Shirokane Chez Tomo Natural Cuisine

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🇫🇷 French / 📍 Shirokane

📓 Visits: 1

Chez Tomo was awarded a Bib Gourmand in the 2023 Tokyo Michelin Guide.  In addition to an a-la-carte menu there are course menus at dinner priced between JPY 5,000 and JPY 10,000 and course menus at lunch at either JPY 2,200 for two courses or JPY 3,500 for four courses or JPY 6,200 for seven courses.  The cheapest lunch course menu is available on weekdays only and does not include dessert (extra charge of 650 yen) or the signature vegetable dish so the best value is the four course where these are included and this is what I went for on my visit.  There's a choice of starter and main (and dessert) with the cheaper lunch menus but not with the most expensive one.  Menus are bilingual.  A copy of the lunch menus is below.

The starter of red trout was very refined albeit a bit cold.  Next the signature dish of 28 organic vegetables which will look familiar to anyone who's been to Tsushimi.  Some were cooked, some raw and all good quality.  I counted 27 but who's counting?  For main I chose the beef shank.  This was good but potato would have been better than daikon, cheek would have been better than shank and the sauce needed to be richer.  There was a choice of three desserts.  I chose the strawberry dessert, which consisted of strawberry soup, ice-cream and bavarois.  This was fine.  The meal included tea or coffee.  Bread was good.

Service was polite and efficient.  The restaurant was busy but there were at least three chefs in the kitchen so there were no gaps in service.  The restaurant manager could speak reasonable English.

Overall this was good value for money.  A lot more complexity in the cooking than in the only other French restaurant I've managed to visit that debuted with a Bib Gourmand this year with pricing not much different.  A sister restaurant operates in Ginza.

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❓ My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ 3.8

📱 Booking: 🟩  A day or two in advance by phone.  Walk-ins may be possible.  You can also book online but there's more availability by phone.  English spoken.

📍 Location: 5-15-5 Shirokane.  Ebisu 3-Chome crossing.  10 minutes' walk South from Hiroo Station Exit 1.  Dedicated street-facing entrance.

📅 Visit January 2023

4-course lunch

💴 Damage: 3,500 incl. water
⏱️ Time taken: 1h