Ginza Shinohara

Ginza Shinohara**

Ginza Shinohara, two Michelin stars and a consensus top 3 Kaiseki restaurant in Tokyo by local food reviewers.

Extremely hard to make reservation unless you know a regular.

His hassun of the season is probably the best decorated in Tokyo and his hospitality and story telling is top notch as well (according to people fluent in Japanese).

Overall the food quality was great and a good deal considering it was only 43,000 yen after tax and service charge.

I wouldn’t say his cooking is top 3 in Tokyo but the combination of hospitality, good price performance and atmosphere takes it to the top echelon of kaiseki in Japan.

1. Abalone in liver sauce in ice bowl with duck loin

2. Grilled summer Ayu fish

3. Grilled figs with sesame miso

4. Grilled conger eel

5. Grilled soft shell turtle

6. Monaka filled with passion fruit and foie gras

7. Hassun

8. Kohada sushi

9. Chicken and uni in yuba

10. Grilled sea bream

11. Shrimp in shaoxiang wine and hand roll with tuna

12. Hot pot with lobster, matsutake mushroom and clam

13. Corn and sweet fish rice

14. Wagyu

15. Lobster stock miso soup

16. Red bean cake

by balldem824