August 6, 2025 Lunch
This restaurant had been on my list of places to go, but I couldn't make it for a while, and finally I finally got around to it.
I arrived a little before opening time at 11:00, but there were already about 20 people in line, so I was nervous about whether I'd be able to get the [Apricot Set] (1,650 yen), which is limited to 20 servings.
The restaurant is bright and long, with a deep, narrow entrance that begins at the counter and continues to the back, where there are table seats.
In front of the counter near the entrance is an area for cooking single servings of rice.
First, you're served lukewarm water in teacups.
It's hot outside, so I wanted a sip of cold water first.
The Apricot Set comes with 20 servings of food already set out in large bowls, with most of the dishes (except for fried foods) placed in various places.
About 25 minutes after I sat down at the counter, my food arrived.
A staff member explained the dishes to me.
The standard rice dish is maitake mushroom rice, and apparently rice cooked with other ingredients is not plain rice but cooked with other ingredients.
Fried foods include pork fillet cutlet (already covered in sauce), truffle croquette, lotus, brown mushroom, and celery? tempura (no dipping sauce), thick omelet, shrimp spring rolls, stewed sweet potato, abalone, steamed chicken (the sauce on top is delicious and there's bitter melon hidden underneath), white eggplant, dried fish strips (tasty but very dried out), and simmered dishes include elaborately decorated pumpkin (quite firm) and winter melon? konjac, although the simmered dishes were too sour for my liking.
The chawanmushi contains ginkgo nuts and is smooth and flavorful.
Shijimi clam miso soup, pickled Chinese cabbage.
The fried foods were piping hot and crispy, the pork fillet cutlet was tender, and the croquette was delicious.
It was a very satisfying lunch, with a variety of elaborately prepared dishes that were tasty and reasonably priced.
Looking at the previously uploaded photos, it's a shame that the food hasn't changed much.
I'd like to continue eating here if they changed the menu weekly or monthly.
I'd definitely like to come back and eat again.
