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Two decent lunches I've had in the past week. The Italian was 23 on Zagat, and the French was 24 (in 2008, don't have the latest book). Lunch was significantly cheaper than dinner, which is why I decided to give them a chance (Italian was around 25-30 all inclusive, French was around 40; no drinks). Both turned out to be very enjoyable, I might even visit for dinner if I run out of places to go.
Italian:
Some excellent home-made bread.
Interesting sald: a slice of ham, a chunk of weird marble-ish cheese, and a scoop of potato salad, in addition to some fresh greens.
My pasta: with potatoes and lamb.
My GF's pasta: Eggplant and fish (weird, but tasted really good actually). She now demands photo credits for her pictures -_-;;
Mochaccino to finish.
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French: This place specializes in cooking with various types of mushrooms, and I am a huge fan of them, which is the main reason why I visited. It was absolutely delicious.
Duck in chicken/duck/mushroom pâté. Very creative.
The mustard seed really gives it a good kick. Nice addition to the taste.
I love good bread...
GF's appetizer (her photos...): Enoki quiche. This is by far the most interesting dish I have tasted in Japan. I think it's the odd combination of cheese and enoki that brought it to the next level.
Lamb with seven types of mushrooms. Good solid flavours, exactly what you expect; very "manly". A very good main course.
(Photo credits to GF)...
Duck confit. Again, a very straightforward and well executed dish.
Dessert
Coffee to finish
Overall, very positive experience. I felt that the main dishes lacked complexity that made French cooking great, but in a good way. Perhaps it's because they are lunch dish, maybe dinner will be different.
 
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uhhhhh so hungry
I forget, are you from the states originally?? If so, how much does italian/french from the US differ from its Japanese cousin
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man im hungry... time for some pasta at home..
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I wouldn't even touch that dessert. I'd probably just look at it until they kicked me off the restaurant.
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Calgary26003 Posts
Whenever I read your blogs I imagine you walking down the street in a tophat and monocle only eating at the top 10 restaurants in the country 
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makes me sad about all the crap i eat 
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omg cambium your food blogs sooooo good. that salad and lamb/pasta dish looks insanely delicious
5/5
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Challenge:
Make a lunch of this standard (or at least do your best)
Makes me soo hungry
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CA10835 Posts
On June 09 2010 00:28 Chill wrote:Whenever I read your blogs I imagine you walking down the street in a tophat and monocle only eating at the top 10 restaurants in the country
haha seriously me too
nice entry, i love food blogs! please continue to eat at nice restaurants so i can eat at nice restaurants vicariously through you lol
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
On June 09 2010 00:28 Chill wrote:Whenever I read your blogs I imagine you walking down the street in a tophat and monocle only eating at the top 10 restaurants in the country
LOL!
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Let us know how much money you have spent on food in the end!
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It probably tasted awesome, but aesthetically it looks somewhat lackluster. Some more effort could probably be put into decorating the dishes.
Still, I'm nitpicking: good food is usually enough in itself.
And, gaaarrr, so hungry... *drooool*
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your pasta looks fucking delicious
lamb potato and pasta
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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That was all really delicious..You are a chef? Or do you work in the food enviroment in any way?
Share us your recipe and your tips!
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On June 09 2010 00:00 Hawk wrote:
uhhhhh so hungry
I forget, are you from the states originally?? If so, how much does italian/french from the US differ from its Japanese cousin
I'm from Canada, lived in the States for a while.
European cuisine is very different in N.A. than in Japan. I feel that Japanese French/Italian has a stronger emphasis on the freshness of the ingredients, and in general have weaker flavours. Just like Japanese cuisine, Italian and French in Japan are more "round" and "complete". In N.A., the chefs use more bold flavours, and definitely a lot less fish. I think I like N.A. Italian and Japanese French.
On June 09 2010 00:28 Chill wrote:Whenever I read your blogs I imagine you walking down the street in a tophat and monocle only eating at the top 10 restaurants in the country
Haji comes to mind 
On June 09 2010 04:27 LuDwig- wrote:
That was all really delicious..You are a chef? Or do you work in the food enviroment in any way?
Share us your recipe and your tips!
Nope and nope. I just enjoy eating
On June 09 2010 03:28 Hans-Titan wrote:
It probably tasted awesome, but aesthetically it looks somewhat lackluster. Some more effort could probably be put into decorating the dishes.
I completely agree. Although, I think, at least partially, the reason is because I ordered from the lunch menu. The price is literally one third of dinner, I'd imagine they'd cut some corners in addition to quantity.
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
I love food photo blogs <3 Please keep them coming.
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Very enjoyable blogs. Thanks for sharing.
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Great ... a damn food blog at 4 in the morning, and now I'm hungry.
I HATE YOUUUU ^^ Nice pictures, everything looks unbelievably delicious.
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Very nice photos.
All of them give an appetizing look of the food ! And now I really want to (make) eat a mushroom pâté. Thanks for the other links, I'll go check it out right now.
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