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The French Kitchen (フレンチ　キッチン)

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From the 5800yen(+10% service charge) lunch buffet.
Egg Benedict. A glass of champagne that is included.
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Appetizer. Omelette with your choice of ingredients.
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Second round of appetizer…
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Main dish is chosen from the menu at beginning and is served when you are done with the appetizers. Braised lamb shoulder, merguez sausage, couscous and harissa.
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Desserts. French toast.
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You can choose the fruits from the counter and they are cut nicely and delivered to your table.
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Refillable coffee or tea are also included.

Very good-value lunch buffet. I especially like the French toast, egg benedict(though not the usual fare with English muffins) and omelette. The restaurant is inside Grand Hyatt Tokyo in Roppongi Hills. Compared to New York Grill, I like all the hotel-breakfast menu here, but I think the appetizers and the desserts are better in NYG(the salad and appetizers are slightly on the oily side here). FK is cheaper though.
Menu here.

0908170068(Aug 17, 2009)
Went back on a weekday for the lunch buffet. It was much cheaper(Y3800) but there wasn’t as much variety of dishes as the weekend buffet – all the breakfast items(omelette/french toast) were not available. Also it didn’t come with champagne. I had the fish for the main this time, which was just okay.

Caudalie (コーダリー)

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From the 1800yen lunch course(available on weedays only).
Bread is hot and refillable. Chilled(still summer when I went) turnip soup with Iberico pork bits on top.
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豚のロース肉のポアレ、白いんげん豆のトマト煮、メルゲーズ添え。
Green salad and pickled vegetables.
Pan-fried pork loin, white kidney beans in tomato stew, and Merguez sausage.
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Herb tea and petit fours.
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Went back and had the 1800yen lunch again. Chilled green asparagus soup. Beef fillet and vegetables with rice, teriyaki style. The salad is the same(here) while the petit fours have different flavours(here). Last time I kept having more bread cos they were so good, and the manager seemed to remember and kept giving me more bread this time too…3 bread plus rice with the main dish, I was so stuffed by the end. But from this time onwards, they don’t warm the bread anymore – kitchen staff too busy? Still good though.
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Third time. Vichyssoise with consomme jelly in it. It is so nice! Panfried fish(2 kinds) in crustacean and basil sauce.
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Fourth time round I tried the 2800yen lunch. Asparagus and broccoli soup.
Escargot on mushroom with garlic cappuccino sauce.
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Grilled quail. Black sesame seed creme brulee and nougat ice-cream with marron and apricot. Also includes coffee and petit fours.

This restaurant is still pretty new. When I first went in summer, it was never full, but now it is always fully booked even on weekdays lunchtime, which is quite amazing cos its location is obscure and entirely off the main road(though it is near Ueno Park). The food is delicious and the value is amazing. 1800yen lunch is really a good deal, though the menu for it doesn’t change much. I basically tried all available options for the 1800yen lunch. The restaurant is tiny and there is only one guy(very friendly) serving. Tax is included and no service charge at lunch or dinner.
Menu(J): 1, 2.
Caudalie
Add: 1-6-19 Ikenohata, Taito-ku
Tel: 03-3828-3006

Aux Delices de Hongo (オ・デリス・ド・本郷)

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Back again! (see tag)
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カジキマグロ、いわしのマリネ、半熟玉子入りのサラダ。羊のクスクス。
Marlin and sardine salad. Lamb couscous. Both fantastic!
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ラムチョップ、メルゲーズ、羊の串焼き、ローストチキン。
プロフィトロール。
Lamb chop, merguez sausage, lamb skewer and roasted chicken. The lamb chop and sausage were so good! I got sooooooo full that I could only eat one piece from the skewer and couldn’t even touch the roasted chicken.
Profiterole with vanilla ice-cream and praline cream. Warm chocolate sauce on the side.
Aux Delices de Hongo

Pothot (ポポット＠学芸大学)

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コースは２０００円。ハム、チーズ、リンゴ、セロリとぶどうのサラダ。卵、チーズ、メルゲス、マッシュルームのそば粉のガレット。バタと砂糖とジャムのクレープ。洋梨とショコラのクレープ。シードルとドリンク付き。
Very good galette and crepe! 2000yen lunch course. Ham, cheese, apple, celery and grape salad. Egg, cheese, merguez and mushroom galette. Butter and sugar and jam crepe. Pear and chocolate crepe(separate order). Cidre and coffee included.
Pothot