LB6

Olives, semi-dried tomatoes, and a bottle of Portuguese white wine: Quinta do Vallado Douro 2010.

Carpaccio of the day - sea bream - with olive oil.

Chicken liver mousse, pork ears "fritto" and a plate of assorted hams.

Feast overview - do notice the gorgeous bagna cauda setup at the very right.

LB6
1F, Landic Roppongi Bldg.
4-11-13 Roppongi
Minato-Ku, Tokyo

Notes:
B and I spent one of the most enjoyable meals of the entire Tokyo trip at LB6. A few days prior to our visit we had passed the restaurant and taken note of how lovely it looked and we thus decided to give a try on our last night after having pre-dinner drinks at nearby Orangé. The food is simple but the quality excellent. The bagna cauda we had was just right and perfectly accompanied by an extensive vegetable assortment served on ice. The sea bream was of an amazing, tender quality and the ham... oh, the ham... if you go there, get the assorted hams! Another plus is their varied yet affordable wine list. After 10 days in Tokyo our student bank accounts were hurting and we went for a bottle of white from Portugal, very competitively priced at just 2,500yen. Turned out to be a crisp, mineral wine and provided excellent value for money. The menu also featured beers from local Baird Brewing and a handful of cocktails. All this set us back less than 8,000yen, which I found to be exceptional for Japan standards. Highly recommended.

The Cellar

Fish tapas, bread, olive tapenade, tomato salsa, expensive water, generic chardonnay

The Cellar, Oryx Rotana

P.O. Box 29922
Doha, Qatar
+974 4402 3333 

Notes

I recently had a long layover in Doha, and decided to spend the day in the city. Before heading home on the last leg I wanted a good meal and a decent glass of wine. Oryx Rotana is located right next to Doha airport and in addition to being a functional hotel with a lovely atmosphere it is also home to a tapas bar. The Cellar has several theme nights each week such as oyster night, wine-at-retail-prices night and so on. After a month in India I was however craving fresh fish and opted for a plate of fish tapas which included both scallops, gravlax, shrimp and mussels - all things nicely cooked, of good quality and well tasting. Bread, tapenade and tomato salsa is complementary and of decent quality. Accompanied by two glasses of South African Chardonnay it set me back approx. 300dkk in total, thus not an inexpensive meal, though the glasses of wine did secure a good night's sleep on my flight home. Highly recommended if you're in Doha and need to kill some time.