Originally Posted by
robyng
That was pretty much my list with a few exceptions.
The Yakitori. Which I added during this thread.
The Chinese - and the Italian. Wouldn't mind good Chinese food (we have awful Chinese restaurants where we live and haven't had decent Chinese food since we were in Los Angeles a couple of years ago). As for Italian - maybe. I'm a better than decent Italian cook. Moreover - the room service menu at the hotel had some excellent pasta dishes when we were there (one with uni - outrageously good
). We may do room service once or twice if we're tired at night. So I'll see - do a bit more reading. The one thing I'm not going to do again is try spaghetti with a mayo based sauce. Did that on the first trip - and once is enough
.
Will definitely have Japanese breakfast (breakfast is included in our room rate - and Japanese breakfast is one of the options). What's a "power breakfast"? Robyn
As I said in an earlier post, for Chinese I recommend the Chugoku Hanten restaurants, such as
Fureika in Higashi-Azabu, the Original Roppongi Location, or
Amber Palace at the Palace Hotel (Also check out Wadakura and the other Japanese venues within Wadakura). I also stand by my recommendation of
Hei Feung Terrace, notwithstanding comments from detractors of the restaurant upthread. If your previous experience with Chinese food has mostly been in the US, you will undoubtedly be very pleased with these restaurants or virtually any other well regarded Chinese restaurant in Tokyo.
As you have breakfast included in you rate at FS Marunouchi, I think it makes little sense to go elsewhere for breakfast.
Well I read what you wrote as exactly that actually. To advocate eating something here that is not what it could be if one ate it elsewhere is in my opinion tolerating sub-par versions. Where other cuisines have been adopted and adapted as have French and Italian in Japan to produced stellar and new dishes no rational argument can be made that they are seeking to mimic the original. Rather they are a domestically produced version based on the original. Those foods that seek to be what is produced elsewhere often fail miserably in the attempt. Of course many levels of palate exist. This is why supermarket wine sells so very well :-)
I respectfully disagree here. I have not suggested that anyone tolerate subpar food, and do not think anyone else has either. No rational argument can be made that all Chinese food in Tokyo is sub-par.
Originally Posted by
5khours
So what... you're only going to eat Italian at Enoteca Pinchiorri and swear off all other Italian food as sub-par... and can we further assume that any Pinot shy of Romanee-Conti (which BTW you can buy in a Japanese super-market) is sub-par?
I agree with this view.
As a reality check, according to the OP's description of her past experience with Chinese food, it is safe to assume that she has no experience whatsoever with high-end Cantonese cuisine. Any of the better Chinese restaurants in Tokyo will be more than adequate as an introduction to this type of food. Location is totally irrelevant for the OP's purposes at this stage.