Just an elevator ride from the Ikebukuro station is a floor of restaurants which make it so that a dinner party takes about two laps around and at least half an hour to decide where to eat. I nudged for this place after seeing their Squid Ink Pasta display.
Salmon Pasta
The squid ink pasta came in double the portion as Lisa's salmon pasta but it was a much thinner spaghetti noodle. There was very little "sauce," just enough to moisten the noodle and the flavors were mostly infused inside. I prefer it to the much thicker, saucier squid ink pasta I had at Skylark in Taiwan. At the same time, the actual squid in this dish was chewy and pleasant but virtually tasteless. Skylark had used a delicious baby squid that had soaked more of the flavor from the ink than the pasta had--it was delicious, definitely the highlight. This leads me to be infinitely ambivalent and leave this one at a tie.
Seafood Penne was a little runny but looked delicious. It comes with a generous portion of seafood.
Address
東京都 豊島区南池袋１-２８-１
池袋西武本館8階レストラン街
TEL (03)5992-8988
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