Want to start the day with a Good Morning Breakfast. Toba Shusaku's sio and Hotel's now offers a supreme breakfast menu "# Hare Gohan".

After working as a J-League trainee and an elementary school teacher, he entered the culinary world at the age of 32. sio, a modern French restaurant in Yoyogi Uehara, opened in 2018, and the restaurant has been awarded a Michelin star for three consecutive years since 2020 by Shusaku Toba, the man himself.

Many of you may know him as a chef, as he has appeared in various media. Recently, he has been supervising menus in collaboration with numerous food companies and restaurants, and creating buzz on SNS with his simple and delicious recipes that can be made at home, raising the level of food culture in all aspects.

At Toba's "sio" in Yoyogi Uehara and "Hotel's" in Omotesando, you can experience a supreme breakfast called "# Hare Gohan," respectively.

The first thing to taste at Yoyogi Uehara's "sio" is the morning set meal of freshly cooked rice and silver salmon.

sio's morning set meal ¥2,500

Earlier this year, Toba posted "how to cook rice the sio way" on Twitter, which garnered a response of over 8,000 RTs and 60,000 likes, but what we are curious about is how good the rice actually is in the restaurant.

In response to such expectations and response, sio, which specializes in freshly cooked rice with a delicious taste, has come up with what it considers to be the best morning set meal.

To make the freshly cooked rice tasty, the silver salmon is baked with crispy skin and moist and juicy inside. . And pork miso soup, in which each ingredient is carefully selected, is served as the main dish.

A small bowl of rice topped with shirasu (baby sardines) from Wakayama Prefecture, soaked greens, hijiki (hijiki mushroom stew), and pickles. . In addition, there is "Kahoru," a kind of rice cake sprinkled with okaka furikake from the famous Ebisu restaurant "Shokusai Kadota" (Shokusai Kadota). Freshly cooked rice is all-you-can-eat. The menu is "awesome!

At Hotel's in Omotesando , three morning menus await you.

To begin with, since hotels are lodging facilities, they offer the appeal of dining at any time of the day. Hotel's," which newly opened last October, was inspired by hotel restaurants that offer exciting cuisine any time of the day, and has been offering different specialties for morning, lunch, and dinner, depending on when you visit.

In the meantime, we have brushed up on our mornings. It will be a morning-only menu.

Aoyama French Toast ¥1,500 (set includes carrot potage and a drink)

French toast that has been soaked thoroughly to lock in its flavor is luxuriously caramelized to add texture and bitterness. Seasonal fruits add a refreshing acidity, while Citadale syrup from Quebec, Canada, provides a refined aroma and sweetness.

Hotel's Croque-Monsieur ¥1,500 (set of carrot potage and a drink)

Based on the gentle sweetness of Hotel's French toast, a croque-monsieur is topped with flavorful roast ham and cheddar cheese.

Furthermore, the mildly acidic "regular mayonnaise" is made even more addictive by the addition of rough black pepper, Maldon crystal salt, and Parmigiano cheese as accents.

Also available is a special set of French toast and croque-monsieur for 2,000 yen, which includes both French toast and croque-monsieur on a half-and-half basis.

Chef's Cuban Sandwich ¥1,650 (includes carrot potage and a drink)

The Cuban sandwich is still a white-hot example of a top chef's taste. This hot sandwich style is beyond crispy to the ears and baked to a scrawny finish on a "housekeeping wholesaler" hot pan, carefully selected from the perspective of a professional chef.

The main ingredient is Moho Roast Pork dressed with a pleasantly sour and sweet orange sauce. . It is made by oven-roasting pork shoulder marinated in original seasoning to moisten the meat. In addition, salami, garam masala paprika, onion paste, aioli sauce with a hint of garlic that envelops the whole dish, and two kinds of cheese are added. Jalapenos, gherkins, and Tasmanian mustard add spiciness and depth. The "sio" ism (5 tastes + 1: sweet, sour, umami, salty, bitter + spicy, texture, and aroma) can be enjoyed to your heart's content with this hot sandwich.

The "morning dinner" has become a hot topic mainly on social networking sites. . This is also something that "sio" has made popular. The concept of "morning dinner" has been updated to include a casual yet satisfying breakfast menu at each of the restaurants.

A day that starts with a great breakfast can't go wrong. Try it out and start your day with a breakfast that will make you look forward to getting up early in the morning.

Text_Shinri Kobayashi