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Kazahana, Conrad Hotel, Shiodome, Tokyo

While we were staying at the Conrad Hotel, we made a return visit to Kazahana for lunch. This year we were a little earlier in the summer season which meant there should be a something different on the menu.

Interior Kazahana
Interior Kazahana

We decided to have the lunch course “MAI”, one of the 6 set course options available for lunch. Lunch set “MAI” consists of: Appetizer, Soup, Seasonal Delicacies, Main Dish, Rice, Miso soup and Japanese pickles, Dessert. I love the mystery aspect of the sets and the fact they ask if you have intolerances or things you don’t like. And while I am not a big fan of cooked fish I will eat it when it is part of a set meal.

After an unfortunate incident last year, we have tended to avoid uni (sea urchin) this trip, the appetizer had uni but they were happy to swap it out and it was replaced with abalone (my first time to try it). Braised white Taro stems with abalone was our appetizer. Love the plates!!

Taro stem with abalone
Taro stem with abalone

Second course was soup with tofu, a very interesting seaweed and fish cake. The seaweed was a new one to us and very slippery. It reminded me of the stamens in a lily but with a gelatinous bubble around the ‘stamen’ part.

Clear soup
Clear soup

Our third course was the seasonal delicacies. A selection of cold and hot dishes. Left to right tempura conger eel with braised eggplant, braised octopus and daikon radish, sashimi of squid and seabass, chilled soba noodles with accompanying sauce.

Seasonal delicacies
Seasonal delicacies

For mains we were able to choose which meal we wanted Mr. CA4G had grilled scallops and salmon which was accompanied by roasted vegetables with a Japanese pepper sauce. The sauce was quite mild but went really well with the seafood. The scallop was huuuge!

Grilled scallop and salmon
Grilled scallop and salmon

I opted for the pork stew dish which included a softly poached egg topped with truffles, rice with perilla seasoning, Japanese pickles and Miso soup.

Pork Kakuni
Pork Kakuni

For dessert Mr. CA4G had the brown sugar cake with caramelized banana served with ice cream.

Brown sugar cake with carmelized banana
Brown sugar cake with carmelized banana

I tried a delicious pumpkin pudding with ice cream and a white cherry. Not a cakey pudding, this was more of a custard style. Quite dense yet creamy.

Pumpkin pudding withice cream
Pumpkin pudding withice cream

Got to love a view while you are dining and in our case the view for lunch was Hama-rikyu Onshi Teien and Tokyo Bay.

Hama Rikyu Tien
Hama Rikyu Tien

Thanks for dropping by!

Kazahana

Level 28

Conrad Hotel Tokyo

105-7337, Tokyo, 1-9-1 Higashi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku

http://conradhotels3.hilton.com/en/hotels/japan/conrad-tokyo-TYOCICI/amenities/restaurants-kazahana.html

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Kazahana, Conrad Hotel, Shiodome, Tokyo

One of our three favourite hotels to stay at in Tokyo is the Conrad Hotel in Shiodome. Located an easy 10 minute walk to the shopping mecca of Ginza, it has easy access to three train lines that will get you anywhere you want to visit in Tokyo.

This trip we were able to get an upgrade to a bay view suite, which gave us views over Hama Rikyu Onshi Tien, the Sumida River and Tokyo Bay.

View from suite
View from suite
Tea house Hama Rikyu Onshi Tien
Tea house, Hama Rikyu Onshi Tien

 

The suite was amazing, so much room. You often hear complaints about the size of rooms in Asian hotels, but this was larger than some we have stayed in in western countries.

Suite looking to the front door
Suite looking to the front door
Bedroom
Bedroom
Bedroom looking to the bay
Bedroom looking to the bay

Table setting, Kazahana.

Table setting
Table setting

Detail of chopstick rest.

Chopstick and rest
Chopstick and rest

A nice cold glass of green tea.

Iced green tea and bonsai
Iced green tea and bonsai

Appetizer of Taro stem, okra, uni, seaweed sauce.

Taro stem,uni, seaweed sauce
Taro stem,uni, seaweed sauce

Clear broth, tofu skin, shrimp dumpling.

Clear broth, tofu skin, prawn dumpling
Clear broth, tofu skin, prawn dumpling

Entrée plate.

Entree plate
Entree plate

Pike conger, tofu and eggplant(braised dish).

Braised eggplant, pike conger and tofu
Braised eggplant, pike conger and tofu

Octopus and radish.

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Sashimi of squid and sea bream.

Sashimi squid and sea bream
Sashimi squid and sea bream

Chilled soba noodles.

Chilled soba noodles
Chilled soba noodles

Tempura prawns and vegetables, rice topped with dried purple shiso leaf, pickles and miso soup.

Tempura plate
Tempura plate

Pre dessert.

pre dessert
pre dessert

Japanese black sugar cake, caramelized banana and watermelon with green tea.

Japanese black sugar cake
Japanese black sugar cake
Japanese black sugar cake
Japanese black sugar cake

Seriously developing a ceramics addiction. So many great pieces of ceramics used in restaurants. Need a bigger kitchen so I can go on a ceramics buying spree. Green tea to finish a great lunch.

Green tea
Green tea

After lunch we were in need of a lie down, which we followed with a swim in the amazing pool on the 29th floor, watching the office workers finish their day.

We can highly recommend the Conrad Hotel, great service, great staff, great rooms and fantastic location.

Thanks for dropping by!!

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