Weekend Gourmets

Sep. 18, 2005

A friend of mine, Misa-chan, suggested to go to restaurant "Kimutaku" in Ginza. Of course, I immediately agreed with her as I’d never been there and wanted to try something new. She told me it’s famous for nice tonkatsu (Japanese pork cutlet). We decided to go to the one in Ginza and arrived there at 11:26. The restaurant was supposed to open at 11:30 and there were already four other groups queuing. We thought it’s a promising sign for good food! Yes, it was really a sign. Tonkatsu was excellent! It’s the softest and most tasty tonkatsu I’ve ever eaten. Pork wasn’t typical shape of tonkatsu meat. It was layered thin meat. Rice and cabbage were also very nice.

Although, Misa-chan and I don’t usually dear to queue for restaurants and cafes, we queued up for another place. We’re in a good mood and energetic after good lunch. We went to Pierre Marcolini, the world no.1 chocolatier! We wanted to try the chocolate parfait. It was hot outside. We had to queue for 30 minutes. We still believe it wasn’t bad for this famous chocolatier. When Misa-chan had the first spoon of the chocolate ice cream, she said "superb!". Yes, it was, indeed. Worth queuing up! However, after having tonkatsu, I have to admit it was though to finish the parfait 😉

Enjoyed good food a lot during the day. It was too full to eat supper 😉

(Japanese)

友人のみさちゃんの提案で“キムカツ”に行くことにした。すごくおいしいとんかつ屋らしいと聞いてたので興味津々。銀座店に行くことにして１１時２６分に到着。開店まで後４分だったけどすでに前に４組並んでた。おいしいにちがいない！

１１時半にお店に入り・・・わぉ！うわさはほんとうだった。すごくやわらかくておいしい！普通のとんかつに入っている豚肉とは少し違って薄い肉を層にして衣に包んであるのでやわらかくできるのだった。ごはんとキャベツもＧｏｏｄ！

おいしい昼ごはんにすっかり気をよくして　普段行列は大嫌いな私たちが今度はピエールマルコニーニで行列。マルコリーニは今世界で一番おいしいチョコレート屋だと言われている。そこで有名なチョコレートパフェを食べてみたかった。

外は暑かったけど３０分待ち。それでもいいほうだったのでは？と思っているけど。チョコレートアイスクリームを一口食べたみさちゃんが一言。“これすごくおいしい！”　その通り！すごくおいしかった。並んだ甲斐あり。とんかつの後のチョコレートパフェはちょっとヘビーではあったけれど。

昼間おいしいものを食べ過ぎて　夕飯が入らなかった。;-)