Delicious Chinese dishes at Hotel New Otani

A bit gorgeous diner at a Chinese restaurant named "Taikan En (タイカンエン)" of Hotel New Otani (ホテルニューオータニ) in Akasaka (赤坂) for celebrating the birthday of my loved one. On Saturday, tables were fully occupied in this luxury restaurant. Staff seemed so busy, but thankfully, they reserved a window seat for us to see the beautiful Tokyo Tower.  

Hotel New Otani

Lobby of Hotel New Otani

Entrance of Taikan En

Inside of Taikan En

Toast with sparkling wine

Amuse

Chinese rice wine

Stewed shark's fin 

Fried shrimp, scallop and spring vegetables

Beijing duck rolled by rice crepe 

Fried beef with mushrooms 

Fried rice and soup of white cloud ear mushroom 

Pudding, custard ban and fruit

Happy Birthday! 

Dinner was superb. Very delicate and delicious. Definitely high-rank Chinese dishes. Strong spices or seasoning are not used and oil is less used. Rich bouillon carefully made of each ingredients are used for tasting. The taste was gentle but very impressive. I don't have any idea how they can make such a wonderful taste for stewed shark's fin and soup of white cloud ear mushroom. Thanks to less oil, no heavy stomach feeling. Rather, we felt our heath was improved:)

The taste was perfect. The service was moderate for this kind of posh restaurant. The number of staff was likely fewer compared with that of customers. The price is of course high. The set meal we ordered was JPY15,750 per person and 10% service charge is added. I could be satisfied with the wonderful taste. My rating is 4.2 out of 5. Goshiso-samadeshita!

Taikan En (タイカンエン) http://www.newotani.co.jp/tokyo/restaurant/taikanen/index.html