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Saru @ Jiyugaoka

April 7, 2019 Dave Perry

Azumino hobokubuta ham

Hummus with grilled flat bread

Minestrone soup

Beetroot salad

Aonori tortilla

Sicilian style mackerel ragout pasta

Sardine confit with marinated mushrooms

Smoked tuna head with wasabi tapenade

Veal cutlet with blue cheese sauce

Bologna lasagna

Ezo venison steak with wild rocket and balsamic sauce

Asparagus and onion cake

Grilled venison lunch plate

Baked Baklava style cheesecake

Chocolate terrine with semi dried grapes

After a soft launch in late 2018 and successful reboot as Saru Apero Bistro early this year, the fifth restaurant in the Saru family is now a thriving Jiyugaoka favourite.

Set amidst a broad wooden dining counter, the small open kitchen delivers on the restaurant's promise of a 'delicious European-style eatery' with a handful of lunch plates and plenty of a la carte options by day as well as an extended menu of northern European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern inspired ‘small bistro dishes’ by night. 

The menu is complimented by a selection of Japanese and eastern European 'historic world wines.’

Saru Apero Bistro

050 5266 0440

 
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Trunk @ Meguro

March 3, 2019 Dave Perry

Leek and potato vichyssoise

Zensai moriawase

Pate de campagne

Andive, apple, blue cheese and walnut salad

Charcuterie moriawase

Shizuoka mushroom and ham Caesar salad

Horse meat and avocado tartare

Kajika with pork and clams

Bacon cream and mushroom risotto

Bitter gourd and pork pasta

Roast venison in bordelaise sauce

Mashed potato

Roast pork

Roast black hair wagyu with fries

Potato gratin

Our favourite Meguro restaurant, ‘osteria, tavern and wine bar’ Trunk is a gem of conviviality secluded amidst an aging warren of bars and restaurants, offering hearty cooking and a carefully selected range of ‘casually approachable’ world wines. 

The restaurant itself evokes a worn, rustic European charm. The small kitchen proffers a delicious menu rooted in Italian and French cuisines accented with Japanese sensibilities. Eclectic fish, game meats and risottos punctuate a menu of classic salads, pates and pastas. 

Update: Trunk’s sister shop, Iron House, opened in November 2020.

Trunk

050 5594 6662

 
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Juban Ukyo @ Ebisu

February 25, 2019 Dave Perry

Leek vichyssoise

Avocado and tomato salad with mascarpone

Tai, maguro, mackerel and kampachi sashimi

Karashi renkon

Aubergine wrapped with bacon

Iburigakko with mascarpone

Satsuma-age

Grilled yellow tail

Liver of Game Cock

Foie gras rice

Truffle with egg yolk rice

Aubergine topped with miso mince meat

Wagyū

Truffle topped potato salad

Mascarpone tofu with truffle

The Ebisu iteration of Azabu Juban's popular Franco-Japanese fusion restaurant focuses on regional Japanese cuisine supplemented by an extensive array of quality sake.

With an approach that is more dining-bar chic than traditional izakaya, the juxtaposition of tatami and gilded screens with monogrammed Louis Vuitton upholstery and 1980s ghetto blasters lends an air of sophisticated intimacy to the dining experience.

Not to be outshone be the interior aesthetic the food is also suitably instagenic, if somewhat blingy, with several signature dishes such as the egg rice and potato salad being laced with gold leaf and truffle shavings.

Juban Ukyo

03 3440 7888

 
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