Azubu-juban: Principio (プリンチピオ)
Summary: Beautifully breathtaking Italian cuisine and wine served by a husband and wife team.
There are food that you eat to fuel yourself. There are also food that you eat to feel happy.
Then, there's Principio, a hideaway restaurant where you can savour simple but sophisticated Italian cuisine and wines.
This cosy little Italian restaurant, run by a chef husband and sommelier wife team, only has about 4 two-seater tables.
The interior is simple but well-thought-out – white walls, antique windows, Italian chairs.
This is by far the best food I have ever eaten in Tokyo.
It's not a stretch to say this might even be the best food I've ever had in my life.
Every dish was like a work of art. Beautifully presented, you could almost feel the warmth and love the chef has for his food.
This is the first time I have been to a restaurant, and was dazzled by every dish on the menu.
Their pasta is handmade, and they only use the freshest seasonal ingredients in their cooking. The pasta is boiled with painstaking precision to bring out its optimal flavor of flour, and is tangled carefully in their rich, flavourful sauce to ensure every strand is perfectly coated with the sauce.
I will let the pictures do the talking.
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| course menu |
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| italian bread sticks and olives |
Stuzzichino
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| three cheese mousse with honey 3種のチーズのムースとハニーのアクセント添え |
Antipasti
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| aburi oval squid with red onion and fennel, cous cous insalata with ginger アオリイカの炙り焼き 赤玉葱と茴香 クスクスのインサラータ 生姜の香り |
Antipasti
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| poached kihata fish キハタのヴァポーレ |
Primi Patti
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| blue swimming crab arrabiata tajarin with lemon flavours タヤリン 渡蟹のアラビアータ レモン風味 |
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| pici aged braised japanese cattle beef in red wine ピチ 中勢以の熟成旦馬牛の赤ワイン煮込み ポルチーニ茸と地蛤アクアパッツァ |
Seconde
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| grilled New Zealand lamb and aged braised tajima cattle beef in red wine ニュージーランド産 仔羊炭火焼き |
Dolce
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| poached fruit ポーチドジェラード |
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| japanese marron mont blanc 和栗のモンブラン |
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| marron paste - very strong alcohol taste. very yummy |
Caffee
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| quito cafe latte Quitoのカフェラテ |
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| organic fresh herb tea from Makaibari Tea Estate フレッシュハーブティ |
Come here for the perfect dinner.
Elegant, divine, wholesome food, without the snobbish, stuck up atmosphere.
Prior booking required.
Address: 2-4-8 Azabujuban Minato Tokyo
東京都 港区 麻布十番 2-4-8 麻布十番舘 2F
About 5 minutes walk away from A5 exit of Azabu-juban Station
Phone: 03-6809-4982
Hours: Tues - Sun 6pm - 7pm (last order dinner) Tues - Sat 7pm - 1am (bar)
Website: http://www.principio.net/
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