Beef, pork, chicken … meat party can be held at cozy dining bar !
I know there’s popular restaurant in Asakusabashi that is posted by my acquaintance on Facebook so requently and I had wanted to go there for a long time.
Fortunately another friend asked me to go there with her the other day. So we went to there.
We didn’t take a reservation and got to the restaurant at 4 p.m. sharp.
Dining Bar Gracia
ずっと気になっていたグラシアにようやく行けました！
The chef said he arrange our meals within our budget and taste, though the menu don’t have words “chef’s choice”, “course” and “set”.
I put prices besides those name, but the chef arrange those sizes for four people and some of foods were not on the menu. So, it’s just for reference.
It cost me near 6000 yen in all.
The restaurant is small and have only a counter table and one table there.
At first, we toasted with drinks !
Sudachi sour (すだちサワー) 500 yen
まずはすだちサワーでカンパイ♪の午後４時。
And vegetables were served. Fresh vegetables. We heaved our breast in expectation.
Organic water cress and fruits tomatos salad (有機クレソンとフルーツトマトのサラダ,680 yen)
まずは野菜から。野菜も新鮮ですねー。お肉への期待が倍増～♪
First meat dish came !
Wagyu Nikomi(和牛煮込み, 480 yen)
脂の部分が結構あってくどそう、と思いきやさすが和牛。さらっとした上質な脂。
Though it looks so fatty, the top quality of Wagyu beef’s fat was light and sweet.
Marinated Jiyou Chickens white meat with miso (滋養鶏ささみの漬け, 780 yen)
濃い目に浸かったささみ。日本酒とあいそう～
Marinated with miso. It had springy texture and was tasty 🙂
It’ll go with Japanese sake !
Cream cheese with dried bonito flakes (クリームチーズのかつおぶしのせ) 600 yen
箸休めかな。クリームチーズ大好きなんでうれしい。
Cream cheese and unexpectedly went with bonito flakes well.
Such a refreshing taste between meats enabled us eating much meats 🙂
Sous vide of Sendai beef marbled short rib (仙台牛の霜降りカルビの低温ロースト, 1680 yen)
この霜降り具合、このレア加減(*´д｀*)
Pickled daikon radish with mustard(大根の芥子漬け, 480 yen)
It was tasty. A little spicy. I wanted to eat more.
Oysters and olive (牡蠣とオリーブ)
牡蠣だ～(*´д｀*)
And the chef gave it to us in special. So, we were four, but there were two oysters only.
Ladies (containing me) could get it 🙂 I was lucky 😛
Marinated chuck flap with Haccho miso (ザブトンの八丁味噌漬け, 980 yen)
濃い目の八丁味噌。ごはんくださーい･･･
Strong taste of Haccho miso made me feel like eating it with rice !
White lever paste. (チャンジャ)
チャンジャ･･･だからごはんを･･･
That’s my delight…..I need rice….
Pork steak (トンテキ, 980 yen)
グラシアといえばトンテキ！なぐらい有名な四日市トンテキ。言うまでもなくおいしい･･･
Gracia is so popular as this pork steak ! Yokkaichi pork steak ! Needless to say, this was great ! Thick pork, sweet sauce and cabbage ! There’s exquisite balance !
And I ordered second drink.
Le Sake Erotique NEUF a Levures sauvages 2014 – Obuse Winery (小布施ワイナリー Le Sake Erotique NEUF, ? yen)
小布施ワイナリーが年１回だけ作っている日本酒！
Japanese sake made by Obuse winery only once a year.
And that day’s entree appeared !
A5 grade of Miyazaki black beef fillet steak (宮崎牛黒毛和牛A5フィレステーキ 150g, 4980 yen)
そしてこの日の目玉が登場！
Medium rare !
レア～(*´д｀*)
Sauted Shinsyu shimeji, hiratake and maitake with garlic butter (信州しめじ、ひら茸、舞茸のガーリックバター, 880 yen)
天然のきのこさんたち、どれもでかい！とってもジューシー。
Natural grown mushrooms. Every mushrooms were huge. Juicy and tasty.
After we ate those mushrooms up and saw leftover soup. We agreed that we need bread to soak in and ordered some pieces of breads.
After a while , bread was served and we were surprised it.
This is bread of great bakery in Asakusa. We know perikan’s bread can be bought unless we have reservation in advance or wait for a long long hours in line.
THIS IS PERIKAN’S BREAD…. (160 yen)
きのこを平らげ、残ったスープを見て、これはパンが必要だ！ということでお願いすると出てきたのはペリカンのパン！
The chef said “this is the end of the course”.
So, we ordered ramen and curry.
Our acquaintance recommended us to eat ramen and curry if it is on the menus however full we might be.
So we ordered both 😛
Keema curry with Sendai beef (仙台牛のキーマカレー)
いつもあるわけではないのが悩ましい･･･。
Ramen with mussels (ムール貝のラーメン, 700 yen)
三重産のムール貝を使ったラーメン、おいしすぎる！(*ﾉ▽ﾉ*)
Mussels from Mie prefecture. Chicken-based ramen. I was so impressed by the ramen !
“I need second helping….”
Before ordering curry and ramen, we intended to those are last foods, but we could still eat something. So, we ordered another two.
Pork hanging tender (ポークハラミさがり, 880 yen)
シメたはずがまだ食べられそうということで、これも
Root of beef tongue with salt(タンもと塩, 880 yen)
これも(*´д｀*) 脂が光ってます。
And one of my friend wanted to eat also dessert, so we ordered it.
Honey croissant with Shinsyu apple and vanilla ice cream(信州りんごとバニラアイスのハニークロワッサン, 780 yen)
デザートもおいしかったです。
Dessert was good, too.
As a whole, everything was delicious and we decided to visit there again soon.
About Dining Bar Gracia (食堂酒場グラシア)
Address / 2-27-5 Asakusabashi, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Station / Asakusabashi station (JR, Toei subway)
Open / 16:00 – 23:00
Closed / Mondays, third Tuesdays
Twitter / @gracia_2011
Comment
4pm is very early for dinner! Is that usual for Japan?
No it is unusual. This shop is more restaurant than food bar. Maybe most of visitors around 4 p.m. eat some foods and enjoy alcoholic drinks.
But we didn’t 😛 Our target was foods and ate much as dinner because it is small and very popular restaurant and we might not be able to enter the restaurant if we went to there later time.