A beautiful Tofu restaurant

On Friday we went to a specialist tofu restaurant called "Tofuya Ukai." To say it is an astonishing place is an understatement. It is right underneath the Tokyo Tower right in the heart of Tokyo. It has an amazing 2 acres of perfect Japanese gardens which you walk through to get to the restaurant. The building itself is enormous, ancient  and immaculately restored. It was an old sake brewer's house and factory. The inside inside is crammed with wonderful bits of sake brewing equipment and the  private rooms look out to exquisite gardens. In the middle of the gardens they are actually making tofu in an open kitchen so you can watch.

 The  set menu features tofu but includes many other lovely things served by a kimono clad lady in a traditional room. It is an extraordinary experience considering the quantity of concrete and people that surround the place outside the garden.

Bamboo sake decanters are a nice touch