Ristorante Terauchi (リストランテ寺内)

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Went with a friend and ordered 2 appetizers, 2 pasta and 2 meat dishes to share. The waitor was kind enough to divide everything into half for us, so the pictures are all half portion.
Appetizers are foie gras pate, and roasted quail stuffed with multi-grain risotto and cheese. Both are very good, especially the quail.
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Fusilli in seafood ragu sauce with anchovy and pine nuts and seaweed. Pappardelle in meat ragu sauce. The pasta is kinda normal.
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Charcoal grilled pork. Roasted lamb in onion, anchovy and vinegar sauce. Wow the meat dishes are amazing!! Simply good quality meat grilled to perfection and I don’t need anything else! The charcoal grilled pork smells and tastes heaven with only salt. The lamb is tender and the sauce nicely savoury. The potatoes and onions on the side are lovely too.

The interior of the restaurant was not exactly that pretty and the lighting was just gloomy but not atmospheric. When we went, it was very empty, no music was playing, the many waitors with kinda stiff posture were standing nearby, dead quiet, the kitchen was just right next to us, also produced very little sound….frankly the atmosphere was terrible…^^;; At first when I took out the camera, the waitor told me not to use flash, I was not going to use anyway….But after I took pictures of each dish, he brought the lamb to me before cutting it into half so that I could take pictures first, probably because he thought it would look better as a whole, so maybe they didn’t mind the pictures but were afraid that the flashlight might bother other customers. My friend who doesn’t understand Japanese took a picture of me sucking the bones with the flash though…^^;; The portion was so huge that my friend couldn’t finish the lamb, I was quite full but was going to eat it for her, but the waitor came up and said he would wrap it up for us to take-away. I have never been to an upscale restaurant that does that…I think if there were more customers, the atmosphere would have been more lively and the experience more enjoyable. And just order the appetizers and the meat dishes would be satisfying enough, the pasta can be skipped. ^^;;
リストランテ寺内

De Roanne (ドゥ・ロアンヌ)

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I have been to this place before and it was very good(see tag). This time I was planning to have the cheaper lunch course but the options for the main course were all beef and I had beef last time….ended up choosing the 5250yen lunch course again so that I could have the lamb for my main dish.
Octopus and couscous, a thin slice of fried potato on top(had the potato slice last time too!).
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Appetizer is seafood consomme jelly with hotspring egg. The seafood are very fresh and sweet, even has sea urchin! But later I realised I had the similar appetizer last time….^^;;
Fish dish is sole, with butter sauce. The surface is lightly fried and golden crispy, very good.
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Roasted lamb chop! Can remember the sauce’s name…vegetable bits and herb. This is the main dish I was desperate to have! The lamb is rare but amazingly soft and tender and has the right amount of fat – heaven!
The little dessert, I later realised, again, is the same vegetable bavarois I had the last time!

060506 017.jpgThe eat-as-much-as-you-like wagon desserts! I had “a bit of everything” as usual.

Somehow the menu has not changed much in general since I came last time. Every dish is very delicious but it is true the second time is not as impressive as the first.
De Roanne

BISTRO KRI-KRI (くりくり)

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A friend’s birthday. Cute interior, fantastic food, homely atmosphere. We had a bottle of wine to share and it was about 4000yen per person. Very worth it!
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Country-style pate and bread.
田舎パテ。田舎パン。
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Taraba crab and mushroom wrapped in beancurd skin and deep-fried. Grilled vegetables.
ルンピア(湯葉で包んで揚げた、タラバガニとキノコ)。ある日のベジタリアン。
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Duck and pear. Shish kebab.
鴨と洋梨。シシカバブ。
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Roasted lamb. Blue cheese rice.
子羊のロースト。チーズライス(ブルーチーズとパルメザン)。
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Spaghetti with burdock. Strawberry mille-feuille for the birthday girl(ordered in advance).
ゴボウの手打ちのスパゲッティ。いちごのミルフィーユ。
KRI-KRI

Brasserie Gus (ブラッセリー・グー)

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前菜の盛り合わせ:肉のテリーヌ+オニオンキッシュ+ホタテ焼き。
Terrine, onion quiche and grilled scallop, very good!
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0609 016.jpg野菜とベーコンのスープ。骨付き羊ロースト。チョコレートケーキ。2100円のランチコース、コーヒーは別料金で315円。
Vegetables and bacon soup. Roasted lamb. Chocolate cake. The lamb is wonderful~~Very satisfying lunch!

La Bettola da Ochiai (ラ・ベットラ・ダ・オチアイ)

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コットロマーナ、サラダ添え(豚の耳、舌、足などで作った自家製煮にごり)。
穴子のグルリ、バルサミコソース、サラダ添え。
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新鮮なうにのスパゲッティ。
仔羊の香草グルリ。
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豚バラとスペアリブ、春キャベツの煮込み。
カスタードプリン。前菜+パスタ+肉料理+デザート+ドリンク、3465円。
A very popular Italian restaurant that you need to wait for months before you can book a table for dinner. So we went for lunch, in which case you go at 10 in the morning, sign up your name, and come back again at 11.30.(We ended up having breakfast in the chocolate cafe while we waited….) Well, I think it lives up to its popularity, being cheap and good-quality, though I think dinner will be even more worth it since a dinner course is only 4000yen. I had grilled anago, sea urchin cream spaghetti, grilled lamb and custard pudding. Everything is delicious!

M’s Kitchen (エムズキッチン サントゥール)

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仔羊のプロヴァンス丼、2000円。フォワグラ丼、1850円。ポタージュ、プリン、凍頂ウーロン茶が付く。
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五穀米が入ってるハーブライス。
Lamb chop rice bowl and foie gras rice bowl – both exceptionally good. It was all counter seats and I went with a friend and we were the only customers. The chef was preparing our food quietly at first, but after he served us he started talking, and once he started he never stopped!! He was so funny and friendly and we talked, of course about food, for like one and a half hour~~~
M’s Kitchen