About food in Japan

Hello Kitty x Dominique Saibron baguette bag

OHHH, We could never imagine such a cute "baguette bag"

 

Following rusk in Hello Kitty package box, Japanese units of French high end baker, Le Boulanger Dominique Saibron offers a new product, "baguette bag" with Hello Kitty face as well as logo of "Tokyo".

 

The size is exactly for thier iconic product "Baguette Le Boulanger" (Yen 357).

On one side, an orange belt is attached so you can hold the bag easily.

On the other side, the logo Hello Kitty x Dominique Saibron appears.

 

It may be a good souvenir for people from France? so they can use on daily life it when they go back to their country. I am not sure how many times we have a chance to bring the French long-size bread, "baguette" in town of Tokyo or any other cities other than ones in France. Still I could not help but bringing a piece to a cash counter....

What do you want to put in the bag ? if it is not baguette.

 

Hello Kitty x Dominiuqe Saibron baguette bag costs each Yen525. The shop also offers a bag + "one piece of Baguette Le Bouranger" at special price Yen 735. The bread is also very nice, classic French style baquette.

It is available at units of Le Bouranger Dominique Saibron in Tokyo and their brand-new branch in Osaka. Nor is it available at the flagship boutique in Paris (77 avenue du general Leclerc 75014 Paris) nor is at Sanrio shop or Hello Kitty stores in Japan.

Several units of Le Boulanger Dominiuqe Saibron are in convenient location of central Tokyo such as...

Dominique Saibron Akasaka Main store 

Address: Akasaka Biz Tower, 5-3-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Nearest stations: Akasaka-Mitsuke, Akasaka, Tameike-Sanno

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Dominique Saibron Ginza Mitsukoshi

Address: Ginza Mitsukoshi Departmentstore, 4-6-16 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Nearest stations: Ginza

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Dominique Saibron Marche - Tokyo Station Keiyo Street 

Location: inside of JR Tokyo Station 1st floor "Keiyo Street"

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Dominique Saibron Marche et Cafe - Shinjuku LUMINE

Address: B2 floor Shinjuku LUMINE1, 1-1-5 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

Nearest stations: Shinjuku

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Dominique Saibron Marche et Cafe - LUCUA Osaka

Address: LUCUA Osaka B1F, 3-1-3 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka

Nearest station: Osaka, Umeda 

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For other stores location, please visit Dominique Saibron official site. It is Japanese version but at least you can find google map with store name.

http://www.maxim-s.co.jp/akasaka/ds/shop.html

 

Nihonbashi Kinoshige (日本橋 紀ノ重） - fish on parade from Tsukiji Market

Kinoshige (紀ノ重) is originally an established whole-seller with four-century history in Tokyo and based in Tsukiji Market. Is it great if we have a chance to taste seafood products carefully selected by the discerning professional Kinoshige buyers with their strong connections in the fishery? In Nihonbashi, Japan's financial centre, there is a Japanese restaurant or Izakaya (居酒屋) with Kinoshige brand.

The restaurant, Nihonbashi Kinoshige (日本橋　紀ノ重) is accommodated in the new building, COREDO Muromachi (室町) opened in 2010. The building is in a prime location, just in front of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Tokyo one of the most luxury hotel in the cosmopolitan, a block away from Bank of Japan or a few steps from Mitsukoshi (三越) department flagship store.

On the contrary to the financial district atmosphere surrounding location, inside of Nihonbashi Kinoshige, it is purposely decorated like "Tsukiji Market" site with Fish market sign boards hang on top and raw seafood displayed towards dining tables. The tables and chairs are unusual as a restaurant and look like wooden box stacked up. What a fun dining experience in a fish market atmoshere!

The menu list can be described fresh seasonal fish and seafood "on parade". Yes, they know the best way to taste each kind of seafood offered, sashimi, ryoshi-yaki (漁師焼, fishery style grill with sauce), genshi-yaki (原始焼, "primitive" style" grill), himono (干物, dried), nimono (煮物, well-cooked in pot) etc. We can never get tired of tasting seafood there. 

Complimentary starter - Squid spicy sauce, cooked with candle fire in front of us

Assorted very fresh sashimi plate 

Left: Octopus and vegetable in vinegar

Right: Salmon rolls (bottom) and

"non-fish dish" (top) fried roll with cheese and sake-kasu（酒粕, sake lees)

Of course Nihonbashi Kinoshige offer nice and wide selections of Japanese sake including ones from Tohoku (as long as stocks available). They must be excellent match with fish and seafood dishes proviede at the restaurant. 

My favourite sake from Fukushima, "Hiroki", not sure if it still has more stock...

and orange liqueur 

***** Update 3rd May 2012 ******

The restaurant is no longer called "Kinoshige" but is "Suminoe". The concept is altered a bit. But it is still under the same operator and the atmosphere and seafood focusing food menu are similar. Hence our recommendation for the restaurant remains. New English website is here.http://r.gnavi.co.jp/g753342/lang/en/
Thanks!

Restaurant name: Nihonbashi Kinoshige

Address: 2nd floor, COREDO Muromachi, 2-2-1 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Website: http://r.gnavi.co.jp/g753342/lang/en/

 

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