Quintessence Review

This is a time-honored French restaurant in Shinagawa. The slow-cooked lamb chops are delicious and tender. The red wine foie gras is also very good. The standard Japanese service of the waiter is impressive.

From start to finish, the set menu was light but satisfying, and each course was beautifully presented and tasted amazing. The wines paired perfectly with all the dishes. Without a doubt, it was a very enjoyable dining experience, thumbs up!

Booked this in advance and was so excited to get a private dining room! Yes, it is true that you are not allowed to take pictures in the main dining room but in the private dining room, pictures are allowed. I have heard many complaints about not taking pictures but to be fair I believe it is clearly stated on its website that pictures are not allowed. I asked the waiter about this and the main reason was because they did not want other people to have an unpleasant dining experience by constantly snapping pictures. I think this is a fair point. You are paying for an experienced chef and his specific ideas of how food should be experienced. If you don't like it, don't. It's as simple as that. Regardless, the food is beautifully prepared and the waiter and sommelier are very detailed in explaining each course. At the beginning of the evening, they give you a blank menu and just say that the freshest ingredients of the season will be used to prepare your meal. The experience was well worth it! For a young chef like Kishida Shuzo, I think he has accomplished cuisines all over the world really well.

The appetizer is mussel cold soup. The cold soup is made with red pepper and shrimp, and the delicious mussel meat is added. The aroma of fresh shrimp and the sweetness of red pepper blend together, and the unique taste of mussels on the rack is added. After taking a bite, the distinct aroma makes people feel that this dish is of high quality.

A restaurant that requires reservations. Expensive, very expensive, very expensive, quite expensive, just ignore the price when you go there! The beef tastes good, just eat it like this, no blood and no peculiar smell, I can actually accept it.