Wednesday 29 January 2014

Pork belly doesn't have to be heavy




Area:  250m from Kokusai (International) Center
Restaurant:  Decans デカンス
Map and Info:  http://www.hotpepper.jp/strJ001038601/map/?vos=nhppalsa000013

Hours: 11am-11:30pm (LO 11pm)

For reference, I was here at around 3pm and was still able to order the lunch meal!  For only 750円 the set included the rice dish, soup, salad and drink.  This was the pork belly lunch; the thin strips of pork were streaked with fat making it soft and buttery.  Its sweet teriyaki sauce went well with the wasabi mayo on the side, and was a nice addition to the sesame oiled bean sprouts.  Underneath the blanket of pork was a surprise of half a soy-sauce flavoured hard boiled egg.

The rest of the meal was a bit of a letdown as the soup was too salty to drink, the salad's dressing had a chemical lemony flavour and the frothy coffee tasted like hot water had just been added to a pack of instant coffee and creamer mix.

With the quiet techno music playing in the background, bright orange chairs and plain white wall decor, this restaurant's atmosphere is just shy of a comfortable one, but that just may be because I sat at the counter near the entrance.  I hear there is also a second floor:  I would be interested in coming back to take a look and to try their other lunches such as the salmon and salmon roe rice bowl, or maybe one of their udons.

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