My friend who is well versed in France said, "Kagurazaka town reminds me of the atmosphere of Paris." Actually, Kagurazaka is said to be "Petit France." The reason comes from the fact that there is a French government-run school and therefore a lot of French people live there. Furthermore, there are a creperie managed by a French and the authentic French restaurants. Tracing the history of Kagurazaka, the place used to be residential quarters of Samurai in Edo period, and then it prospered as a Hana-machi (the fleshpots with a lot of the club houses, where the guests could enjoy Geisha's performance) in Meiji era. Even now, you can feel the remnant from the days of Samurai residence and Geisha house, by viewing the old styled buildings and the signboards for the Japanese classical dance lesson or hearing the sound of Samisen. Thus blended in with the European taste, town of Kagurazaka has created a unique culture. In such attractive town Kagurazaka, we introduce you to the French restaurant "Brasserie Gus." The first attractive factor of this restaurant is reasonable price and the plateful food. To our surprise, even the course meal costs just 2,800 yen. This course dinner consists   of an appetizer, a main dish and a sweet. As each category of menu provides so many selections that you may be at a loss. As for the appetizer, scallops and seafood are fascinating but the vegetables, such as the Ratatouille or Mousse of red paprika, are also attractive. As for Ratatouille, the essence of tomato and olive oil soaked into the eggplants to just a right extend. And the mousse of red paprika melts in your mouth softly, that makes you happy. These appetizers are served with the voluminous salad on the big plate.   When it comes to the main dish, you see an array of choices on the menu. You can choose the popular French cooking ingredients, duck and lamb as well as beef and pork. I recommend you to try the most popular ingredient, duck on this occasion. The dish "Roasted duck with the green pepper sauce" is the satisfactory option. The skin of the duck is burned to a crisp, but poultry reaches the desired tenderness and is well seasoned. The crisp skin is delicious in itself, however, when you have it with the spicy green pepper sauce, you can enjoy another flavor. It changes from the homemade taste to the sophisticated taste. You enjoy two tastes just in one dish. Fish is cooked wonderfully as well. The sea bream is also well baked that the skin becomes crisp, but the fish meat is very soft. As it's congenial to the sauce of balsamic vinegar, the sauce draws the deliciousness of the fish.  And you may also be at a loss when you choose the sweet after the main dish. The most popular one is Gateau Chocolate; it's softer and moister than our expectation. Nougat Glace is not familiar to Japanese people; it's a square shaped ice cream including a lot of dried fruits. As the rum raisin is included, it's delicious and very fragrant one. Once you go to the cozy French restaurant "Brasserie Gus," you may want to go there often to try to eat up the dishes of many choices.
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