Amber Palace, Tokyo - Chiyoda City

去年の夏ぶり。パレスホテルの琥珀宮さんにお邪魔しました?✨ パレスホテルの5階にあるミシュラン1つ星の中華料理屋さん。こちらは六本木にある中華飯店グループのお店だそう。 今回は料理長特製なのでメニューにない品々もいただけました(感謝?) まず、前菜の盛り合わせ 鮑を含む色鮮やかな前菜。 フォアグラは滑らかで、臭みが全くなく濃厚。 左のゼリーは新鮮な野菜を金木犀のジュレで。少し甘みがあってとってもさっぱり。 豚肉は外はカリッと、中は柔らか。特製味噌とマスタードがアクセントになります。 色とりどりの前菜が目にも楽しい一品でした。 香港式点心3種 海老焼売、焼き餃子、春巻き。 春巻きはサックサクのぱりぱり。 中身は海老をメインにしていてサクッとプリッとのマリナージュが味わえました。 ピリ辛の味噌をつけるとまた違った味わいに！ 海鮮とトリュフのふかひれスープ トリュフがたっぷり入ったスープは香りが豊か。 とろーりフカヒレがこれでもかというくらいたっぷり。上品だけど大満足な一品です。 名物　北京ダック お待ちかねの大好物北京ダック。 こちらは巻いて出していただけるそうで、ネギと胡瓜と特製味噌ソースがあらかじめ絶妙な巻き加減で巻かれて出てきます。 今回もとっても美味しくいただきました... 和牛の炒め物 柔らか〜いお肉をピーマンやきのこと炒めた物。ホロホロのお肉がたまりません！ 蟹肉と帆立貝のチャーハン 香り爽やかなトムヤムスパイスで ふわっとした帆立貝と海鮮に、酸味あるスパイシーな薫り！ トムヤムクン風味のチャーハンでした！ 初めて食べる味でした。 デザート マンゴーとグレープフルーツとタピオカ とっても爽やかな甘味に小粒のタピオカがもちもち。 お腹いっぱいでしたが美味しくいただきました。 たくさん頂いてお腹がパンパンに??? 大好きな北京ダックも久々に食べれて大満足でした！ ほんとーにご馳走様です? またお邪魔します！

Good food?

Delicious, comforting food.

Excellent Chinese restaurant.

Testy food and healthy.

Delicious Chinese food! Love the atmosphere. Space is huge so other clients won't disturb you. Customers are friendly and ready to assist. A little bit pricy but it is worthy. Definitely recommend for people who love good Chinese food.

Refined food in elegant surroundings. I had the ¥6,000 Peking Duck lunch course which includes an appetizer plate of cold jelly fish, seasoned green beans, and 2 kinds of roast pork. This was followed by a 3 dim sum sampler. There was some confusion as whether one is allowed to select the items in the sampler from the regular menu. The large deep fried spring roll with prawn was unlike any other I have tasted, and you are given a sheet of absorbent paper to hold it in along with a finger bowl for afterward. It was served with a zesty chili miso paste condiment. The mini char siu turnover was absolutely delicious. The Peking duck is presented to you but then taken away to have the skin removed and everything assembled in the required pancake. This too was unlike any I had experienced—I did wonder though, what happened to the rest of the duck after the skin was removed, since duck leg meat is quite delicious. A soup, stir fried ong choi, fried rice, and dessert followed. Since this is a Michelin starred restaurant I should to point out a couple of things. Complimentary Jasmine tea is served if requested, but we were not informed of this and only became aware of it when the table next to us received some. I understand that if complimentary tea is served, diners may not order the more expensive teas, but this is a decision that should be left to the customer, and frankly, you won’t have any budget minded people eating here. Lunch for two with 2 glasses of wine, tax, and service charge came to ¥20,000. We ordered a pot of pu'er tea, which the waiter removed towards the end of the meal without explaining that he was going to refill it with more hot water. We got the impression that they wanted us to leave. See below... Secondly, service feels a bit rushed, with 7 courses to plow through in 1.5 hours. We were politely informed that we would have to vacate the table by 1:00 p.m. for an 11:30 spot when we made the reservation. Frankly, if I’m going to spend $200 on lunch I want a relaxed experience. I may actually order more wine, or another item. Would definitely return, perhaps to order à la carte, but to compose a meal from their extensive menu would require time and consideration over some tea or a glass of wine. If I had one criticism about the food, it is that the ong choi was overcooked and limp.

Thanks to the extremely good ambience and excellent hospitality, was able to give a memorable birthday dinner for my wife. The staff were very well mannered and the food was delicious. They had a small piano which played birthday melody and presented message plate. The timing and everything was perfect.