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- Gerhard Huber added a new meal Dinner at 銀座ふじた at Ginza Fujita
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- Gerhard Huber added a new meal lunch at Tomato at Tomato (トマト)
Great old fashioned curry house, a very old couples running everything, no credit card and no reservation.
Go there with friends, come early and eat the entire menu.
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A true destination restaurant in Kagurazaka. The Italian label is probably clearly wrong as the whole food feels more Nordic than Italian. Unsurprisingly as the chef worked in a Pizza restaurant in Tokyo and then worked in Copenhagen to refine his skills.
The cooking is very precise, the flavours restrained and the execution prefect.
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Ramen Beast:
Master Yasuda-san keeps the appearance of a true shokunin who makes evervthing himself from scratch. Before opening this shop he trained at the Osaka ramenya, Tenjiko. Shio ramen is served with iriko (sardine) soup and teuchi style noodles handmade in the shop. The shoyu ramen comes with katsuo soup. No MSG. Since 2011.
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- Gerhard Huber added a new meal Dinner at Udatsu Sushi 宇田津 鮨 at UDATSU SUSHI
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- Gerhard Huber added a new meal Lunch at Don Bravo (ドンブラボー) at Don Bravo
A former teppanyaki restaurant which became a pizza place which morphed into a fine dining restaurant which was elected to be a destination restaurant by the Japan Times in 2022.
This place is great. Fine dining dishes before the main in form of a pizza.
All dishes are very interesting and have special flavour combinations. For example the yellowtail... More
A former teppanyaki restaurant which became a pizza place which morphed into a fine dining restaurant which was elected to be a destination restaurant by the Japan Times in 2022.
This place is great. Fine dining dishes before the main in form of a pizza.
All dishes are very interesting and have special flavour combinations. For example the yellowtail (buri) combined with a pork terrine. Who would have thought that this works. A bruschetta with dried tomatoes and mackerel . Layers of flavour fight for your attention.
Super friendly staff and extraordinarily interesting wine pairing makes this a wonderful restaurant. Less
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Brand new natural wine bar with Chinese inspired food. Great atmosphere with the Chef being very talented but wants to stick to casual food instead of going upmarket. All dished are prepared when you order them, including the delicious Mapu Tofu. Go there, talk to his regular customer, which he managed to carry over from his last pace, and enjoy the... More
Brand new natural wine bar with Chinese inspired food. Great atmosphere with the Chef being very talented but wants to stick to casual food instead of going upmarket. All dished are prepared when you order them, including the delicious Mapu Tofu. Go there, talk to his regular customer, which he managed to carry over from his last pace, and enjoy the Ambiente. Less
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- Gerhard Huber added a new meal Dinner at Guchokuni 愚直に at Guchokuni
Second visit, wonderful small Kaiseki restaurant, part of the Ishikawa group.
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- Gerhard Huber added a new meal Dinner at 明寂 Myoujyaku at Myoujaku
Newly minted 2 star Kaiseki restaurant from the Sazenka group.
Chef Nakamura serves food which respects the traditions while adding a modern twist to it. It somewhat reminds in the flavor profil to Maeda in Kyoto.
He strives for the utmost purity. For example the onion served at the beginning of the menu was just cooked in special water from Kyotango... More
Newly minted 2 star Kaiseki restaurant from the Sazenka group.
Chef Nakamura serves food which respects the traditions while adding a modern twist to it. It somewhat reminds in the flavor profil to Maeda in Kyoto.
He strives for the utmost purity. For example the onion served at the beginning of the menu was just cooked in special water from Kyotango with a pinch of salt. So naturally the umami of the soup was less than normal but the pure taste made more than up for this.
He adds to the sashimi course a little bit of powder, made from salt and the head of the Tai. A wonderful addition to the fish.
The most surprising dish and clearly the star of the evening was a grilled honmorko in an egg taco.
The fish from Lake Biwa is separated, the flesh grilled and served on silky bed of special egg. The chicken eat a lot of rice, so the yolk is not so deep yellow as it normally is in Japan. You roll up the egg around the fish parts and eat it with your hands. An unbelievable experience of texture, umami and flavor.
All in, a great, wonderful new restaurant (since April 2022), which won two stars in record breaking speed. Well deserved. Less
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