Tamaharu Futakotamagawa — Restaurant in Tokyo

Upscale Italian Japanese fusion restaurant just a few blocks from the train station in a retail area owned and operated by the Takashimaya group. Entering into a long room with an open kitchen and counter seat along the left and a few tables on the opposite side. The clean wood finish adds warmth to an otherwise sparcely decorated space. The chef is a one man show with several servers taking care of the floor. Wine is served in beautiful glasses. The lunch menu consisted of about eight pasta selections, most that incorporated cream along with various seafoods. Unfortunately the chef was a bit heavy handed in the use of cream leaving everyone in our group feeling full from richness of butterfat despite the small portions. Perhaps having a few more tomato based selections to balance the menu would have been appropriate,...

We stumbled across this place on a Friday evening trying to find a place and what a gem of a place for some nice Taiwanese influenced Izakaya dishes. This is not a upscale restaurant and a simple Izakaya place run by what seems like the owner who cooks all the dishes by himself and have one service staff, so a very small and humble place but what it lacks in ambience it makes it up by their home cooked style dishes and taste. We tried several dishes and all of them were full of flavour, not so rich and salty but right on balance and enjoyed all of our dishes. The dishes does remind us of a bit of a Taiwanese influence showcased by some of the ingredients used but we loved them and we thoroughly enjoyed our meal. We had 5-6 dishes with 2 drinks and it came around 6000 yen which made it a great value...

It is the most tasty place in this area. I’m coming to this place 2-3 times a week during my stay in Japan. Mostly Chinese-inspired Japanese-style dishes. The Dai-Gyoza plate is one of the best and is highly recommended. Reservation is somehow suggested to secure the seats otherwise it’s full house sometimes during lunch and dinner as...