We were hungry and did not know where to eat and we saw this Italian place at the tip of the street in Harajuku
Dad read “Ostriche” on the menu board so he recommended this and we just followed. Only to find out “Ostriche” meant oysters and not Ostrich like dad originally thought 🙂 Though the oysters we ordered turned out to be our favorite dish!
This was our not so private dining room which fit us perfectly
Here is the owner and general manager of the restaurant. I was watching him and I noticed that everytime a dish would come out, he would go to this table and start garnishing the dishes
I found that an interesting touch by the owner…here is his working table
with oils and garnishings
Mr. Makoto Miyajima said that his restaurant is the oldest Italian restaurant in Harajuku
I found another use for cork… as a spoon/fork rest
2 pages of the menu were in English, the rest were in Japanese. Good thing we always have our brother, Paul, with us who interprets for us and helps us communicate with the Japanese
Salad- and of course the tomato is so fresh!
We were so scared to order because we have not heard nor eaten in this place..so we ordered very little dishes. We tried to order oysters and WOW!!! IT WAS SO GOOD!!! And they served it with a small toasted bread and mushroom on the side of the shell with this really delicious creamy sauce then sprinkled with parmesan cheese on top!!!!!!! We all loved it! THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!! We ordered again some more!!
Calamares!! WOW!! Also very good. The owner said that he uses everything NATURAL and ORGANIC!
The pizza was also very very good!! We felt so bad ordering very little because the food was taking quite some time to prepare and if we ordered again, it would take more time again…but IT IS WORTH THE WAIT!
ALL THE PASTAS WERE VERY GOOD!!!!!
Here is our second batch of oysters!! YUMMY!!
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Really delicious OYSTERS !