01 / ABOUT THE PLACE
About this place
Some diners have come to Monochrome for its yudane bread—a Japanese-style bread made using a cooked flour paste—and liked it enough to buy some to take home. Lunch sets pair a salad appetiser with yudane bread or rice made with carefully selected grains from Hachidaime Gihey. Choose bread to enjoy alongside your meal, or rice for a more substantial set. Pasta sets come with yudane bread, and you can choose whether to add an appetiser.
The menu lists two paellas: a seafood-based version topped with picked blue crab meat, and a squid-ink version made with whitebait and spear squid. The first is an option for those who want to savour the crab; the second centres on the depth of squid ink. A paella set is also available at lunch, with a salad appetiser; the menu notes that it is limited to 20 servings a day. Some diners report enjoying the paella, though impressions of lunch seem to vary.
Pasta choices on the menu include Bolognese with Awaji beef and rice eggplant, and carbonara with guanciale and Sakura eggs from Kitasaka Poultry Farm. One diner who had a course meal recalled an oil-based pasta with thick, chewy noodles as a highlight; this was a dish served as part of that day's course. The diner also reported changing the course main to Awaji beef, and enjoying the progression from appetisers to pasta, meat and dessert.
For a meal with drinks and a few small plates, options include a platter featuring cured ham and an ajillo of shrimp and Manganji peppers. One account describes a daytime drinking session with several appetisers; the group also chose an all-you-can-drink plan and added pasta at the end. Monochrome serves lunch, café and dinner, and lists private rooms and baby chairs. Its menu and facilities offer options for meals with friends as well as family lunches.
