French Cuisine Live by a Young Michelin Star Chef

Florilege in Minami Aoyama earns Michelin Guide’s one star and is one of the busiest French restaurants in Tokyo. Before starting his own restaurant here, Mr. Hiroyasu Kawate, the owner chef, experienced to work in Le Bourguignon in Roppongi and Quintessence in Shinagawa, both of which are prestigious French restaurants in Tokyo. The young chef…

Fine Biodynamic Wines with Steak in Roppongi

Shonzui(祥瑞) in Roppongi calls itself a bistro and wine bar, but it is a casual steak house for me. The restaurant serves fine biodynamic wines with its nice steak. This is one of the first restaurants which started to use biodynamic wines before the category of wine becomes popular in Japan. (photo from Tabelog) Guests can order any…

Half the Price of the Excellent Wine List

Pirouette is a French restaurant in Toranomon Hills, which is a shopping mall opened in June 2014. The restaurant has three faces: bistro, cafe, and epicerie. A full open kitchen is located in the center and a squared counter table rounds it. The stylish mood of this restaurant comes from its sophisticated interior design with a high…

Casual French with biodynamic wines in Shibuya

Libertin stands on the off-street in Shibuya. The casual French restaurant serves authentic bistro cuisine and fine biodynamie wines. It satisfies all the hungry customers with its full sized dishes. The owner chef, Mr. Yoshinori Shito, used to work as the chef at Le Cabaret, a famous bistro in Yoyoghi Uehara, as a starting staff….

Cosy bistro on the one way street in Shibuya

Recently a narrow one way street, called Tokyu Honten Dori, has gradually become popular among the fashion and gourmet conscious people in Tokyo. A small and well furnished bistro, Ahiru Store(アヒルストア) stands on a corner on the street. This is one of my most favorite french bistro in Tokyo. The bistro is ran by a…

The exceptional fusion restaurant in Japan

Fusion style restaurants are very likely to fail to deliver the simple daintiness of the dishes, focusing too much on the fancifulness of the techniques. However, Cave de Gamin et Hanaré in Shirokane, Tokyo is an exception.