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森乃園 (Morinoen)

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94-year-old tea shop specialised in Houjicha. You can smell the tea being roasted from blocks away. First floor sells tea and second floor is a cafe.
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桜あんみつ（桜寒天、桜餡、桜みつ）、￥９５０。特上パフェ、￥１０５０。
Sakura Anmitsu(spring menu). The anko(bean paste), kanten, shiratama(rice flour dumplings), even the syrup are all sakura pink! While the taste is just a normal anmitsu(^^;;;), it sure looks pretty.
Tokujo parfait. It has 3 scoops of ice-cream in vanilla, houjicha and matcha flavour. Shiratama are in matcha and houjicha flavours too.
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ほうじ茶ソフト、￥３００。特製ほうじ茶カキ氷、￥９５０。
Take-out houjicha softcream from the first floor.
Speical houjicha Kakigori. It is nice but there is not quite enough ice-cream and anko to finish the big bowl of ice so I asked for an extra scoop of ice-cream and the friendly staff didn’t charge me for that!
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お好みパフェセット、￥１４００。お好みのパフェ（特上・抹茶・ほうじ茶）、みたらし団子・草団子、特上宇治茶。
Very good value set that includes any parfait of your choice, mitarashi dango and kusa-dango(made with a green herb yomogi) and also green tea. While I was hesitating which parfait to get, the staff suggested the biggest Tokujo parfait with a wink(^^;;). The two skewered dango are very very good.
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ほうじ茶あんみつ、￥１０５０。 ほうじ茶パフェ、￥９５０。
Houjicha Anmitsu. Kanten, shiratama, anko, ice-cream are all hojicha flavour.
Hojicha Parfait. Two scoops of ice-cream in vanilla and hojicha flavour.
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焼餅入り栗ぜんざい、￥８００。 こはぎセット（手作り五色こはぎ・特上宇治茶）、￥９５０。
Kuri(chestnut) zenzai with grilled mochi. This is pretty normal.
Five-colour Kohagi(small ohagi) is just so-so.

Menu(J): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

森乃園(Morinoen)
Add: 2-4-9, Ningyoucho, Nihonbashi (on Amazake-Yokocho)
Tel: 03-3667-2666

伊勢廣 京橋本店 (Isehiro)

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Famous yakitori place offering yakitori rice bowl at lunch time. The kitchen is partitioned with windows so the smoke(scary amount of it) won’t touch you even if you sit at the counter(though you still smell a bit afterwards).
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手羽、￥６００。
Chicken broth. Side order “Teba”(chicken wing).
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焼き鳥丼(５本：ささみ、皮身、もも肉、肝、団子)、￥１８００。
焼き鳥丼(４本：ささみ、皮身、もも肉、団子)、￥１５００。
My 5-skewers yakitori-don on the left: sasami(chicken breast), skin, thigh, liver, and meat ball. My friend’s 4-skewers yakitori-don doesn’t include liver. My favourites are skin and thigh!
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焼き鳥丼（４本：ささみ、葱巻き、だんご、もも肉）、鶏のスープが付いて、１５００円。
Yakitori rice bowl. Delicious!

伊勢廣 京橋本店(Isehiro)
Add: 1-5-4, Kyoubashi, Chuo-ku
Tel: 03-3281-5864

東海(Toukai)

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きみしぐれ。うぐいす。
A friend recommended me this rather obscure wagashi shop and wow I was shocked by the high quality! “Kimishigure”(egg-yolk based) practically melts in your mouth and “Uguisu”(left one) has incredibly soft skin and red bean paste that is smooth and not too sweet. Amazing!

東海 (Toukai)
Add: 1-16-12, Nihonbashi Ningyoucho, Chuo-ku
Tel: 03-3666-7063

柳屋 (Yanagiya)

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Taiyaki shop established in 1916. I have passed by many times and not for a single time a long queue didn’t form there(even in pouring rain). Only twice I managed to muster up enough patience to wait but unfortunately I was disappointed both times. The crust was not crispy and half(2 out of 4) of the taiyaki I got were kinda lopsided, with too much flour lumped to one side. I think I prefer “Nezu no Taiyaki” for crispy crust and “Naniwaya” for nice charcoal smell(see tags for related posts).

柳屋 (Yanagiya)
Add: 2-11-3, Ningyocho, Nihonbashi
Tel:03-3666-9901

Pizza Da Babbo (ピッツァ・ダ・バッボ)

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石ガレイのカルパッチョ。
Ishigarei carpaccio, 1470yen.
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香草風味のパン粉を使った鶏胸肉のカツレツ、ルッコラとフレッシュトマトのせ。
三陸の牡蠣とアンチョビ、ほうれん草の白いピッツァ。
Breaded chicken breast cutlet with Rucola and fresh tomato, 1575yen.
White pizza with oyster and anchovy and spinach, 1575yen(S).
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紅玉りんごの薪釜焼き　バニラアイス添え　アマレットの香り。
ズッパイングレーゼ（チェリーリキュール風味のクリームケーキ）。
Grilled apple with vanilla ice-cream, 735yen.
Zuppa Inglese, 635yen.

The carpaccio is fresh but the portion is small for the price. The rest(including the pizza) is just so-so quality. Cutlet and pizza are super salty. Staff are friendly though. Shared between two people including drinks, about 4000yen each.

Menu(J): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Pizza Da Babbo
Add: 2-21-1 Ningyouchou, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku
Tel: 03-3666-2777

銀座 あさみ(Ginza Asami)

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籠入り弁当。
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水菜と油揚げの煮浸し。鯛にゅうめん。
Mizuna and aburaage. This is warm.
Tai(Sea bream) Nyumen. Nyumen is hot soumen.
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鯛茶漬け。
Tai chatsuke(rice in tea broth).

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3500yen lunch including a two-layered bento, Tai Chatuske, two side dishes and a dessert. You can order the bento and Tai Chatsuke on its own for 2500yen and 1500yen respectively. Reservation is absolutely necessary - you need to decide what to order when you reserve. There are about 10 counter seats(where we sat), and a few private rooms inside. The counter seats are a bit cramped and I couldn’t see much of what the chef was doing anyway so the private rooms might be a better idea. When we arrived at around 12 noon, the first round of customers were just leaving…which means that they must have started around 11:30am when the restaurant just opened and finished in 30 mins? Maybe they just had the Tai-chatsuke. The restaurant was fully booked from 12 and when we were leaving at around 2pm, the third round of customers started to come….seems like the rather obscure location doesn’t dampen its popularity.

The food is absolutely delicious. Surprisingly strong seasoning for its Kyoto origin - but not overly strong. The highlight is definitely the Tai Chatsuke. First you eat some rice with the tai sashimi and the sesame seed sauce(made with nuts too), and then you pour the tea to make chatsuke. The sesame seed sauce is quite salty so pour a bit at a time. The thick slices of Tai are fresh and delicious to be eaten as sashimi, but when they are slightly cooked by the hot tea and eaten with rice and the sauce, they are even more heavenly. Rice is refillable.

銀座 あさみ(Ginza Asami)
Add: 8-16-6 Ginza, Chuo-ku (closer to Shinbashi or Shiodome)
Tel: 03-5565-1606

天ぷら 深町(Tempura Fukamachi)

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特製かき揚天丼、￥２１００。

Tempura restaurant which is quite expensive at night, but at lunch time, other than the tempura set(tempura and rice come separately) and tempura full courses with prices ranging from 5000yen to 7000yen, a more purse-friendly option of 2100yen kakiage-tendon(very delicious) is also available. The content of the tendon changes with seasons - when we went there were asparagus, soramame, small prawn, scallop etc. in it. The chef used to work in the famous tempura restaurant in Yamonoue hotel which I have tried before and is a big fan. Reservation at lunch is only possible if you order the more expensive set/course. I went without reservation on a weekday, arriving at around 12:30pm and it wasn’t so full. But while we were eating people kept coming in and just before 13pm, the place was packed. It is a small restaurant with mainly counter seats but there are also two tables for two.
Lunch menu(J) here.

天ぷら 深町
Add: 2-5-2, Kyobashi, Chuo-ku
Tel: 03-5250-8777