RIVA — Restaurant in Hiroshima

Awesome restaurant we found online tonight while looking for desserts. Walking in, it seemed like it was a take out dessert store at first but then peering inside there was a back for seating and an upstairs. The place was really nicely designed, with a lot of wood, warm lighting and a simplicity that was comforting and relaxing. We were taken up into a private room and was served by a really helpful waiter. To have our own private room, my initial thoughts was that the menu would be really expensive but it was actually very reasonably priced. We had dinner already but wanted to try out their food so we ordered an egg souffle with eel and 4 drinks. My companions ordered alcoholic beverages and I ordered a non alcoholic home made lemonade. It was absolutely delicious! It's not your usual lemonade but more of a lemon and honey water. It was super refreshing and I wanted more. We had a fantastic egg souffle at another restaurant prior to trying this one and I think they did a good job here as well. The broth was very tasty and the egg and eel was seasoned well.

After the egg, we wanted to try their desserts and they were all done really well. They were nicely made, really cute and they were not overly sweet (as I don't prefer overly sweet desserts). My favourite was the strawberry flavoured anko inside a mascarpone shell. So flavourful and had so many dimensions!

Would totally come back again if I'm...

Balanced and nuanced flavors, made from local and seasonal ingredients. Although at first glance, some combinations may seem odd, they actually turned out very good, brining out a refreshing quality in the rich, savory tastes. I especially liked the mochi with yuzu in the white miso soup. Overall an enjoyable, well-designed course.

Even though I could only understand some basic Japanese, the staff were all very kind and took their time to explain everything to me in plain Japanese and even drawings. I've got to try some interesting dishes for the first as well ("yukke" and the auspicious "kuwai" etc). A memorable experience....

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