Underground Dining: Secret Gastronomy in Akihabara

In Tokyo’s energetic Akihabara district stands an unassuming door that conceals a dining experience unlike any other… Your experience location is typically a members-only restaurant, but today, you’ve got the key to this locked door. The chefs are professionally trained and have collaborated to create an innovative multi-course menu. This multi-sensory experience occurs at a hidden restaurant in Akihabara–hidden by choice, as it’s typically a members-only venue. But we’ve got a golden ticket for you! Your menu designers are skilled chefs whose collaboration results in an adventurous, innovative, and unique menu crafted using seasonal ingredients, herbs, and spices. The culinary duo comprises a French-trained chef from Auberge Au Mirador (an exclusive restaurant and lodging in Hakone) and a culinary maestro from the esteemed Ginza Kyubey. Sample menu: Chilled cream of white asparagus soup Mr. Ishino's fruit tomato with sakura jelly drizzle Specialty salad with bigfin reef squid and Japanese banana Freshly delivered clams from Fisherman Takayama in Kujukuri, served with field mustard Spring rolls with Nagaokakyo bamboo shoots and hijiki seaweed Foie gras ice cream monaka with Nagano Prefecture's Pink Lady apples Charcoal-grilled blackthroat seaperch with celeriac and butterbur shoots Skewers of minced Pyrenean suckling lamb with rich egg yolk sauce and homemade black shichimi pepper blend Japanese-style pilaf (takikomi gohan) with Toyama firefly squid Kawachi-bankan from Wakayama Prefecture’s Mikan no Mitchan Farm, served with bay leaf Basque cheesecake The Chef’s Specialty Course allows you to enjoy a series of creative culinary masterpieces during a leisurely two-hour feast. Each dish will be prepared and served by the chef at the counter, ensuring a seamless and well-timed evening. Post-meal, you’ll move upstairs for an hour of leisure and drinks.