Koushin Saita/才田亨辰さん

Until April 30th, 2014

Service: Friendly and attentive
Facilities & Equipment: Extremely clean overall. Splendid gender separated washrooms
Prices: Reasonable
Strong points: Light & mild Italian gastronomy. Great use of local products
Entirely non-smoking!

As dragon and I shared a rare holiday today we decided it was about grand time we visited again Storia Restaurant in Aoi Ku, Shiuzuka City!
And it did turn into a momentous occasion as I explain at the end of this report!

I noticed a new addition to the decor!

Lovely little figurines and stories created with cork!

Their creator is no one else but one of the serving staff!

Storia offers an interesting set of three drinks for a reasonable fee: 1 sparkling wine or beer, 1 white wine and 1 red wine!

Beer for me, sparkling wine for Dragon!

it is always a safe bet to start with a plate of appetizers!

Parma Ham!

Pate de Campagne!

Potato, mozzarella, and spring onion salad with parmigiano!

Shizuoka madai/Japanese red snapper carpaccio!

Served with 3 different pearl tomatoes and succulent vegetables!

More wine! We actually asked for another set later!

The beauty about Chef Koushin Saita/才田亨辰さん is his readiness to cope with his customers’ selfish wishes!
Dragon wanted her egg well fried, whereas I wanted mine served as introduced on the menu.
Unfazed Chef Koushin Saita/才田亨辰さん just served two different eggs instead of one! with those beautiful asparaguses!

Simple and extravagant with Parma ham!

Three different aspraguses, white, green and violet!

Dragon needed her pasta!

Mussles and cockles pasta!

Chef Koushin Saita/才田亨辰さん is best at showing his great skills when it comes to meat dishes!

Roast duck with fresh shiitake Mushrooms, stick senior broccoli and black cabbage!

The roast duck is simply a true beauty I took a long time to savor!

My favorite dessert with Chef Koushin Saita/才田亨辰さん: Tiramisu!

Tiramisu can be so often disappointing even in Italy, but Chef Koushin Saita/才田亨辰さん’s creation with a biscuit imbibed with coffee liquor is a treat not to miss!

Unfortunately I might have to wait some time before I can enjoy again Chef Koushin Saita/才田亨辰さん’s gastronomy!

The reason why I wrote “Dinner with Chef Koushin Saita/才田亨辰さん” and “Until April 30th, 2014” is because he will leave Storia, very probably with the lady staff on the last day of this month!
A great loss for the gastronomy of Shizuoka Prefecture!
I sincerely hope he will find soon a new place to show his skills again.
I’ll make sure to interview him personally then, or if he has to migrate far, I will find somebody to rediscover him all over again!

STORIA
Chef: Koushin Saita/才田亨辰さん
422-8076 Shizuoka City, Aoi Ku, Takajyo 1-7-13, Espacio Takajyou, 2F
Tel.: 054-260-7552
Opening hours: Lunch-11:30^14:30; Cafe-14:30~18:00, Dinner-18:00~22:30
Closed on Mondays and 2nd Tuesday (the next day in case of National Holiday)
Credit cards OK
Entirely non smoking!

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