This post was written in 2006. Shop details and prices may have changed since then.
I went to Odaiba for a company event. Once it was over, I headed off on my own to the 3rd floor of Venus Fort, to a place
called Meijin no Hitosara (“a master’s plate”), where casual branches of seven well-known restaurants, each famous in a different field, are gathered together.
I really like the concept: restaurants with a pleasant atmosphere and good food right inside an upscale shopping space.. In Korea the trend is shopping + movies,
but in Japan it’s shopping + good food. Marché de Métro in Omotesando, which I introduced before, has that same
kind of concept.. Japan has quite a few places like this.. Even when life is busy, when you just want a day off, places like this are great.
This is Sungari Laryok, a branch of Sungari, the Russian restaurant in Shinjuku. What I picked that day was the Russian soup, borscht. I love soupy dishes to begin with,
and a post by Geon I’d read a few days earlier had a little influence too ^_^;;
Maybe because it’s everyday working-class food, it isn’t especially fancy, but it tasted pretty good.
If I remember right, it was about 800 yen. Most of the customers were women. The atmosphere wasn’t bad either..
It seems like a nice place to stop by when you’re worn out from shopping at Venus Fort…
The café right next door was selling Moët & Chandon at 900 yen a glass. ^_^;; That’s pretty much cost price..
I had honey toast with it as a snack. The honey toast wasn’t bad, but once again that day I ran into the difficulty of tackling two dishes on my own.
After the Moët & Chandon, I walked along the Odaiba waterfront at night and headed home. I think I was feeling pretty sentimental that day..
This is the giant Ferris wheel I shot on the way back.