It ’s not artificial flowers, but real cherry blossoms.
From February 24th to March 8th, at the restaurant inside the building, which is decorated with about 4,000 (!) Branches of the early-blooming cherry blossoms "Keiozakura" in Yamagata Prefecture, which are in full bloom in winter. The fair "Keioh Sakura Cherry Blossom Viewing Choi Drinking Festival" is being held where you can enjoy "little swallowing".
All 24 stores participated in the fair. In exchange for the "Choi Drinking Ticket" (three spelled, 3,000 yen including tax) sold during the period, you can enjoy the "Choi Drinking Set" that includes the popular dishes of each store and the recommended sake. You can use one card (1,000 yen worth) per store, which means that you can ladder three stores by spelling three cards! Tickets can be purchased at each participating store.
This is a little swallowing ticket!
● Which stores can use tickets?
The following 24 stores are eligible for a little swallowing ticket.
[B1F Black Fence Yokocho]
Kushihan Shigenoi
barBAR Tokyo Ryutan Goteruri Chinese long-established store Tianjin Hotel Ginza bald Tenmaizawa beef yellow tree
[1F Kitchen Street]
Uniya no Amagokoro
Dachibo Tokyo Stazione Don Pierre Tokyo Express Curry Numazu Uogashi Sushi Takegami Ichitetsu Soba Hakata Umauma Cantonese Roasted Noodles Tropical Sake House Nishimurabiyori Ginza Shellfish Kitchen Kaiyabimon Tempura Keyaki Beerteria Pront Namba Sennichimae Kamatake Udon
[2F Kitamachi Dining]
7th Ubei Tokyo Yatai Flower Festival
Target stores are lined up on each floor, B1F, 1F, and 2F.
● Recommended restaurant of the eating editorial department
The En-eating editorial department has also used a little swallowing ticket to ladder for a preliminary survey of the welcome and farewell party in the future.
This time, I visited three stores, "Hakata Umauma" (1F), "Hanasai" (2F), and "7th Ubei" (2F). I chose it completely according to the mood of the place, but as a result I was very satisfied, so I would like to recommend it to everyone.
1st store: Hakata Umauma menu: Umauma special set
The horse horse special set is a bite-sized dumpling
A set of sake that has been poured
A set of 10 "Hakata specialty" dumplings and a glass of sake (a glass is put in a box and poured into it) instead of beer. The brand is Saga's "Nabeshima new moon". It has a fruity taste with no habit and is easy to drink, and shed the thick and meaty dumplings cleanly. Gyoza and sake go well together!
Burn your appetite here and go to the next shop.
2nd store: Hanamatsuri offer menu: Hanamatsuri little swallowing set
You can get your own sauce, so you can do it twice!
A great value set with 5 recommended Kushiage of the day, Akita's local sake "Jungin Takashimizu (sweet)" and "Freezing highball". Takashimizu is served as an aperitif, and highball is served with deep-fried skewers.
Sake (left) and highball (right)
There are 5 types of kushiage on this day: quail, sausage, sillaginidae, hamukatsu, and lotus root. The batter has fine grains and a crispy mouthfeel! The wieners and quail eggs wrapped inside are hot and fluffy, and go great with kin and cold highball. Two glasses of sake are included, and the five skewers are quite voluminous, so the satisfaction level is quite high.
Juicy hamukatsu
I'm already tipsy, but I have one more ticket so I'll go to another store at the end.
3rd store: 7th generation Ubei menu: Edo period sushi included Hakodate seafood little drink set
Just the right amount for squeezing
After all, the shime is rice! So, I came for sushi.
The little drink set is a combination of a glass of sake "Namamoto", fresh fish sashimi sent directly from Hakodate Port, and "Edo period sushi" that uses red vinegar for sushi rice. Sushi from the Edo period is more than twice the size of normal sushi!
Certainly the rice is red!
Come here and see the royal road combination of "sake and seafood". Probably because the sashimi and nigiri are fresh, I enjoyed the texture and rich umami that melted on my tongue. Not to mention the marriage with sake, it's the best.
It may be quite expensive
● I got pretty tipsy!
When I went to the 3 stores, I was completely satisfied with my stomach and felt good about getting drunk. After all, I enjoyed the idea of "a little swallow" until just before the last train.
At first, I was worried about things like "Is it really possible to eat and drink with just a ticket?" And "Is it necessary to order something other than a little swallowing set?" I didn't get angry (of course) without ordering anything else. It's convenient ~ this.
If you suddenly want to drink while going out, on your way home from work, or while transferring at Tokyo Station, why not stop by Grand Gourmet. Business hours are Kitamachi Dining 11: 00-23: 00 (Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays until 22:00), Kitchen Street 11: 00-23: 00, and Kurofuku Yokocho 11: 00-23: 00 (some differences).
There is also such a thing, by all means
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