Tokyo, Japan: Dinner at Ninja Tokyo, the shinobi restaurant in Otemachi
What eating at Ninja Tokyo in Otemachi is actually like: a hidden door, a guide in costume, sleight of hand between courses and food that plays along.
Otemachi is banks and office towers, which is exactly the sort of place you would hide a ninja restaurant.
Past the sword and the dry ice, it's a proper tasting menu. Every course turned up under its own weather system.
One bite per spoon, delivered inside a cloud. The smoke sticks around for most of the meal.The beef, on stone, with a tray of small things to dip it in and no instructions.A cheese course we hadn't expected here, and were glad to find.Dessert arrived with a face on it, and we spent a while deciding whether to eat it.
