At Torihan, a yakitori restaurant in Kagurazaka, Tokyo, French chefs serve chicken dishes. Recently, the summer course menu "French skewers and pheasant shabu-shabu course" (8,700 yen including tax) that incorporates the store's specialties has begun to be offered.

The course consists of the following eight items.

・ Bird half-summer vegetable salad ・ Melting foie gras ganache-with the scent of summer truffles-
・ Assortment of cold corn soup and meatballs ・ 3 types of skewers (salted grilled sesame, roasted zucchini and meat meat-red paprika sauce-, grilled thigh meat-with the stimulation of red wine and black pepper-)
・ Pheasant shabu-shabu and porridge ・ Mango and love egg summer parfait

Foie gras ganache is a French chef-like dish. It is said that foie gras is melted in bouillon and hardened only with foie gras fat, like "ganache", which is a confectionery that combines fresh cream and chocolate.

The taste is richer than it looks, as if the foie gras was condensed tightly. I just reach for alcohol.


The combination of cold corn soup and meatballs is made by dipping large meatballs in chilled corn soup. The soup, in which the sweetness of the corn is fully melted, is delicious enough by itself. When this is entwined with meatballs, the sweetness enhances the taste of the meat. The menu was created with a way of eating that is not "sauce + egg yolk", and it is said that it is now a specialty.


Here comes a beautiful "French skewer" baked with Bincho charcoal.


Among them, the whole skewer "Zucchini and roasted breast meat", which says "I want to convey the deliciousness of the breast meat" (chef), has an exquisite texture that does not become too hard and the umami that exudes to the extent that it chews. Repaint the image of. Once again, the meat tastes like sautéing when you put it in your mouth with salted black pepper. The yakitori with the addition of French essence was truly "tasting".

The main dish is the pheasant shabu-shabu from Kihoku Town, Ehime Prefecture. I've eaten the pheasant pot, which is stewed steadily, but shabu-shabu is rare.


It has a rich but pale pheasant meat, and probably because it is sliced, it has a very refreshing aftertaste when eaten with shabu-shabu. It's easy to eat, so it might be good for a "summer" menu. The porridge is porridge. Needless to say, the rice that sucked in the pheasant's umami was delicious.

This content will be available until early September. How about a candidate when you want to eat "good rice"? Don't forget to make a reservation.

【store information】
Kagurazaka Torihan Address: 4-1 Tsukudocho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo ASK Building 1st floor Business hours: 17:00 to 23:00 Regular holidays: Sundays and holidays