Restaurant hAru(ハル)

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プルーンのベーコン巻き。レンズ豆とインゲン豆のサラダ、トマトのアンショワード。
The cheapest “Today’s lunch” is 2500yen, every dish is prefixed except the dessert, and that day’s main fish was fish. Prune and bacon roll. Lentil and kidney bean salad with tomato in anchovy sauce.
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セロリのスープ(?)。黒鯛のポワレ、ローリエの風味。
I heard the waitress said celery soup, but it tasted mushroom and cheese, so I probably heard wrong. ^^;; Pan-fried kurodai, with laurier(some kind of spice).

060610 088.jpgクレームダンジュ、スパイスのスープ。Creme d’anjou in spicy soup.
Everything tasted very good! 2500yen is quite cheap for a 5 course lunch.
Restaurant hAru

Restaurant hAru(ハル)

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海の幸(才巻海老・トコブシ・ホタテ・ウニ・牡蠣)のコンソメゼリーがけ、人参のムースと共に、2200円。
Seafood including prawn, shellfish, scallop, sea urchin and oysters, with consomme jelly and carrot mousse. So good! The scallop is super sweet.
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ランド産フォワグラのポワレ、トリュフ風味、下仁田ネギのエチュベ添え、2200円。
蝦夷鹿ロース肉のポワレ、黒コショウ風味、3400円。
Pan-fried foie gras, with truffle and spring onion. Foie gras very rich-tasting and cooked just right.
“Ezo” venison, black pepper sauce. I always get venison whenever it is available somehow, even though the portion is always so much smaller than say pork or beef, which my friend got and couldn’t finish cos they were too big portion! ^^; But the venison here is very soft, but fried crispy outside.
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紫イモのモンブラン 紅茶のアイスクリーム添え、1200円。
洋梨のジュレとムースのパルフェ仕立て 牛乳のソルベと御一緒に、1000円。
I had the taro Mont Blanc, with tea ice-cream. My friend had pear jelly and pear mousse parfait with milk sorbet. Both are very good.
Overall very good, the waitor and the waitress were super friendly, which really makes a difference. The only weak point is the bread, which is a bit hard and tasteless. So I ended up not eating much bread and didn’t feel as full as I should have. One glass of wine and a coffee, it came up to 11000yen, quite luxurious. ^^;; Oh the restaurant is owned by Rakuten’s boss’ wife, and by chance the boss and his wife and their kid were all there when we went. I didn’t know them of course but my friend got quite excited. ^^;;
Restaurant hAru