TACUBO

One of the worst restaurant I’ve ever visited in Tokyo with a Michelin star. Definitely avoid. When you pay more than 10,000 JPY/pp for dinner, you would expect something fancier than unknown vegetables, sardines, cod roll(?). The services is bad. The workers in the kitchen seemed eager to go back home as they were closing and cleaning when we were still at our last dish(main course). And they definitely discriminate against people who don’t speak Japanese. The chef was unbelievably arrogant and rude. The presentation was done haphazardly by the workers and the food tastes really awful and salty. After the dinner, we asked to speak with the chef. He seemed nonchalant and didn’t even care. No apology, no comforting, just arrogance. We thought that you should know. Don’t believe in what they say in Tabelog or TripAdvisor. We have the photos for you to see for yourself. Believe me, avoid. There are many more good restaurants in the city.

The food with pairing really good taste with talking to Takubo san

Small intimate restaurant with only 8 counter seats. The dishes features plenty of Japanese ingredients. The pasta and risotto were very tasty. A little bit disappointed with the meat. We were served the pork and it was not as tender as I expected. Perhaps, I should have opted for the more expensive lunch ¥13,500 where the beef is featured. Overall, it was a great lunch. I thought it was very thoughtful of the restaurant to offer another serve of pasta after the meat to those who hasn’t had enough. To note is that in lieu of service/tax, the restaurant charge a cover of ¥1,200 pp. I think it’s fair.

We took a course including the signature Woodfired beef. Their appetizers, and pasta were pretty nice of course, but their (real) wagyu prepared in a woodfired oven just totally blew me away. The crust, the smoky flavor and the beautiful medium rare cooking was literally up to perfection..