北参道の舞台で紡ぐ食の幻想曲「Sincere」 : Sincere

One day in January, when the cold still stings, I went to the popular French cuisine Restaurants "Sincere" in Kita-sando to celebrate my birthday. The name of the restaurant means "honest, without lies" and conveys honest feelings to the customers who come to eat the food. Restaurants has been awarded one star in the Michelin Guide and is highly regarded both at home and abroad. On this day, I ordered the "Haute Couture Course (18,755 yen)." At Sincere, each course is named after the chef. As soon as we arrived, we were handed the course menu called "Scent of Winter and Premonition of Spring." I immediately realized that this was not just a menu, but a story. [Course menu] ・Sea urchin, shrimp and tomato dish ・Finger food ・Snow crab, blackthroat seaperch and whelk in cocktail glasses ・Monkfish, milt and bamboo shoots in yuzu-scented sauce ・Red sea bream pie ・Kumano wagyu beef charcoal grill and potato mousse with miso sauce ・Staub rice ・Chestnut Mont Blanc ・Red ayane ・Sweets We also had wine pairings. We started with a dish of sea urchin, shrimp and tomato. This dish was made with shredded tomatoes that were warm enough to shake off the cold of winter, and was accompanied by sea urchin and shrimp that hinted at the arrival of spring. The harmony of the flavors of each ingredient built up expectations for the dishes that followed. Next came a plate of finger food. The menu had a taste of autumn, with pumpkin pate, carpaccio inspired by fish bones, and snacks made with sweet potatoes. Does this story start in autumn? I was amazed at the depth of the storytelling. The cocktail glasses, made with snow crab, blackthroat seaperch, and whelk, made me feel like I was peering into a small ocean. The monkfish, milt, and bamboo shoots in a yuzu-scented sauce each had a breath of spring in them, and I felt the transition from winter to spring through my taste buds. They also brought out the bread and ganache provided. The ganache was excellent, with a firm dough and fluffy bread dough inside. Combined with the rich aroma of butter, it felt like I was walking around buying bread at a bakery in a French town. Then came the long-awaited signature dish, red sea bream pie. The outside was crispy and the inside was filled with juicy white fish, and the appearance was modeled after traditional Japanese taiyaki. This humorous idea and execution brought a smile to my face. With one bite, the aroma of the pie and the softness of the red sea bream blended exquisitely, and happiness exploded in my mouth. Next came charcoal-grilled Kumano Wagyu beef and potato mousse. The deep flavor of the Wagyu beef was enhanced by the miso sauce. To finish off the meal, chestnut Mont Blanc and a special tea named "Kusaion" were served. The sweetness of the chestnut and the bitterness of the tea left a pleasant aftertaste. At the end of the meal, we were served playful tea sweets hidden in a garden-like monument. The fun of exploring them reminded me of the excitement of childhood that I had almost forgotten as an adult. My visit to this Restaurants was more than just a meal. It was a theater, where the ingredients were characters and we became part of the story. As I ate the pie wrap that I took home, I felt the experience of that day being deeply engraved in my heart. "Sincere" in Kitasando is not just a place to serve delicious food, but a place to create a sunny day in the heart of all who visit. The story that this Restaurants weaves will surely be unforgettable for many food culture lovers. ━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━ [National gourmet and travel information site] "Photogenic Gourmet Travelogue" https://www.tsudunadomain.com/ ━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━…━