Address - Suginami-ku, Asagaya 4-6-29 Opening hours - Open lunch and dinner. Closed on Thursday Map - See directions Telephone - 3330-5667 Menu - In Japanese and French CC - OK

Bistro La Sucree is another one of those budget French mini-restaurants that for paltry sums manage to offer pretty decent food. In this case I will go even further, and say that their lunch is such a steal that it makes you wonder how these guys pay their bills. Start with a terrine maison with salad, for example, then have roast lamb with rice and vegetables, close with a delicious tarte au chocolat and you will have to pay just 1500 yen. The food is pretty standard, but lovely, and the atmosphere busy and unpretentious, perfect for a neighborhood restaurant like this one. A great place to go on days when you don't want to cook.

Directions:
Go straight on Nakasugi Dori towards Waseda Dori, and after perhaps 300 meters you will find La Sucree on the left hand od the street.