412

Restaurant Le Bourguignon (ル・ブルギニオン)

Posted on May 23, 07 by seat

Amuse bouche: cream puff with pork rillette inside.

ブータン・ノワールのテリーヌ仕立て、りんごのサラダ。
アイナメのポワレに鶏のスープを添えて。
Boudin Noir(pork blood sausage) terrine with apple salad. Served warm, goes so well with the sweet apple sauce. Delicious!
Pan-fried Ainame(Greenling) in chicken clear soup. Not much impression.

豚足、豚舌、牛のトリップなどを煮込み、一度冷やして固めたものを両面かりっと焼き上げたもの。
サツマイモのモンブラン。
Pork feet, pork tongue and beef tripe are first simmered, let cooled and hardened, then grilled until crispy on the outside. Very good.
Satsuma-imo(Japanese sweet potato) Mont Blanc. There is rice inside. Apart from the rice bit, it is pretty normal. Nice though. My friend ordered bell pepper mousse which is much more interesting but “doesn’t feel like dessert” apparently.

Lunch is 4500yen. Food is great, the interior makes you feel like you are in French countryside. Perhaps a little too quiet inside and the waiters are a little stiff-backed.
More pic from outside.
Le Bourguignon

Toshi Yoroizuka

Posted on May 1, 07 by seat

My favourite dessert place has moved to Tokyo Midtown as well.
The queue in the pictures…is for take-out only!!! Apparently only 3 groups of customers are allowed inside at one time. You have to wait forever before you can actually look at the cakes. -o-;;; Anyway, I prefer the tarts and pies much more than the cakes in this place. My primary target, as always, is the one-plate dessert that you eat at the counter space. In order to eat in, you need to write down your name and come back one and a half hour later…and you must be there when they call you or your booking is cancelled for good. You can’t book in advance either. Say if you want to book for 3pm, you must be there to write down your name at 1:30pm sharp. And of course there is no guarantee that you can get in at 3pm sharp. What a nightmare…

But once you are inside, you are in heaven! I had the strawberry mille-feuille and blueberry ice-cream. So delicious~!! Fresh mint tea is very good too. The dessert used to be 1000yen but now has gone up to 1200yen…well I guess that is inevitable. Also it is a shame that the main patisserie chef mainly stays inside the kitchen where you can’t see, while it used to be open kitchen~.
Toshi Yoroizuka

cuisine francaise JJ

Posted on May 1, 07 by seat

Finally went to Tokyo Midtown! Only took a few pics on my way to lunch. The area is actually quite big. Of course lots of lots of people flooding everywhere. Queues outside every restaurant at lunch time.

We have booked a table in advance – no way I’m going to queue. ^^;; Have been to this restaurant twice before. Used to call “Joel” and located in Aoyama. The old location is closed now. The chef and the whole staff team have moved to Midtown. The manager still remembers me…err….

These pics are taken in the terrace space also belongs to the restaurant. It was sunny but still a bit chilly, so we decided to eat inside. We sat at the counter. Fantastic view! Apparently it was intended to be a bar counter but it was mistakenly built too low(^^;;;) so now it is also used as dining space as well.

The champagne served that day was the usual 13% but somehow it felt strong and I was dizzy pretty quickly~

Lunch menu(J) here.
4200yen lunch course consists of an appetizer, a main dish, dessert and coffee. Used to include two appetizers for the 4200yen lunch so as expected the price has gone up. We added one more appetizer to the lunch for an extra charge of 1800yen.
Amuse bouche: clam in saffron sauce.

Traditional country pate, with salad, walnut and bacon cake.
Puff-pastry of Norwegian salmon and mousse. Itadori sauce and red wine sauce.

Quail with potato paillasson(from the web: traditional potato preparation in which grated raw potatoes are fried to form a thin flat cake resembling a straw mat (“paillasson” in French)) and mushroom saute. Desserts from the wagon.

The food is great! Just love the sauce here so much. Service is friendly as ever. After we had our desserts, we spot the French chef(60 year-old gent) hanging around, talking and laughing with the madams, having a good time himself. The Japanese staff all have that “Oh not again~~” smiles on their faces. ^^;;; Later he came to talk to us and dragged us to the terrace and we chatted for quite a while. He was drinking coffee from a plastic cup that you normally use to brush your teeth. ^^;; Funny guy. Kept telling dirty jokes(in fluent Japanese!) and winking to my (girl) friend…err….^^;;;
cuisine francaise JJ

霞町すゑとみ (Kasumicho Suetomi)

Posted on April 24, 07 by seat

あん肝の茶碗蒸し（お酢のあんかけ）。
I was expecting some stylish and upscale Japanese washoku place, so I was a little taken back by the entrance which is impossible to spot and far from pretty. Inside is very basic and small, with only 10 counter seats. Forgot the exact price, but the cheapest lunch course I ordered was about 3000yen.
Ankimo chawanmushi. Absolutely delicious!! Has a hint of vinegar.

穴子の飯蒸し。タラの白子のお吸い物。
Anago steamed with rice.
Cod shirako osuimono(clear broth). The shirako is so creamy and rich~.

蓮根まんじゅう（くずのあん）。
焼き魚のハチウオ。
Lotus root manju. Very mochi-mochi.
Grilled hachiuo. Fatty and juicy fish.

おじゃこのごはん。蓮根もち。
Jako(little fish) rice. Miso soup is very good. Dessert is lotus root cake. Reminds me of chinese dim sum but very good.

The environment might not be up to much but the food is to die for. Good value for this kind of proper kaiseki-ish washoku too.
霞町すゑとみ (Kasumicho Suetomi)
Add: 3F, 4-2-13 Nishi-Azabu, Minato-ku
Tel: 03-5466-1270

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