The restaurant is in a modern building with high ceilings and an open plan style layout. The background music is jazz and gives the restaurant a modern feel. If you go for lunch you can enjoy the beautiful view of the gardens from your table.The drink menu is impressive and includes all the usuals as well as a special sake made by Isojiman for Garden Basara. Unfortunately, I had to drive so I couldn’t try it but next time I will. They also serve a drink using the lime-like fruit sudachi which is famous in the Tokusima area.
When I photographed the menu the staff kindly gave me one which made me feel a little guilty as I only ordered tea which is free.The food menu offers 3 courses, the yuki (snow) for 7,000 yen, the tsuki(moon) for 10,000 yen and the hana (flower) for 13,000 yen. We ordered the yuki which consisted of many delicious and beautiful dishes.
The first dish was shrimp soup made with ground shrimp shell and seaweed. It had a mild flavor that would suit most palates.Next we had vinegared crab claw jelly, egg boiled in soy sauce and sake, stewed beef with egg and sardine with vegetables. They were all presented beautifully and tasted very good.
Next was a dish made from baby tuna which is very soft and not as oily as normal tuna.
It was served raw with seaweed, raw squid, lime and wasabi.It melted it the mouth and the sake soaked seaweed and squid complimented it perfectly.
After that was mackerel sushi served with a special radish called Ome daicon.
The sushi itself was only avesage but the radish was excellent even though it was a little hard to chew.
Next was grilled salted spanish mackeral with vegetables and lotus root served with a special mustard and seaweed sauce.
The sauce was a little spicy but tasted great with the fish which was moist and tender with a nice crispy skin.
By this stage I was starting to fill up so if you are not a big eater it might be too much.
The grilled mackerel was followed by a boiled vegetable dish that smelled strongly of Japanese pepper when I removed the lid.
The vegetables included bamboo shoots, carrots and other Japanesespecialities and they tasted as good as they smelled. In particular the bamboo shoot was very sweet and delicious and smelled like sweet corn.These delicious spring vegitables reminded us that spring was in the air and were a joy to eat.
The last of the main courses was rice, miso soup and Japanese pickles.Small shrimp and citrus juice were added to the rice which had a delicious aroma and tasted good. The miso soup was nothing special and I was so full anyway.
Dessert was what is known as a pallet dessert and was served on a real painters pallet.As the name suggests it looked like a piece of art and was a selection of tastey treats including papaya, green tea sherbet, pudding, soft cream, and other ttaditional Japanese sweets.
In conclusion Basara offers an exquisite range of high level Japanese food.
They use ingredients from Shizuoka ,Tokushima and Kyoto and combine them with excellent presentation and service.
The decor of the restaurant is sophisticated and overall dining there is a pleasure.
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Garden Basara
Address:347-1, Clematis-no-oka, Tono, Nagaizumi
Tel:+81-55-989-8778
http://www.clematis-no-oka.co.jp/012_shisetsu/100_basara/100_top.html
Budget:Lunch 5,000 yen Dinner 10,000 yen
Open:11:00am～3:00pm、5:30pm～10:00pm
Closed:Wed.
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