Lyon Higashiyama @ Ikejiri Ohashi

This is a place to enjoy cold meat.

They make their own ham, pate, sausages etc. and the pricing is very reasonable.

This plate, assorted meat platter had chicken liver pate, pate de campagne, pork ham and smoked lamb and only JPY1,380 and they all are of course home made and taste beautiful. You can feel and appreciate the difference of each meet by the texture and flavour.

Had this with Louis Latour Valmoissine 2007 (JPY 5,800) which has distinct bouquet with very apparent tannin but offers smooth finish. Just enough character to enjoy the cold meet with but not too much to disturb.

Also, the salad we had was amazing. sliced turnips and grilled panchetta (homemade) salad (around JPY 800). The fat of panchetta became the perfect dressing of this salad by adding its saltiness and richness to it.

We also ordered trippa cooked in red wine (JPY 750) however, it wasn't my favourite as I felt it was too rich and perhaps trippa goes together much better with tomato sauce. 

I forgot to take a photo of it but blue cheese omelette (around JPY 900) was also perfectly cooked and had natural sweetness which matched very well with the flavour of blue cheese.

The confi de Duck that we had at the end was for me quite disappointing as this is one of my fouvourite dishes and it wasn't salted evenly and some parts were too salty. 

I'm sure we loved the second bottle (was from cote de rhone) but forgot to take the photo and guess too much talking were involved among 3 girls....

Despite of some negative points, it is definitely worth while going there as it is really cheap comparison to some other french restaurants where you feel like you are paying more to the interior designers and their furniture than to the chefs, and quality of their cold meet is promising. The atmosphere inside the restaurant is cozy and just like casual bistro in Paris. What I also like about this restaurant is their service as they keep just enough distance away from their customers but not more to make you feel you are not looked after. 

Average: JPY 4,000~ 5,000 p/p

Opening Hours: 11:00~ 23:00

Fixed Holiday: None

Phone: 03-5724-4522

Address: 3-14-1 Higashiyama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo

1 min walk from Ikejiri-Ohashi East exit.

Website (only in Japanese):  http://blog.goo.ne.jp/lyon-higashiyama