- Date of visit: June 13, 2020 at 6:00 PM - Number of people: 2 - Total amount spent: 20,000 yen - One Fine Dining Course "French x Italian Course with 6 dishes and a special aperitif" for 5,920 yen x 2 - Wine tasting of your choice for three glasses for 3,740 yen x 2 - Service charge 10% - Crowdedness: 3 groups, 6 people in total We reserved and enjoyed the "French x Italian Course" at a fine dining restaurant, which included a drink and 6 dishes, for 2 people. There were a total of 6 people in 3 groups dining. The restaurant has reduced its seating capacity to one-third of its normal capacity. It is expected that once the nearby National Museum of Modern Art reopens, the number of customers will increase. We were able to choose 2-3 dishes each for pasta, fish, and meat. The pasta was filling and the dessert, a combination of mango ice cream and lychee jelly, was impressively complex in flavor. We enjoyed the food with our eyes and taste buds in a calm atmosphere. The price was incredibly reasonable. [Items received] - "French x Italian Course with 6 dishes and a special aperitif" for 5,920 yen x 2 - Sparkling wine - Amuse-bouche - Chef's assorted appetizers: marinated mackerel, pate, roasted duck, sakura shrimp quiche - Homemade pasta (choose from 3 options): penne with ragu sauce, pasta with squid ink sauce - Fish dish (choose from 2 options): sautéed trout, sautéed conger eel and foie gras with risotto - Meat dish (choose from 3 options): grilled Japanese beef, sautéed pork belly - Dessert: mango ice cream and lychee jelly - Petit fours: dark chocolate, financiers - Coffee - Additional drinks: wine tasting of your choice for three glasses for 3,400 yen x 2

Located inside the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, the French restaurant "L'art-et-mikuni" operates with the concept of "art and cuisine," focusing on using local ingredients from Tokyo. The restaurant collaborates with the art museum on various products, emphasizing the theme of "art and cuisine." Situated on the second floor, the restaurant offers a splendid view of the greenery in the Kitanomaru Park. Managed by FTC Co., the restaurant also has a branch in Kamikawa-cho, Hokkaido called Fratello Di Mikuni. Supervised by Chef Mikuni, the restaurant offers a double main course of fish and meat. The menu is in Italian rather than French. The review mentions various dishes and drinks served at the restaurant, praising the quality of the food and the elegant atmosphere.

"100 years from now, humanity will start to worry about how to enjoy leisure time for the first time in history," said British economist Keynes in 1930. Today is Sunday. We decided to go out for lunch as a family and ended up choosing La Maison de la Miki.

After 5 months, I visited the French restaurant next to the modern art museum in Takebashi. The entrance might be a bit hard to find if you've never been there before. We had a social gathering with 14 people, renting out the restaurant. It's also a part of the museum, and the dishes feel like art. It's French cuisine, but they also have Italian (pasta). Along with alcohol (champagne, white wine, red wine, and two types of sake from Kamikawa Taikai Shuzo), we enjoyed a delicious meal. It was a very enjoyable time. I paid with expenses (receipts) this time, but I want to use it for private occasions next time.

This time, I visited for lunch. I always appreciate being taken care of with the omakase menu. Bacon and broccoli cake, summer vegetable etuve, scallop anellotti ravioli, roasted yellowtail with sauce gribiche, herb and breadcrumb roasted lamb chops, Basque cheesecake with cinnamon-flavored vanilla ice cream, and petit fours. Thank you for the feast.

Dinner on July 15th was a feast. The menu included Caprese, pork rillettes, striped jack carpaccio, gaspacho, eel beignets, king crab and thyme tagliolini, swordfish meunière, roasted lobster, duck fillet, fig tart, and pineapple sorbet. We also enjoyed a wine pairing with 7 different wines, including dessert wine. It was a delicious meal.

It was delicious! My favorite was the first cold dish. I will post a photo. The view of the greenery from the window was beautiful. All the dishes, including the meat, fish, pasta, and dessert (chocolate fondant), were delicious.

The greatness of Hotel de Mikuni in Yotsuya is truly impressive, but Laere here is also quite good! The young chef here puts a lot of effort into creating dishes with carefully selected ingredients. I could feel the accumulation of hard work! I thoroughly enjoyed dishes such as cherry salmon carpaccio, Hokkaido duck ragout fettuccine, Omaar shrimp bouillabaisse-style, Kumamoto red beef roast, and dried fruit souffle grass. Thank you very much for the wonderful meal!

I may not remember using the cafe, but I think it was my first visit to Mikuni, located in the Modern Art Museum near Takebashi. They focus on the theme of "art and cuisine" and offer a fusion of French and Italian cuisine. While enjoying the cherry blossoms at the Northern Maru Park, we indulged in beautifully presented and delicious dishes, along with champagne, white wine, red wine, and three types of sake from the Kamikawa Taiketsu Sake Brewery. It was a fun dining experience, and before we knew it, time had flown by. This time, I covered the expenses with a receipt.

"Shop: L'Art et Mikuni @lartet_mikuni Access: 3 minutes walk from Takebashi Station Genre: French, Italian, European cuisine Budget: ¥9,000 to ¥15,000 What's good: I love that they limit the number of guests per day, so you can enjoy a relaxing meal. During cherry blossom season, some restaurants have multiple turnovers, which can be chaotic and noisy, but I prefer a calm atmosphere like this. Also, the quality of the food seems to exceed the price... such great value for money! The rosé sparkling wine was delicious too. Course menu: ¥9,900 (tax included) [Menu di MIKUNI] * Reservation required at least 2 days in advance - Spring vegetable quiche - Marinated cherry snapper - Salad with quinoa - Cottage cheese and balsamic - Green pea fricassee - Fried bamboo shoots - Crab and squid ink - Clam and cabbage - Norwegian salmon confit - Grilled domestic beef - Meringue with mugwort and cherry jelly - Caramel gelato - After-dinner drink and petit fours When it comes to cherry blossom viewing spots, places like Nakameguro, Daikanyama, Yoyogi Park, and Shinjuku Gyoen are always crowded. However, this restaurant is a hidden gem for me. It's not too crowded, and the area around the Imperial Palace is beautiful and peaceful. Highly recommended for a cherry blossom viewing date."

Visited during the season when you can see cherry blossoms. It seems better to make a reservation during this time. Had lunch. You can choose between meat and fish for the main dish. I ordered meat and had it paired with a drink. The food was delicious and I enjoyed the atmosphere of the restaurant. Being located next to the National Museum of Modern Art is definitely a plus. I think it's nice to have a leisurely lunch before visiting the museum. Thank you for the meal.

Three of us, all women, visited the restaurant. The Saturday course is priced at 4800 yen or more, so it's a bit on the expensive side. However, I think the service is good. The bread was piping hot and delicious, we ended up eating three pieces each. The appetizers and fish were also delicious. I would like to come back again when I have some extra money.

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I went to the long-awaited solo exhibition of Gerhard Richter at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, celebrating his 90th birthday and 90 years in the art world. The museum is located in Chiyoda-ku, near Kitanomaru Park (closest station is Takebashi Station on the Tozai Line), and it is the first museum to collect and exhibit modern and contemporary art from the late Meiji era to the present day. I must confess that I didn't have a complete understanding of Richter, so I went to study his work. I was embarrassed to admit that I had mistakenly believed that his early "Photo Paintings" were created using actual photographs, but in fact, the subtle "blur" and "gradation" are achieved by brushing the surface. The invention of photography has dramatically changed the way art is expressed, and this may be the ultimate form. It makes you think about the uncertainty and objectivity of images as perceived by the human eye. Now, after this long introduction, let's go to the restaurant! It was quite difficult to make a reservation, but I finally made my first visit. Due to the impact of COVID-19, the second-floor corridor of the museum was closed, so I had to go outside and enter the restaurant from the terrace side, overlooking the Imperial Palace and turning right. Chef Mikuni is primarily a French chef, but here he combines French and Italian cuisine, aiming for a slightly more casual approach. At this point, things seemed to have calmed down a bit, and the tables were full. They were properly spaced apart. And there were non-stop walk-in customers. It seemed like a challenge to turn them away. We ordered three types of wine. The staff seemed surprised when we asked them to bring all of them at once...but it was okay with us. We chose a sparkling wine that reminded us of the popular Dom Perignon imitation in the past, a wine from the south of France, and a rare wine from Hokkaido. The Pinot Noir rosé was particularly good. There were many wines from Hokkaido, as Chef Mikuni is from there, and they also had Hokkaido-produced sake, which piqued our interest, but we decided to pass on it this time. For the food, we ordered the lunch course. The quality of the dishes was above average. The pasta and meat dishes were excellent, and I would say the overall Italian focus was the right choice. Even for those with discerning palates, considering the price, I couldn't find fault with the quality and presentation of the dishes.

During the cherry blossom season in 2020, just before the outbreak of the coronavirus, I visited a French restaurant called "La Tour d'Argent" located inside the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. The chef, Seizo Mikuni, originally from Hokkaido, trained at a three-star restaurant in France and has received numerous awards from the French government. I had the opportunity to visit this restaurant during the Christmas season in 2018. This time, during the cherry blossom season, they offered a special course menu. Although we couldn't get a window seat due to it being fully booked, we enjoyed dishes such as scallop and cauliflower amuse-bouche, gorgonzola mousse, venison sausage, swordfish, homemade pasta, flatfish, Hokkaido beef fillet, and cherry blossom espuma for dessert. It was a delightful experience to enjoy such a fantastic course meal incorporating Hokkaido ingredients while admiring the cherry blossoms through the large windows. This was our third year having a cherry blossom viewing dinner with friends, and we were able to do it at Tokyo Midtown this year. It may be the last time for us to enjoy this tradition.

Lunch after visiting the National Museum of Modern Art. The exterior is nice, sitting on top of a stone wall. The interior has a good atmosphere with terrace seats and window seats, but the wall side is a bit lacking with partitions. However, it has a French vibe. There are two lunch courses priced at 3,300 yen or 4,800 yen. On the day I went, the appetizer was chilled corn soup, the pasta of the day was fresh tomato and onion pasta, and dessert was cheese mousse with peach sorbet. Everything was delicious, especially the pasta which was quite filling. The service was excellent, and overall it was a very satisfying dining experience. I would love to visit again when I'm in the area.

I hadn't been to Tokyo for a while due to the state of emergency, but I had to go for my annual health check-up. I decided to have lunch with friends and searched for "Museum Cafe," which led me to this restaurant. I went without a reservation, thinking it wouldn't be crowded, but it was actually full. I had to wait for about 30 minutes before being seated. The restaurant didn't have the terrace seats facing the garden as I had imagined, but it still had a nice atmosphere. I ordered the course menu (4,800 yen per person) and enjoyed the meal from appetizer to dessert. The menu changes daily, so I won't go into details, but you can appreciate the beauty of the dishes in the photos.

Night visit on a regular day. Not crowded, very relaxed. All the dishes were delicious. Especially the meat, although lean, was very tender and tasty. The location is also good, and it's nice to eat while looking at the beautiful terrace. In terms of price, I think it was very cost-effective.

This is a restaurant located near Takebashi, on the 2nd floor of the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art. You can enter through the terrace after climbing the stairs from the street. Lunch menu includes a small appetizer with three types of antipasto, pasta with Hokkaido snow country free-range pork ragout and spring cabbage, fish dish with cherry snapper and rapeseed paste, and dessert with cherry blossom espuma and mugwort biscotti. The total bill for two people, including craft beer, red wine, coffee, and small sweets, came to 10,980 yen. The reviewer visited the restaurant during the cherry blossom season and enjoyed a private dining experience. The cherry blossoms at Chidorigafuchi were still in full bloom, providing a beautiful backdrop for a leisurely walk after the meal.

This is also an annual tradition, right? A lunchtime cherry blossom viewing! This year, the timing is perfect and the cherry blossoms are beautiful. The appetizer is croquettes with sakura shrimp and spring vegetables. It's nice to see so many vegetables at the beginning. The pasta with Hokkaido wine lamb ragout and chopped bamboo shoots is delicious. The chewy fettuccine with bamboo shoots is a nice touch. The fish dish is flounder with fuki-no-tou tapenade stuffing, new potato puree, and roasted red onions. The potato puree has a nice earthy flavor. The beef dish is roasted horse-chased beef from Nagayama-cho, Hokkaido, with new burdock root puree, confit, and fries. The burdock root adds a nice flavor. The beef is cooked perfectly and the meat quality is great. I could use another plate of this! The dessert is cherry blossom Mont Blanc with strawberry sorbet and white chocolate powder. Coffee and small sweets are included. We also had three types of wine and champagne, as well as a nice digestif. The food here is always delicious and satisfying. Personally, I feel like the portion size is a bit small, but it's just right for a lunch. Thank you for the meal!

I made a reservation at the end of March to coincide with the cherry blossom viewing, but unfortunately the cherry blossoms were only about 2-3 minutes blooming, so it turned into a drinking party while looking at the branches. The restaurant seemed to be partnered with a Japanese sake brewery, and they offered various Japanese sake that went well with the Italian-style food they served. The food was visually appealing, with a lot of vegetables used, and everything tasted delicious. The dessert wine after the meal had many different varieties, and overall the drink options were very satisfying. However, the course meal was not filling enough, so we ended up going to eat ramen afterwards. We talked about wanting to go back when the flowers were in full bloom about two weeks later, but that time never came. The art museum has reopened as well, so I would like to go back again!

Italian restaurant located a 3-4 minute walk from Takebashi Station. It is on the second floor of the Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art and offers a beautiful view of the greenery of the Imperial Palace. I made a reservation through their website the day before. When I arrived at the restaurant, there was a sign saying "Today's fully booked." I was glad I made a reservation in advance. I ordered the "Menu di Piccolo" for 3500 yen, which included: - Appetizer: 3 types of antipasto - Pasta: Spaghettini with sea bream and cherry tomatoes, Tokyo-grown Chinese cabbage - Meat dish: Herb-stewed pork shoulder with "Edo Tokyo vegetables," puree of Takinogawa burdock, and Tokyo-grown komatsuna - Dessert: Pumpkin pudding, almond tuile, cinnamon gelato - Coffee and petit fours I chose a white wine from Burgundy, CLOS DE MONTMEIX, from their wine list, which they were in the process of updating. They brought out a few options for me to choose from based on my preference. The wine was crisp and perfect for daytime drinking! The restaurant has a glass interior that lets in sunlight, offering a beautiful view of the Imperial Palace's greenery. It seems like a perfect spot for a date, with a high proportion of female customers. All three appetizers were surprisingly delicious, with a perfect balance of vegetables. The pasta was cooked al dente and had a nice flavor from the fish. The pork shoulder was incredibly tender and flavorful, and the aroma of the burdock puree added a touch of Japanese influence. The food was delicious and the view was beautiful - it was a wonderful restaurant experience! I would love to visit again. Thank you for the meal.