Area: about 150m south of Fushimi Station Exit 4 伏見駅
Restaurant: Bar Nagoya V (Five) バルナゴヤ ファイブ
Map and Info: http://tabelog.com/aichi/A2301/A230102/23050554/
Hours: Lunch 11:30am-2pm (LO 1:45pm), Dinner 5:30-11:30pm
This is supposedly a Spanish restaurant; I thought it might be a nice change to try it one day when I was able to make if in time before last order came around.
The lunch (under 1000 yen), included a soup, appetizer plate and main. First the soup: it was similar to french onion soup without the cheese. It was lightly seasoned letting the sweetness of the onions to be prominent.
Next the appetizers: the carrot salad was lightly dressed, the cabbage had a wafu (Japanese style) dressing, the fried fish was a bit salty and slightly vinegary. The bean salad with onion and fish (reminded me of pickled herring), was also a vinegary slaw. The potato frittata was simple, but soft and juicy. The cream croquette was a fried mashed potato, bacon and white sauce (what the Japanese call Bechamel sauce) ball. Something about this made it taste like western fare.
The main was an ajillo. Very garlickey as it should be, this one was not too salty. The chicken breast meat was juicy. The bread had a nice thick crust and was pretty dense on the inside. Not only was the texture a pleasure, the flavor was also nice. Dipping it in the garlic oil of the ajillo just enhanced this flavor. The mentaiko (spicy cod roe) mashed potato smeared on one slice was not so strong on the mentaiko flavor, so I feel it could have used more roe and less potato.
The techno dance music fit the casual atmosphere of this bar.
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