"Where shall we go today?" Every Thursday I meet my friend Miyuki to lunch together, and these are the first words both of us utter. There are so many restaurants around Temmonkan, we always find it difficult to decide. At the moment I don't have a particular favorite place to go.
Last Thursday, as usual, we were wondering where to have lunch, when Miyuki came up with the suggestion of a French restaurant called Tomiyoshi on Gurume Street. Not having any counter suggestion, I agreed to try it. There were hand-written menus outside the restaurant. They had two kinds of set-menu. We went in, and were greeted with a friendly smile. The restaurant was rather small and homey. There were only six tables. Two of them were occupied. We were led to the innermost corner table. Without much thought, we ordered the cheaper course, and a starter as an appitizer.
Miyuki is at the moment in love with anything French, as she is planning to visit Paris this autumn. She was asking me how to pronounce some French words she is studying now, when our starter (or as Miyuki badly pronounced "hors d'oeuvre") arrived. A white bearded maitre d' explained what they were in a self-possessed manner. Norwegian salmon, terrine of foie gras, and terrine of summer vegetables. We put our French lesson aside for a while and enjoyed the food. It was simply good. It tasted as you would usually expect French cuisine to taste. The other customers were mostly women. Two more groups of customers came in.
The first course was corn soup, followed by the main dish of stuffed sole and scallop poeler. It is difficult to describe how they looked, because they were all so delicately prepared, small portions but intricately decorated. I remembered a ramen restaurant where I went once, just an ordinary bowl of simple ramen, not particularly good, cost 1,000 yen. Compared to that, this food was a hundred times better. We studied a little more French. As some of the earlier customers started to leave, I looked around and Miyuki mentioned the chairs being made of leather, probably Italian - a nice touch of atmosphere.
The dessert was Milk-tea flavoured ice cream, chocolate cake (delicious), and a tiny slice of melon and apricot. Coffee came in a demitasse cup, which I found rather too small. The food and service were good, quite satisfying for the price, 2,100yen. I personally like to enjoy a long relaxing cup of coffee after a good meal. I wouldn't mind going back again and trying another menu.
TEL | 099-226-1860 |
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Genre | French |
Address | 8-2 Higashisengoku-cho, Kagoshima city |
Open | (Lunch) 11:30 ~ 14:00 / (Dinner) 17:30 ~ 21:00 |