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fvz
Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:48 am

Re: Nihonbashi
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Mariposa - Paraguayan ****

Address - 日本橋１丁目５－９ 川瀬ビル３Ｆ
Opening hours - Monday to Friday from 11:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 21:00, Saturday from 17:00 to 21:00
Telephone - 03-3273-1445
Menu - In Japanese and Spanish
Credit Cards - OK

Mariposa ("butterfly") is the first tip I got out of Takubo Kenji's extremely useful homepage (now defunct). It's a cozy, little restaurant run by a Paraguayan-Japanese lady and two young and pretty girls. The food is very good and interesting, with strong Italian influences (plenty of us in Paraguay). Try the bocaditos, a collection of gyoza-like things, very tasty and costing around 400 yen each, or the Milanesa con Jalapenos. Everything is simple, but good. If you desire, you can also have mate, South American tea I never had a chance to try before, or never-seen-before South American liquors. Bills are moderate.

Recommended for a dinner with a member of the opposite sex and very easy to find.

Get out of exit B-10 in Nihonbashi. You will find yourself under the Tokyu department store. Mariposa is in the alley behind it.