Pariya

Frommer's Review

What a clever concept: Design a chic, airy restaurant sure to draw in the fashionable Aoyama crowd, and then keep 'em coming with set lunches that change weekly. Diners compose their own meals from choices of a main course, a side dish, a salad, genmai (unpolished brown rice) or hakumai (polished white rice), soup, and coffee and tea. Ethnic-influenced offerings may include grilled chicken, salmon, and sukiyaki beef, while side dishes may range from sweet potatoes to pasta. At dinner, the establishment is a combination bar/restaurant, with an English-language menu listing salads (a standout is the Asian Caesar salad with fried sea eel and poached egg, as well as the compose-your-own salads), noodle and rice dishes (recommended are the gyoza with leek or the pumpkin gnocchi with porcini cream sauce), pizza, and other fare that changes with the season.

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