Air cafe: a nice location

Area:  about 400m northeast of Imaike station 今池駅
Restaurant:  Air Cafe   エールカフェ
Website and Map:  http://aircafe-centralgarden.com/access/

Hours:  11am-10pm (Lunch menu until 3pm)


Near Ikeshita station, Nagoya Central Garden houses a few expensive looking and stylish restaurants, as well as bakeries and even a specialty grocery store.

This cafe is a bit hidden in the back and it does have a bit of an older feeling.  It's actually a brasserie, and it does have that French bar look.  

Today's lunch appetizer was a scallop escabeche salad.  The dressing was vinegary, but sweet almost like grapefruit juice or fruit juice was used.  There was also had a shiso flavor dressing the edges of the salad.  The scallops were coated in flour before cooking, so they soaked up the marinade nicely.  It was refreshing and the onion topping was a nice touch.  

The suzuki (white fish) main was cooked in an olive oil and white wine broth.  It was mild in both those flavors, but was seasoned well.  It almost tasted like chicken broth.  The bread came warmed, a baguette and a soft pillowy white kaiser. 

Dessert was a grapefruit jelly, and tasted just as if I were eating a grapefruit. Coffee was also included (a slightly pricey 1600 yen for the meal).  It was a dark, but relaxing space with Norah Jones music playing in the background.