Sabado Sabadet - Shirogane - Spanish

CLOSED - A new organic Spanish restaurant is here, we would love to hear how it is.

Sabado Sabadet - Shirogane

October 2007
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5-3-2 Shirogane-dai

Minato-Ku Tokyo

Tel. 03-3445-9353

Open 18:00 - 23:00

The first thing I noticed in this restaurant was that all the staff were Spanish including the chef. The food is traditional Spanish home cooking and the perfect example is the Spanish meatballs which I highly recommend. Also try drinking the sweet beer from the Spanish drinking vessel and try not to get it all over you like I did! The little figurines in the bathroom are good fun too.

Best Dish - Squid Ink Paella
Cost - Around 7,000 for 2
English Friendly - Yes
Atmosphere - Surprisingly quiet the night we went.
Food - Traditional Spanish home cooking.
Service - good
Wine list - A few good Spanish
Private Functions - no
Non smoking areas - no
Vegetarian Options - not much
Family Friendly - yes

Girona - Spanish - Gotanda

Girona - Spanish
January 2007

8-2-12 Gotanda
Shinagawa-ku
Ph (03) 3495-0762

I love Spanish food and this is the only place I have been to (so far) in Tokyo that has traditional Spanish Tapas. The restaurant is small and provides both table and bar seating. I love sitting at the bar because it is covered with Spanish olive oils and nick nacks. You can also see straight into the kitchen. We always order the Gambas Ajillo (pronounced Ahillo) which is prawns cooked in olive oil, garlic and chili. The Wagyu Harami, although not Spanish, is perfectly tender and a delight to the taste buds. Expect it to come out very rare. Almost everything we eat here is excellent except the bacon steak was a disappointment and the Paella is average.

Best Dish - Gambas Ajillo.
Cost - 8,000 yen for 2 including 2 glasses of wine.
English Friendly - No.
Seats - 18 table seats and 8 at the bar.
Atmosphere - Traditional Spain.
Food - Immaculate.
Service - Always good.
Wine list - A good variety of Spanish wines all priced well, 2 reds and 2 whites by the glass.
Non smoking areas - No.

Tesoro - Spanish - Omotosando

Tesoro - Spanish
December 2006

4-2-17 Omotesando Hills B1F
Shibuya-Ku
Ph (03) 5770-3996

We went to this restaurant for the Christmas dinner set so we had no choice for ordering. We looked for somewhere to go at the last minute and this was one of the few restaurants that still had places available. We were expecting and wanting authentic Spanish food so we were a little disappointed when the menu came out full of French and Japanese influences.

I love fish pie, it reminds me of a pub/bar/nightclub on the water in Sydney called Bungalow8. I would head down there for fish pie lunch and a few beers once every couple of weeks. The fish pie here was good, but a little too creamy for my personal taste. However I do think the cream appeals well to Japanese tastes.
The pigeon and fois gras pie was incredible. The pastry was cooked to perfection and it could have been served in any top restaurant in the world. The uni (sea urchin) and oyster paella was average.

Summed up - Don't expect traditional Spanish. This is modern Spanish fusion
Best Dish - We had the Christmas dinner set, best dish on it was the pigeon and fois gras pie.
Cost - Christmas set + wine was a bit under 40,000 yen for 2. Normal dinner you can expect to pay around 15,000 yen. Not so good value for money here but I guess you can expect that given this restaurants location.

English Friendly - English menu but the waiter don't speak much.
Seats - 40
Atmosphere - modern and classy
Food - Awesome
Service - Immaculate
Wine list - Not much Spanish wine, mostly French. Both recommendations were excellent.