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10 April 2022 · Lunch
At the table
Elijah Chen, a chef friend from Sydney.
Written by
James Zhang

At the Maker’s Table: Lunch at ESqUISSE, Ginza

James Zhang |

Ginza, Tokyo · ESqUISSE

One of the best French restaurants I have tried: lunch at ESqUISSE in Ginza with my chef friend Elijah Chen, April 2022.

Ginza, Tokyo · 10 April 2022

Ginza, Tokyo · 10 April 2022
Ginza, Tokyo · 10 April 2022

In April 2022 I had lunch at ESqUISSE in Ginza with my chef friend Elijah Chen from Sydney. Tall windows light the tables along one side of the dining room, with pale curtains and white cloths. The tables were laid for lunch.

The bread came to the table on a long wooden board before it was served, with flour on the crust.

Bread brought to the table at ESqUISSE, 10 April 2022.
Bread brought to the table at ESqUISSE, 10 April 2022.

ESqUISSE is one of the best French restaurants I have tried, albeit not many of them.

The plates

One dish was a small portion of seafood on a pale plate, with a dark red garnish above it. Another was built around green leaves and a pale sauce, with a darker pool at the edge.

There was also a taller, layered dish with petals and small bright details. The plates leave a good deal of empty space around the food.

A plated course from the April 2022 lunch.
A plated course from the April 2022 lunch.
Leaves and sauce on a pale plate, from the same meal.
Leaves and sauce on a pale plate, from the same meal.
A layered dish with petals, April 2022.
A layered dish with petals, April 2022.
A tea bottle from the April 2022 lunch.
A tea bottle from the April 2022 lunch.

Lunch, 10 April 2022

The window-side setting at ESqUISSE, 10 April 2022.
The window-side setting at ESqUISSE, 10 April 2022.
A foamy plated course from the same April 2022 lunch.
A foamy plated course from the same April 2022 lunch.
Greens and sauce on a white plate, ESqUISSE, 10 April 2022.
Greens and sauce on a white plate, ESqUISSE, 10 April 2022.
A plated portion with sauce and small green garnishes, from the same lunch.
A plated portion with sauce and small green garnishes, from the same lunch.
A browned rectangular portion served with sauce and greens, from the April 2022 lunch.
A browned rectangular portion served with sauce and greens, from the April 2022 lunch.
A browned, folded dish later in the April lunch.
A browned, folded dish later in the April lunch.

There was also an ESqUISSE book. This was lunch in Ginza on 10 April 2022.

Finding the place

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ESqUISSE

エスキス

〒104-0061 東京都中央区銀座5丁目4-6 ロイヤルクリスタル銀座9F

Royal Crystal Ginza 9F, 5-4-6 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan

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Our lunch was on 10 April 2022.

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