From 5250yen lunch course. Umeshu(Sour plum wine) included in the course. Fig with goma(sesame) sauce, ginnan(ginkgo nuts), hamo no ko(roe of hamo) inside the orange leave, satoimo(taro), suzuki(eat with green sauce), anago sushi. The last three items are warm.
Hamo and atsuage. I’ve tried hamo a few times before and I never thought it was anything special, but after trying the hamo in this restaurant, I realised I just never had a good one before!
Makogarei and Maguro. Eat with either ponzu or soy sauce. The brown-ish cube is kanten jelly with seeds.
Aubergine and pumpkin takiawase. It is so simple but so delicious.
Fried ayu was great but the fried pepper, edamame and corn were truly outstanding.
Maitake mushroom takikomi gohan. Miso soup with winter melon.
Kyohou grape jelly. So nice!
The food might look ordinary and sound simple but the quality is just fantastic. At first the pace of delivery of each course was a bit too fast – we were busy chatting – but I told the staff to slow down a bit and it was fine. The lady in kimono was very friendly. Two of us shared a small bottle of nihonshu(1000yen) she recommended which was very nice. I went for lunch on a Saturday and only booked the day before but I had no problem getting a private room on the first floor. On the way to the bathroom(only on second and third floor), we saw that while the tables are only partitioned with screens, they look very comfortable with sunlight coming through the windows. Nice place to have a relaxing holiday lunch~
赤寶亭 (Sekihoutei)
Add:3-1-14, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku
Tel: 03-5474-6889
Oh no the food doesn’t look ordinary nor sound simple to me at all, it looks great! Fig with goma(sesame) sauce sound very delicious. Sometimes “simple” food like this is harder to make well. The top right pix seems exotic, what’s that green grape-like thing? the ginkgo nuts?
Yes the green thing is ginkgo nuts. Usually appetizer in a Japanese course is mostly cold stuff so I was happy that a few items were warm.
Ordinary and simple just seems like a mislabel for your photos ^^;; Things like Hamo, Kanten… The food looks so delicate, seems like a perfect for a quiet slow lunch or evening.
I don’t think they are ordinary because I actually ate them but I thought people who just look at the photos will think that way. ^^;;;;