Dinner party at the hidden underground street
A friend of mine asked me to have dinner with them at Vietnamese cuisine restaurant that named Authentic at Asakusa last Friday.
I have eaten vietnamese cuisine for the first time.
And also this was the first time to go to Asakusa Underground Street.
Asakusa Underground Street, it was so a nostalgic atmosphere 🙂
浅草駅の地下街にあるベトナム料理屋。地下街自体ノスタルジックな雰囲気(*´д｀*)
There were about only 10 chairs. Only counter table in the restaurant and there
were a plastic table and some chair in front of the restaurant.
It looked like street stall 😀
We ordered “Today’s special course”. 13 dishes came one after another timely.
Well, let’s start 😀
Summer rolls with homemade peanuts and miso sauce (生春巻き自家製ピーナッツみそだれで)
お野菜がみっしり。ピーナッツソースは甘さ控えめです。
There were vegetables fully in it. Shrimps, too. Peanuts and miso sauce was not too sweet and it went with summer rolls well.
Chef’s special, spring roll (シェフ特製あげ春巻き)
香菜が強烈（`･ω･´）
It had a crisp skin. Vegetables had strong smell 😛
Pigs ear and colorful sausage nikogori (豚耳の煮こごりカラフルソーセージ)
豚耳って、沖縄料理のイメージ。コリコリしておいしい。
Pig’s ear had crunchy texture and good. But pig’s ear is associated with Okinawa cuisine.
Coriander and pineapple salads (香菜サラダ＆パイナップルサラダ)
パイナップルと香菜。シンプルですが、パイナップルが甘くておいしい。
This was simple:D Pineapple was sweet 🙂
Goi Ga (Steamed chickens and cabbages salads, ゴイ・ガー)
コールスローに似てますね（`･ω･´）
It looked like coleslaw 🙂 It was hot just a bit.
Sakura shrimps and sweet potatos Tempura – Vietnamese-style (桜海老とさつまいもの天ぷらベトナムスタイル)
コリアンダーがきいていて少しスパイシー。
It was mild, but also it was spicy because of coriander.
*Canh chua（Famouse soup from Southern part of Vietnam, チャー・カー)
パイナップルの甘さとパクチーのバランスが良いです。
It had pineapple in it. It was sweet, but its sweetness was good in terms of the balance with coriandar.
Fried Chinese Kale (Vietnamese-style, カイラン菜炒め)
結構むせた一品。でもスパイシーでおいしー！
It choked me a bit. It was hot just a little. My throat was irritated by it.
But it was tasty none the less for its irritation.
Cha Ca (Catfish which is marinated, grilled on charcoal, and then fried in oil from Hanoi, チャー・カー)
Noodles.
麺がきました。
Ingredients.
具です。麺に盛りつけて食べます。これ自体はかなりオイリー。
Setting ingredients on noodles.
でもあっさりとしたお米の麺と合わせるとさっぱりといただけますね。
It had much oil, but noodles was light, so it was good 😀
I didn’t know what is catfish. But it was soft and thick.
I searched on the internet later and I found that catfish is “Namazu” in Japanese.
It is more pleasing to the ear than “Catfish” 🙁
I had eaten Namazu before I noticed it :O Of course, this was the first time to eat Namazu!
Still it was good 🙂
Fried Satsuma-Kojundori chickens with lemongrass and chili (さつま香潤鶏のレモングラス地理炒め)
ちょっと酢豚のような味付け。でも甘さは控えめ。
Chickens had springly texture 😀
I imagined it was spicy because of its name, but I didn’t feel spicy at all.
Pho bò(Beefmeats pho, フォー・ボー)
ベトナム料理っていったらフォーは外せませんね。
Why pho has such a attractive taste ? 😀
But it had little soup left 🙁
Probably pho noodles absorbed almost all soup 🙁
Minced meat with lemongrass on the rice (豚ひき肉のレモングラスそぼろごはん)
この日の一番はこれ。ピリ辛いそぼろと、パクチー。いい組み合わせ！
This was really good.
It was spicy and sour and smell of lemongrass.
Eating rice make me feel relax 🙂
Cold Mango Che (冷たいマンゴーのチェー)
バナナとマンゴーが選べてみんなマンゴーにしてたので私も(笑)甘いけどさっぱりとしておいしい！
As dessert. I wanted to eat warm banana with tapioca pearls Che,too.
But everyone except me selected this cold one, so I decided to select it, too.
Mango was really good and after eating it, I felt very cool.
Asakusa underground street is really hot in this season. And the restaurant doesn’t have air-conditioner. Only an electric fan!
Suddenly I have felt good at my throat and nose. Thanks to typhoon !?
I had sufferd from pollen of dactylis glomerata very badly this year 🙁
About Authentic (オーセンティック)
Address / 1-1-12, Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Station / Asakusa station (Tokyo metro, Toei subway)
Open / 18:00 – 22:00
Closed / Mondays (in case of national holidays, it is open and the next day is closed)
Website / http://authentique.at.webry.info/(in Japanese only)
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