Comments on: Mitsukoshi Restaurant : Shabu-Shabu, Swish-Swish.

By: London Eater – London food blog and restaurant reviews and restaurant guide » The Newsletter No.5: Catching London Sushi.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:10:40 +0000

[...] The former is the namesake restaurant belonging to a premier name in the Japanese department store business and is located in the basement of the operations in Piccadilly Circus. Matsuri on the other hand, is a premier brand in the world of Japanese dining and is known for its Teppanyaki. Both represent – in my view – the old guard of premier Japanese restaurant in London and because of that, it means your bill is likely to balloon if you want a complete experience at either restaurant. Stil worth a mention, I believe, but it’s way, way down the list of priorities. Read more [...]

By: DSD

DSD — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:42:12 +0000

Great review! Except (and this is totally off-topic), the FlashForward ‘Hong Kong’ setting was comically bad. Things started off okay, but the producers obviously thought they should model the ‘real’ HK on their local Chinatown. The pagoda and the rickshaw? The elderly man in the pointed hat? Bad on an EPIC scale!

By: Kang L.

Kang L. — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:31:34 +0000

London Chow – Not yet, still waiting for the weather to recover before heading out to the new JC. I will give the Mitsukoshi another try again, this time for the other things on their menu.

Holly/Tommy – I think it’s because I’m used to flavoured soup bases, so for me, just cooking meat in hot water was indeed very bland. I read somewhere that in Japan they use Wagyu beef instead. On the otherhand, this was really my first time ever eating proper shabu-shabu so I dont really have a reference point. I would love to try the real thing in Japan though for benchmarking purposes.

Sabrina – Tokyo! Nice.. I’d like to go there soon enough, up till now, I’ve only had Japanese food outside of the home country. I’ve never really had ‘real’ Japanese food before, so would be interesting to see the differences.

Shayma – Indeed to slurp them and sometimes out loud too depending where you are, happy holidays too

Catty – …and when you are desperately craving it..

By: catty

catty — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:51:21 +0000

oh WOW I didn’t know there’s a restaurant at Mitsukoshi either! How bizarre! I’d heard people ate there but I thought it was a casual cafeteria style (ie not worth going to) thing, but look at that, a proper sit down meal, sashimi, shabu shabu and all. Sounds traditional but not mind blowing. Maybe one day when I’m stuck at Piccadilly Circus and desperately craving Japanese.

By: shayma

shayma — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:46:43 +0000

unagi and avocado, my fave sushi roll in the whole world. sorry the shabu shabu was bland. the only way to have noodles is to slurp them, no? happy hols to you and yours. x

By: tommy

tommy — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:33:14 +0000

I had shabu-shabu at Mitsukoshi and found it to be bland as well. But my experience, still with boiling water and beef, in Tokyo was completely different. So delicious!

By: sabrina

sabrina — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:06:03 +0000

Your review and photos transported me back to Tokyo! When I was there in April, I really enjoyed the food in the basement of their department stores. While I never saw shabu-shabu, there was plenty of great food like okanomiyaki. Now that’s something to write home about!

By: Holly

Holly — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:07:57 +0000

during lunch hour on weekdays they set up a little stall outside the restaurant selling bento boxes; their lunches seem to be much nicer than the japan centre toku and at around the same price range but not that many people seem to know about it?
was the beef flavourful though? I tend to do shabu shabu at home because it really is just filtered water in a hotpot, but if the meat is of good quality then the whole experience shouldn’t be bland?

By: London Chow

London Chow — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:59:36 +0000

To be honest, I’m surprised that the place isn’t filled up during lunches. I mean, the food is real decent and the price is reasonable.

When we were there, we ordered the kids’ bento to go with our mains. I have a weakness for omu-rice, which only kids’ bento offers. Didn’t get a chance to try out the shabu shabu though.

I supposed you didn’t drop by the newly furnished Japan Centre beside it?

C K

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