【2026.006 Italian Date♪】 Located about a 15-minute walk north from Takakura Station on the Sakuradori Line or Shin-Sakae Station on the Higashiyama Line, at the northeast corner of the Hirata-cho intersection, this Italian restaurant is quite inconvenient to reach by public transport, yet reservations are extremely difficult to secure! This is my favorite Italian restaurant, worth traveling from anywhere in Japan, even from Tokyo or Osaka. However, I’d prefer to keep it a secret to avoid making it even harder for distant guests to book a table! Occasionally, I receive invitations for private reservations, but of course, I made a reservation for a date with my wife. We took a bus from a nearby stop, transferring at Imaike, and got off at Hirata-cho bus stop, about 300 meters north, arriving 15 minutes before our reservation time. With plenty of time to spare, we skipped (just kidding) to the restaurant, greeting the welcoming madam at the entrance! Since we had some time before the meal started, we began with a beer, like a pre-dinner gathering. The pairing started with sparkling wine! We enjoyed a luxurious cold pasta topped with caviar and a perfectly fried fish, nodoguro, that didn’t feel greasy at all. The white sweetfish was refreshing with an edamame sauce, and even as we reached the main course, we still felt like we could eat more. We savored an Italian course that left us feeling completely satisfied without any fatigue from eating! I wish I could come back next month, even though it’s impossible (￣∇￣). 【2026.06 Omakase Course with Wine Pairing♪】 ☆CHAMPAGNE VARNIER-FANNIERE 2021 ★Cappellini with grilled chicken clam Jellied Koichin broth, Hiroshima vegetables ★Grilled nodoguro from Tokushima Shishikui Fishing Port, winter melon Oscietra caviar ☆CINQUE TERRE Costa de Sera 2024 ★Fried young sweetfish from Tenryu River and brown maruhata ☆SANCERRE LES GRANDMONTAINS 2024 ★Grilled white sweetfish with crispy skin, chopped edamame, edamame sauce ☆Chenin blanc SWARTLAND 2024 SOUTH AFRICA ★Bongole Rosso using clams from Nishiura ☆MERCUREY Domaine Michel Juillot 2022 ★Risotto with black abalone ☆Bourgogne FIXIN ALAIN GUYARD 2021 ★Main course selection from three options with a side of corn from Kuwataka Farm: - Tonkatsu of Tokachi Mangalica pork - Tajima black beef from Ueda Farm - Omi beef tenderloin ☆Château La Croix Estèphe 2019 ★Shaved ice with Dekopon and caramel cream Pudding ☆Double espresso ★Total bill: JPY 52,000 per person x 2 The main course’s cooking and the lightness of the perfectly fried dishes never fail to impress me. This is a place I keep coming back to!♪
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