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Osaka homecoming series. I wanted to have lunch with my family, but "Ponte Vecchio", "Calandrie", "La Fete Hiramatsu", "Aniedor", and "Le Pondo Shell" were fully booked. I searched online for reservations and luckily found an available seat at "Chambolle". This is a hotel restaurant where you can enjoy traditional French cuisine with a long history in Osaka. I learned how difficult it is to rate a restaurant this time.
1. Perfect service. Traditional and stable French cuisine with no novelty.
2. Average service. Innovative and surprising French cuisine.
It is really difficult to give the same overall score to options 1 and 2, even though they are completely different... By the way, "Chambolle" fits option 1.
[Atmosphere]
Located on the 29th floor of the Riga Royal, the view is amazing. The interior is modeled after a French castle, a World Heritage site, and you can feel the tradition even from the staff's uniforms. There are partition boards in place for COVID-19 measures.
[Service]
Truly perfect. The staff quickly understand the customers' feelings without any unnecessary movements. Well worth paying the service charge.
[Cuisine]
85th Anniversary Lunch Avenir ¥9,075
- Small enjoyable appetizer
- Mahata cheese tet with grives sauce
- Pan-seared scallop and mushroom ragout with herb flavor
- Poached flounder with colorful cauliflower mirepoix and vinaigrette sauce
- Roasted lamb with bone and epice flavor, red wine sauce
- Citrus terrine with kumquat-scented soup served with almond ice cream
- Petit fours
[Notes]
- Small enjoyable appetizer: Crab mousse espuma. Under the espuma, there is plenty of crab meat. You can feel the richness of the crab, which boosts your excitement.
- Mahata cheese tet with grives sauce: Mahata cooked until it solidifies. While the use of Mahata is innovative, I couldn't enjoy the texture. I'm not a big fan of cheese tet.
- Pan-seared scallop and mushroom ragout with herb flavor: Thick scallop with basil sauce underneath. The mushroom-scented ragout pairs beautifully with the scallop.
- Poached flounder: Slowly cooked at low temperature, the flesh is fluffy. The sauce has a rich taste due to the use of white wine instead of Jurac. It may be slightly salty when eaten with the flounder. The presentation is common, so the excitement is moderate.
- Roasted lamb with bone: The presentation is classic. Considering the price of nearly 10,000 yen, I could smell the unique lamb smell. The lamb block laid on the base was dry, but the bone-in lamb was cooked perfectly. The red wine sauce has a traditional taste.
- Citrus terrine: The sugar craft at "Chambolle" is truly beautiful. Although I'm not a sweet tooth, I felt that the dessert with kumquat-scented soup and mandarin could have been a bit sweeter. The almond ice cream is also not too sweet.
[Summary]
A French cuisine that is not heavy but just right in volume. A classic French cuisine that people who experienced the heyday of Riga Royal and the bubble era seem to admire. It is a renowned establishment in Osaka for French cuisine, loved by people of all ages and genders, even those who do not drink alcohol. The perfect service!! A restaurant that values traditional taste, classic presentation, service, interior, and atmosphere, and laid the foundation for Osaka's French cuisine. I hope you visit this restaurant at least once. Recently, there are many creative restaurants, but some may have forgotten their roots. This restaurant, which adds a service charge, is a wonderful place that others should learn from.