Category Archives: 05:銀座・新橋・日本橋

竹邑庵太郎敦盛 (Chikuyuantaro no atsumori)

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The bright, bold, eccentric interior looks more like a Turkish restaurant than a soba place! You sit on colourful cushions and eat off low tables.
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里いものうま煮。 だし巻玉子。
Satoimo no umani(simmered taro) is a bit straight-from-the-fridge cold. Dashi maki tamago(dashi-flavoured eggroll) is Kyoto-style, i.e. not sweet. Freshly made and hot, very good!
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みそ田楽（粟・よもぎ・生麩）。
3 types of miso dengaku(broiled miso-topped skewers) – awa(millet), yomogi(mugwort), fu(wheat gluten). The miso is a bit salty but still very good.
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0801280012追っかけ皿そば。

Cold black soba. Comes with a bowl of raw egg, lots of negi(spring onion), tororo(grated yam), wasabi and tsuyu(dipping sauce). You are supposed to mix the ingredients like the way you mix natto…and dip the soba to the foamy sauce to eat. 5 small plates are for one person. The soba has an acquired taste which I am not so crazy about. Worth trying once though. This soba shop is originally from Kyoto and the madam is an interesting character who gave us a lecture about how the way you sit can affect your ability to attract a man….err….^^;;; One of the two waitresses is from Burma and the other is also Asian – both are very cute and friendly! Two of us shared the food, plus a drink each, about 3000yen per person.
Menu(J) here.

竹邑庵太郎敦盛
Add: 3-15-6 Shinbashi, Minato-ku
Tel: 03-5473-8803

Chez Inno (シェ・イノ)

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Ris de veau(veal sweetbreads). Also a slice of foie gras and duck meat.
Veal in madere sauce. Satoimo(taro) and spinach quiche on the side.
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0801280009One of those famous French restaurants that to my surprise, even my friends who aren’t into French have heard about. Lunch course ranges from the basic(soup+main+dessert) 3780yen to some luxurious line-up of over 20,000yen. I had the 4830yen course(+10% service charge) which consists of an appetizer(choose from 3 choices), a main(fish or meat), your choice of desserts from the wagon, and coffee. Glass wine is about 1300yen. The food are very all good, especially the Madere sauce which really lives up to this restaurant’s reputation for its classic French sauce. The interior is very grand with high-ceiling and tall windows. The service however is a little awkward….but not unfriendly at all.

Chez Inno
Add: 2-4-16 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku
Tel: 03-3274-2020

甘味処 初音 (Hatsune)

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栗ぜんざい、￥１０００。
抹茶クリーム白玉小倉あんみつ、￥９５０。
Kuri zenzai – Japanese chestnut, grilled mochi and thick red bean paste. Served hot.
Matcha ice-cream, shiratama(rice flour dumpling), ogura(red bean) Anmitsu.

Established in 1837…this place is said to be the oldest wagashi shop in Tokyo. Both of the sweets are nice but…quite expensive for the small portion! I guess you pay for the history too…

初音 (Hatsune)
Add: 1-15-6 Ningyocho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku
Tel: 03-3666-3082

江戸清 (Edosei)

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鳥ロース焼き、￥1100。
Grilled chicken lunch set. Comes with delicious chicken soup and rice. Only one menu at lunch time.
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A small but popular Japanese restaurant specialised in chicken. A friend who is a self-claimed connoisseur of chicken took me here for dinner, and I was totally satisfied by the juicy and tender meat served in this place.
Free appetizer simmered radish is so good.
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Chicken sashimi, eaten with wasabi and soy sauce and scallion. The chicken is so fresh that you can eat it raw!
Yakitori.
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Fried chicken. Boiled chicken. Both are simple but amazing.
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Chicken meatballs and vegetables hotpot only available in winter. The very friendly madam will do everything for you.
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Ponzu to eat with the hotpot. Rice and egg are added to the soup at the end to make zousui(Japanese soup rice).

Four people shared the food with lots of alcohol drinks, about 5,000 yen per person.

江戸清 (Edosei)
Add: 15-14 Kodenmachou, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku
Tel: 03-3661-2918

銀座 IN 沖縄 いいあんべぇ (GInza IN Okinawa Iianbe)

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ニラまんじゅう。 島らっきょ。
Free appetizer – Nira(Chinese chives) dumpling. Pickled scallion with miso.
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じーまみ豆腐。 ゴーヤーチャンプル。
Ji-ma-mi Tofu(Peanut tofu). Goya chanpuru.
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ラフテー。 クーブ（昆布）イリチー。
Rafute(stewed pork belly). Stir-fried Konbu.
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そーみんチャンプル。 ポーク卵。
Stir-fried rice noodles. Omelette and Spam luncheon meat.
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ティビチ。 そーきすば（そば）。
Stewed pig feet. Soki soba – Okinawa soba with pork.

Very casual restaurant(more like drinking place) serving Okinawa food and awamori. Might need to share tables when it is busy. Food is very homecooked feel – not so salty and greasy – strangely though I felt insanely thirsty afterwards. I really like the fried rice noodles and the Okinawa soba. 3 of us shared all the food and drinks; we had one soba each and were stuffed to our throats, about 4000yen per person.

Food menu(J): 1, 2.

銀座 IN 沖縄 いいあんべぇ (GInza IN Okinawa Iianbe)
Add: B1 Ginza INZ, 2-2 GInza, Chuo-ku.
Tel: 03-3562-0978

Gurgaon (グルガオン)

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グルガオンサラダ。チーズクルチャ。
Gurgaon Salad.
Cheese Kulcha – Garlic pizza with melted cheese inside.
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地鶏半羽のタンドーリチキン。
Tandoori Chicken. Pina colada.
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サーグパニール（ほうれん草とチーズカレー）。タンドーリチャパティ。
Spinach and Paneer(cheese) curry. Tandoori Chapati.
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カプリナン（レーズンとナッツ入りのナン）。ベイガンバルタ（土窯焼きのナスとトマトのカレー）
Naan with raisin and nuts. Traditional Brinjal(aubergine) curry in Tomato gravy.
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辛いチキンひき肉カレー。ナン。
Chicken Keema curry. Naan.
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ダルハルワ（ムング豆のケーキ）。マサラチャイ。
Dal Halwa – green bean cake. Masala Tea.

Very popular Indian restaurant in Ginza. You can only reserve a table for around 6:30pm on a weekday – later than that they don’t take reservations and you must wait outside. The queue was crazy when we went on a Thurs evening. The food is nice, but not sure if it is worth queuing for. Taste-wise it is very very mild in general – the Chicken Keema curry is supposed to be one of the hottest item but it isn’t really that spicy. The naan with raisin and nuts is interesting but doesn’t go with curry – nice on its own though. All the food are shared between 3 people, plus drinks(not that much), about 4000yen each. Not incredibly good value I would say. The dinner and party course seems to be a better deal.

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

Gurgaon
Add: B1, Ginza 1-6-13, Chuo-ku
Tel: 03-3563-0623