Lunch
Time Lunch
Weekdays, until am11:00pm2:00: 2 changing daily dishes, served with soup or red miso soup
01 / ABOUT THE PLACE
About this place
One of the lunchtime highlights at Restaurant Hanazono is the Time Lunch, which lets you enjoy two changing dishes. The menu lists it on weekdays from 11:00 to 14:00, with either soup or red miso soup. It makes for a lunch where part of the appeal is seeing what is served that day. A diner who tried the daily service lunch with pork cutlet recalled its generous thickness and the accompanying potage. On another day, someone ordering fried shrimp enjoyed the shrimp opened out flat, along with a choice of potage or red miso soup. Even a lunchtime plate comes with the pleasure of choosing among that day's dishes and soup.
If fried shrimp is what you have in mind, the menu offers a choice between a set meal and a set. The fried shrimp set meal comes with rice, pickles, salad and red miso soup, while the head-on fried shrimp set is listed with soup and rice. One diner described the flat-opened shrimp in the service lunch as fragrant; another praised the set's head-on shrimp for its springy texture. The choice can give the same dish a different feel. For a more substantial meal, consider Set A, which pairs head-on fried shrimp with sirloin steak. Both are served with soup and rice, making this a way to enjoy two Western-style main dishes together rather than choosing them separately. The beef stew set meal is listed with rice, pickles, salad and wine, too, offering another option for those drawn to a meat-centred set meal.
The menu also has a wide range of Western-style favourites to suit different moods. Alongside hamburger steak and beef stew, there are tempting rice dishes such as Hayashi rice, omelette curry, pork cutlet omelette rice and fried shrimp omelette rice. One diner liked the tenderness of the hamburger steak, while another said the omelette rice was filling, with large pieces of chicken. Whether you opt for a classic Western-style dish or rice served with egg and sauce, choosing can be part of the fun. Restaurant Hanazono is described as suitable for dining alone, with meals available to eat in. At lunchtime, choose from the two daily dishes, the service lunch or a set meal to suit the mood of the day.
