Italian Gastronomy: Lunch at Papa in Shizuoka City!

Service: Kind and easy-going
Facilities & Equipment: Overall very clean. Excellent washroom. Entirely non-smoking!
Prices: reasonable
Strong points: Gnocchi!

When a restaurant stands very near your workplace you tend to overlook it for many reasons… and I had been doing so with Papa since it opened more than 10 years ago!

But there was at least one reason why I couldn’t ignore it any longer: Gnocchi!
Not often you find an Italian specializing in gnocchi in Shizuoka!

And when gnocchi are served with Shizuoka-bred black hair wagyu stew at such a reasonable price it would be a sin to ignore it!

Of course Chef Akira Oheda not only makes his own gnocchi, but also his own focaccia bread and quiches!

First of all, a healthy plate of appetizers with home-made quiche, carrot salad and greens!

Home-made focaccia bread! (the wine was extra!)

The gnocchi in black hair wagyu beef stew!

Splendid beef stew! You don’t need a knife!

Home-made gnocchi!

I treated myself to a little extra: home-made blanc manger!

Or should I say Panacotta?
Simple but really delicious!

PAPA
Chef: Akira Oheda
420-0839 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Takajyo, 1-2-2 (1 minute walk from Cenova Department Store)
Tel.: 054-253-1819
Opening hours: Lunch, 11::00~14:00, Tea time, 14:00~16:00
Dinner: on reservation only for parties from 4 guests~, 17:300~21:00 (weekdays). Reservations to be made 48 hours in advance!
Sundays: 11:30~15:30, 17:30~21:00
Closed on Mondays
Cash only
HOMEPAGE (Japanese)
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Entirely non-smoking!

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