Tokyo Belly: 麻布十番

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

AZABU JUBAN: AW Kitchen 5-5... don't bother, food was unusually bad.

I just didn't get it... the reviews were so great but the food was such a disappointment

We all went with the 5,000yen dinner and drink course. I should of looked more closely at the menu... 6 appetizers? for real?

Now here we go... for a grand total of 15,000yen (3 guys) we start with a little bit of olives in a garlic olive oil dressing.

Few tiny cut up veggies...

4-5 tiny marinated fish.

The Bagna Cauda veggies were so old and so tiny... where do u find such tiny veggies?

Very soupy bagna cauda dip.

The 2 hour all you can drink menu.

Mashed potatoes...

One carrot! Really... for 3 guys? It was just so silly.

2 types of pasta and the noodles for both were still hard... this chef really sucks.

Anyways after spending 5,000yen each I was truly dissapointed with AW Kitchen 5-5... the food just sucked. There are so many better places in Azabu Juban to spend your money... DO NOT GO HERE!!

Restaurant: AW Kitchen 5-5 Azabu Juban

Foodie Website: http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1307/A130702/13133101/

HitoSara Website: http://hitosara.com/0005040982/

Address J: 東京都港区麻布十番1-4-8 マドモアゼルビル 1F

Address E: Tokyo, Minato-ku, Azabu Juban 1-4-8
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

AZABU JUBAN: Tsukishima-Ya Imakawa-Yaki Japanese azuki bean pancake style donuts~.

When I think about Japanese treats Mochi always comes to mind... hmm. Anyways there is an amazing little shop in Azabu Juban that serves round Taiyaki (is this the correct term for a round one?) or at this shop they are called Imakawa-Yaki. Filled with just enough azuki bean paste but whats really special about this Taiyaki is whats around the beans. The texture is kinda like a very thick pancake with a chewy outside and thick/moist inside... detect a hint of brown sugar in there thats unique to this shop. I eat Taiyaki on a weekly basis but this is absolutely the best.

If you don't speak Japanese just use your fingers to signal 1 or 2... he'll know you want the basic Imakawa-Yaki... but there are other fillings too (Cheese, custard cream) you can give you Japanese a try when ordering. Only 130yen a piece... give it a go.