CHIANTI

CHIANTI was founded in Roppongi at Iikurakatamachi in 1960.
This is one of the oldest Italian restaurants of Japan.
Many celebrities,authors and artists like Yukio Mishima, Akira Kurosawa,Yves Saint-Laurent,Salvador Dalí just to name few enjoyed their time here.

You can choose your favorite dish from many cold and hot appetizers on the table
This is the style of this restaurant.

I chose  Marinated sardine, Horse mackerel with Avocado, FIg with Row ham(prosciutto),  Liver pate

Spaghetti al Basilico

This restaurant was the first to serve Basilico Spaghetti in Japan.

This basilico of spaghetti was substituted with a perilla and a parsley

Because it was hard to obtain a basil around 1960.

It's Japanese-style Italian

 

 

There is a wide selection of sweets to choose from.