The rain had brought down plenty of petals, but there was still a good amount of sakura blossom filling the sky from inside bissori's magical garden when we visited earlier in the week.
My lunch set comprised a small plate of vegetable starters...
...followed by a large bowl of samgyetang, the rich warming broth containing generous amounts of chicken cooked with jujubes and ginseng...
...and a bowl of zakkoku-mai (multi-grain) rice served with a saucer of crisp nori and some small dried fishes. Very hearty, warming and invigorating.
In Korea, samgyetang is usually eaten in summer, to give energy and combat lethargy. But bissori serves it in winter and spring as well — just the ticket!
What with all the petals on the ground and clumped onto the plastic sheets around bissori's dining 'room', we left feeling absolutely in the pink.
The blossom is all gone now, but if you're planning ahead for next year, check out the view from the upstairs 'loft' room — right on the same level as the sakura.
There's really nowhere like it in Tokyo!
