A note on the words: here, mimosa means chopped boiled egg served with the marinated salmon and salmon roe. The chilled potage is a potato and leek soup with truffle croutons. The author found that boulangere potatoes are apparently a French home-style dish baked with onions and bouillon. Baked Alaska is ice cream wrapped in meringue and baked; this version has maple-flambeed meringue and vanilla ice cream, and the dish name also mentions pecan dacquoise. The highball here is Glenfiddich 12 Year Old with soda.
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Fairmont Tokyo on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Fellow drinkers, thank you for waiting – it’s Hangover Meal time!
This time I was invited to a certain party, so I made the trip all the way out to Hamamatsucho! The venue was a hotel called Fairmont Tokyo. It opened in July 2025 in BLUE FRONT SHIBAURA in Shibaura, and is apparently the first Fairmont in Japan. THE SEA, on the top (43rd) floor, is a banquet venue equipped with an open kitchen and a terrace — apparently more of a space for parties and group meals than a regular restaurant. I was blown away by the view unique to this hotel, with Tokyo Bay to the east and Tokyo Tower to the west.
A little intimidated, I made my way up to the 43rd floor, and…
What a great view! The atmosphere feels like a wedding or something could start at any moment (lol).
Once I took my seat, while mingling and chatting with people here and there, the meal began!
The house-marinated salmon is seasoned with just the right touch of salt, the kind with a rich, supple texture that clings to the tongue. Because it is marinated, the umami is packed in more tightly than in raw sashimi, and the sweetness of the fat spreads the more you chew. Layered with the mellowness of the chopped boiled egg and the salty pop of the salmon roe, the flavor shifts with every bite — such fun!
Wait, this is seriously proper, delicious cooking!
The chilled potage is cool on the palate at the first sip. The gentle sweetness of the potato comes through first, followed by the sweet aroma of the leek (poireau) drifting softly through the nose. The texture is silky and smooth, yet not heavy at all. The truffle croutons are crisp and toasty, and when you soak them in the soup, the aroma of truffle opens up all at once — makes you feel a little luxurious.
Ooh, meat! Leave it to a high-end hotel! Bite into it and the savory depth of the lean meat and the sweetness of the fat well up juicy and rich, while the appetizing aroma of grilling rises to the nose. In the green peppercorn sauce, biting into the whole green peppercorns sets off a bright, peppery kick that cuts through the richness of the beef fat. Wondering what boulangere potatoes were, I looked it up — apparently it is a French home dish baked in the oven with onions and bouillon. The potatoes were wonderfully fluffy!
At this point, just looking at the dish name leaves me completely lost (lol).
It is a dessert called “baked Alaska,” where ice cream is wrapped in meringue and baked, and believe it or not (lol), it was reportedly named to commemorate the United States’ purchase of Alaska. Who knew things like that happened! The meringue flambeed with maple is light and fluffy, with a fragrant maple sweetness where it has browned. Inside is cold vanilla ice cream, so warm and cold share the same mouthful. Delicious.
Small macarons served alongside the after-meal tea.
I enjoyed the tea as well — everything was delicious!
There is no way you could ever get into a 43rd-floor banquet hall at a luxury hotel in Shibaura unless you were invited! (lol) Man, I am glad I got asked along. The party meal was a short, classic hotel-style set menu. What with talking and mingling with all sorts of people over the meal, I could not really sit back and relax, but it was a good experience!
Here’s hoping I run into more good food today!
Fairmont Tokyo (Hotel / Hinode Station, Hamamatsucho Station, Takeshiba Station)
Tabelog dinner rating ★★★☆☆ 3.4
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
