2009/10/02
Gourmet – Roppongi, Tokyo
Over 200 bottle wines and over 30 glass wines are always available
Micro winery “Episode”
History, tradition and taste, the world famous five big chateaus and DRC wine selection are provided by bottle, or by a glass in the shop. As for the meal which is essential to enjoy the wine, the shop uses unique foods from Japan and abroad, the shop, besides course meals, offers a casual a la carte menu with a price for each dish starting from 500 yen. Especially, Aomori-made Apios (groundnut) is a new sweet vegetable that has been getting attention recently. It is a nutritious food that contains 30 times more calcium and 4 times more iron compared to potato.
Nishi Azabu EDGE Bldg. 2f, 1-1-1, Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku Tokyo
Tel; 03-6804-1100
Open hours 15:00 – 3:00 (Sunday – 22:00) Closed on Monday
http://e-episode.jp/ (Japanese)
“HAL YAMASHITA TOKYO”
It is a shop located in Tokyo Midtown. It focuses on local food, and local production for local consumption. Using the inheritance of Japanese food culture as its base, it offers a course menu. It incorporates the philosophy of “Zen” into its meals, which are created daily with the best of the days ingredients.
Tokyo Midtown D-0119, 7-4, Akasaka 9 cho-me, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Tel; 03-5413-0086
Open hour: Lunch 11:00 – 15:00 Dinner: 17:30-24:00
Closed on Monday (When Monday is national holiday, closed on next day)
http://www.hal-yamashita.com/ (Japanese)
Selected by 2500 producers from all over Japan
Japanese cuisine “Yamafuji” using organic foods
It is a direct management store from Daichi-o-mamoru Kai (Earth Protection Association) that runs membership delivery of organic vegetables and other foods containing “ingredients of which the origin can be identified”. It offers meals that make full use of seasonal ingredients such as salad freshly selected that morning from Tokyo Organic Club of Koganei City, Tokyo and shorthorn beef from Yamagata mura village, Kuji City, Iwate Pref. There are 6-seats on a wooden counter and 3 individual cabins with sunken kotatsu in the shop. It provides a highly sophisticated atmosphere and performance with carefully selected dishes and furnishings.
La Nishi Azabu 3F, 4-5-8, Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Tel; 03-5467-5622
Open hour: 18:00 – 23:30
(Saturday 17:00- 23:30) Closed on Sunday and holidays
http://www.yamafuji.net (Japanese)
