L’enfant qui rêve — Restaurant in Sapporo

The food was very good. I had the cheapest of the three set menu lunches. It was about $32. The other two were around $46 and $64. As far as I could tell, one got additional courses for the upgrades. My set menu had a delicious soup; a salad; an appetizer; the main course was a pork roast; and a small chocolate truffle and ice cream for dessert.The wait staff was friendly and the view out the window was great. My only unpleasant surprise occurred when I saw my bill. The waiter had come to our table with two bottles; one, an alcoholic champagne and the other, a non-alcoholic champagne. His manner definitely suggested we could freely choose either of the drinks AS THEY WERE INCLUDED IN THE SET MENU. He mentioned no prices and offered us no drink menu to select anything else. My Japanese friend who I was treating also assumed the same. Well, the bill had about $24 extra on it for two very small bottles of non-alcoholic champagne. This kind of sneaky bill padding I have never encountered anywhere else in Japan. I have to deduct one star from what was otherwise a five...

It was drizzling when we arrived at Moerenuma park. Honestly, it’s all man made structures and nothing really exciting. But it lunch time and I knew about this restaurant. Though we didn’t made any reservations, they kindly accepted our walk-in. Staff was friendly, courteous and helpful. Food was good, especially...

広大な公園内にあるフレンチレストラン。 公園の中でも一際目立つイサム・ノグチ設計のガラスのピラミッド内にあります。

このピラミッド、パリを訪れたことがある方なら、ルーブル美術館のガラスのピラミッドに似てる、、と思いますよね。 イサム・ノグチとルーブルをデザインしたI.M.ペイは友人なので、そのオマージュだそうですよ^...