French cafe, made for the Japanese

Area: Meitetsu Department store 6F, Nagoya station
Restaurant: Maxim's de Paris サロンドテ「マキシム　ド　パリ」
Website and info: http://www.e-meitetsu.com/mds/food/cafe/index.html#maxims

Upon looking on the internet, it seems that this is a chain restaurant originating in France.  Having said that, it is obvious that they geer their cooking to match the Japanese tastes.  Take a look at this sandwich, for example.  A shrimp cream croquette sandwich (half-size 1050円).  The Japanese seem to love cream and potato croquettes, as they are found anywhere you go.  I am not complaining though, this sandwich was delicious and it came with ratatouille, salad, and two french fries.  At lunch hours (until 2pm), you can add a soup for about 200円.  Today's soup, I was told, was a vegetable soup.  I assume it was squash cream soup, also well done, but also common in westernized restaurants in Japan.

This little cafe does have a European feel that strives to be elegant, but casual enough for anyone to enter.  Next time I will try the mille-feuille chestnut dessert (by the way, Japanese bakeries also love to feature mille-feuille).