20 | October | 2010 | pig out diary

A small Italian near Jimbocho station. Absolutely love the lunch here. You can choose from two types of pasta and one stewed meat dish served with rice. The menu changes everyweek so I end up coming back here 2-3 times a week just to try everything because they all sound so tempting. The quality here is fantastic – actually I think it’s the best pasta lunch place in the area, but it’s slow because one chef is cooking everything and the restaurant is always packed with OLs and salarymen. Sometimes the wait could be as long as half an hour…and the counter seat around the open kitchen isn’t exactly the most comfortable place to sit for that long especially when you are hungry. Despite of the frustration of waiting, I always come back because the food is just too good. The appetizer and the soup in the picture above come with lunch, and they are always the same – onion and mushroom soup, and sweet potato salad. While they are not bad, I am so so so tired of its taste after being served it so many times – I guess no one goes back to the same lunch spot so many times like I do(^^;;;).

And for those who know about Japanese food critics…I actually saw Kurusu Kei eating there once at lunch time. I searched for his homepage(here) and checked if he has any recommendations for this area, found him blogging about another Italian restaurant near Ogawamachi station. I visited it a few times…and didn’t like the food there(^^;;).

揚げナスとリコッタサラータのスパゲッティ　ノルマ風、￥９００。
豚肉とパプリカの煮込み、￥１０００。
Fried aubergine and Ricotta Salata, Norman style, Y900.
Stewed pork and paprika, served with rice, Y1000.

梅酒とビネガーで煮込んだ豚肩ロースのさっぱり着込み、￥１０００。
カジキマグロと夏ナスソースのスパゲッティ、￥９００。
Pork shoulder loin cooked with sour plum wine and vinegar, Y1000.
Kajiki Maguro(swordfish) and summer aubergine sauce, Y900.

生うにのスパゲッティ、￥９００。
いわしと新玉ねぎ　パン粉のスパゲッティ、￥９００。
Fresh sea urchin spaghetti, Y900.
Sardine and onion and breadcrumbs, Y900.

サーモンと夏カブのトマトクリームスパゲッティ、￥９００。
豚バラとインゲン豆のバジル風味スパゲッティ、￥９００。
Salmon and summer turnip, tomato cream, Y900.
Pork belly and white bean, basil flavour, Y900.

ずわいガニとかにみそ　フレッシュトマトのスパゲッティ、￥９００。
鶏肉の赤ワイン煮込み、￥１０００。
Zuwai-gani(crab) and crab miso, fresh tomato spaghetti, Y900.
Chicken cooked in red wine, Y1000.

マグロのテールとナスのラグーパスタ、￥９００。
ホタテとアスパラのオーロラソース、￥９００。
Maguro tail and aubergine Ragu pasta, Y900.
Scallop and asparagus, Aurora sauce, Y900.

ビーフストロガノフ、￥１０００。
カルボナーラ、￥９００。
Beef stroganoff , Y1000.
Carbonara, Y900.

生ハム　玉ネギ　アマレットで煮込んだスパゲッティ　アマトリチャーナ、￥９００。
浜名湖産岩のりとホタテのペペロンチーノ、￥９００。
Amatriciana – spaghetti cooked with prosciutto, onion, Amaretto.
Pepperonchino with Iwanori seaweed and scallop.

エビと大葉　フレッシュトマトのスパゲッティ、￥９００。
サーモンのレモン風味の軽いクリームスパゲッティ、￥９００。
Prawn, Ooba(green shiso), fresh tomato.
Salmon, lemon flavoured cream spaghetti.

ツナのプッタネスカ　スパゲッティ、￥９００。
牛肉のクリーミースパゲッティ、￥９００。
Tuna Puttanesca.
Beef creamy spaghetti.

ホタテと高原レタス　とびっ子をのせたスパゲッティ、￥９００。
刻み穴子とブロッコリーのラグーパスタ、￥９００。
Spaghetti, highland lettuce, tobiko.
Chopped anago, broccoli, Ragu pasta.

サルシッチャとドライトマト　ブロッコリーのスパゲッティ、￥９００。
サバと玉ネギ　サフラン風味のスパゲッティ、￥９００。
Salsiccia, dried tomato, broccoli.
Saba(Mackerel), onion, Saffron flavoured.

小エビと白インゲン豆のペペロンチーノ、￥９００。
生ハムとカリフラワーのトマトソーススパゲッティ、￥９００。
Pepperonchino with small prawn and white beans.
Prosciutto and cauliflower, tomato sauce.

牛肉のさっぱりポトフ仕立て、￥１０００。
カジキマグロと茄子のペンネアラビアータ、￥９００。
Beef Pot-au-feu.
Kajiki Maguro, aubergine, Penne Arrabbiata.