NIHONBASHI MITSUKOSHI: Fortnum & Mason roast beef revisited!

Its 10:55am WTF!?!  So I have this Korean friend that said the only kind of TV shows in Japan are all about food... Cooking Drama's, Cooking Shows (SMAPxSMAP), programs featuring ramen rankings and of course the ever so popular nightly TV News spots that feature great little restaurants...

...anyways I gave up on this delicious looking Oedo-Tendon for 880yen...cause that line was ridiculous~... There were no salarymen in that line just a bunch of folks that watched the same TV show that featured this restaurant.

Anyways if you want to go here are the details.  I'll be back when things calm down.

http://r.tabelog.com/tokyo/A1302/A130202/13118694/

So decided to walk across the street to Mitsukoshi for some...Roast Beefu!

Old dude chilling in front of the Xmas window displays...

Yeah, it was only 11:10am so the hordes of housewives and elderly couples had yet occupied the place.

Free water!  Saw little things floating in this...hmm...

When they hand the menu to you just put your hand up and say "Roast Beefu Lunchi Kudasai."  1,200yen plus 60yen tax and you get a coffee or tea with the meal.  I'd definitely get the dessert set for a +210yen.

There it is... Salad, 2 kinds of hot bread, whole bunch of green peas, potato fries, radish and beef!

For location details goto my previous entry!

http://tokyobelly.blogspot.com/2011/02/nihonbashi-mitsukoshi-fortnum-mason.html

NIHONBASHI MITSUKOSHI: Fortnum & Mason Lunch... ROAST BEEEEF!!!

I have yet to find any really great Roast Beef in Tokyo except for one instance at Oguna Bares in Nakameguro... but I think my search is over in B2 of Mitsukoshi Department Store in Nihonbashi.

Lunch Menu... was torn between my love for Curry and the Roast Beef... Mari said the beef was excellent... didn't need much more convincing than that.

Lunch sets arrive with a choice of coffee or tea (hot or iced).

Oh yeah...1,260yen lunch set.  The volume!  Salad, horse radish, 2 types of bread, boatload of green peas and 3-4 rather thick slices of roast beef.  

This roast beef was perfection... an absolute must if you are craving it.  

Mari closed with a Chocolate Cake... friendly grandma peeking over at me taking pics.  This place was around 80% senior citizens... and 95% old ladies.  So be prepared for a little staring if you are a foreigner.

My great Apple Pie.  The waitress will bring a dish full of desserts to select from... must have been about 10 or so items.  Just point and pick.

Location: Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi (Mitsukoshi-Mae Station).

Shop: Fortnum & Mason 

Foodie Website: http://r.tabelog.com/tokyo/A1302/A130202/13059381/

Mitsukoshi F&M Website (Japanese): http://www.mitsukoshi.co.jp/store/1010/h_restaurant/fortnum.html

Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi (English):  http://www.mitsukoshi.co.jp/store/fcs/english/1010/

Address J:  東京都中央区日本橋室町1-4-1,  日本橋三越本店新館 Ｂ２Ｆ

Address E:  Tokyo, Chuo-ku, Nihonbashi  Muromachi 1-4-1,  Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi New Building B2F

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