【 French of grace of local production and local consumption played by a young chef from Kumamoto 】
A quiet residential area in Kumamoto City,
Within walking distance from Kumamoto Castle
A vase seen through the glass,
The word "restaurant if" is written on the white wall.
There are only 8 seats at the counter.
The chef is Issei Hasegawa
from a two star french restaurant in tokyo.
ability, of course,
he's still close to the chef at the restaurant.
It was a person who immediately conveyed the charm and personhood ✨
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✅ A beautiful monolithic counter made of ceramic stones from Kumamoto and Amakusa
The carefully designed space is like someone's important secret room.
✅ Chef Hasegawa attends farmers and sometimes works together with producers
That sincerity resides in the dish as it is, drawing out the original power of Kumamoto's ingredients to the maximum.
✅ a unique course structure based on French classics, with Japanese delicacy and Kumamoto terroir.
The combination of ingredients and the technology cultivated at the famous store are wonderfully blissful to brioche and butter
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All seats are at the counter
Wait while enjoying the chef's cooking in front of you.
Amuse is a puree of ripe kumquat and Kumamoto's new onions. The sweetness of kumquat and the soft sweetness of onions melt together.
The king crab royale.
It was wrapped in clams sauce.
Cappellini with prosciutto and tomato,
As the Italian origin, it is delicate and thin.
Clear consomme and tomato liquid,
Like wrapping thin noodles,
It's like floating in the light.
Brioche is a time-consuming dish that starts fermentation from 17: 00 the day before.
Made on the border with Omuta,
It is also used in three-star French in Tokyo
Serve with butter within 24 hours.
This brioche and butter is exceptionally delicious ✨✨
And personally, the menu of this day,
It was especially impressive after the brioche!
Amakusa abalone and black truffle, Hinohikari of Reiwa 6 years.
The burning of abalone steamed for 6 hours is perfect,
The pure taste finished only with soup stock remains in my heart.
Amakusa's Spanish mackerel, which has been aged for 10 days,
Served with enoki sauce,
Take time to bring out the umami
You can enjoy the chef's polite cuisine.
Kumamoto Kuroge Wagyu is Kurohana beef that has been charcoal-grilled from 6 am.
It has a bright ruby color and a quinilla and cassis sauce.
We had soft and delicious local meat 🍷
~ About wine pairing ~
The opening was Champagne from the same field as Salone, Duramot Brut.
Suitable for facing the ingredients of Kumamoto, foam with dignity.
Followed by New Zealand, Sileni Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2025.
A fresh and herb-scented one resonates well with a plate of kumquat and new onions,
The German wine, Bernhard Koch 2023 Chardonnay Cuvée Chie, has a beautiful background that Japanese women migrate and make, and elegant acid snuggled up with abalone plates
And Kumamoto's Kikuka Chardonnay.
Chef Hasegawa's sense shines so that local wine goes perfectly with local ingredients.
Red is Louis Latour Burgundy Pinot Noir 2022. The moment when the ruby color of Kurohana beef overlaps the red of Pinot, I was quietly moved.
For dessert, G by Yurigusa Blanc 2023.
A wine made by a Japanese woman who immigrated to France. It was a nice surprise to be able to get a dessert with a pairing with Kumamoto white strawberries ✨
Kumamoto white strawberry of Desert,
Riding on the one and only plate that combines wood and resin.
And Bavarois was very delicious and my favorite dessert with elegant sweetness.
Also, the personality of Chef Hasegawa is wonderful.
You can communicate with a moderate sense of distance, and the reaction of the conversation is also comfortable and the communication skills are high ^ ^
with the head chef where you used to work
He seems to be still close, but he was a person who sympathized with being loved by people above.
"restaurant if"
✨ OPEN March 19, 2022 ✨
Google Reviews 4.4 (31)
Tabelog 3.56 (27 items)
The budget:
Night ￥15,000 ～ ￥24,999
Day.
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Address: GMH Namikisaka 1FA 1-3-45 Tsuboi, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto
Nearest station: 5 minutes walk from Kumamoto Electric Railway Fujisakimiyamae Station
Business days and hours: 17: 30-22: 30
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「if 熊本」「if熊本」「if-イフ- 熊本市 レビュー」で探している方に向けて、実際に行ってみて“予約前に知りたかったこと”を補足します。 まずお店の雰囲気は、カウンター8席のみで本当に静か。藤崎宮前エリアの住宅街にあり、外観も控えめなので最初は少しドキドキしました。中に入ると天草の陶石を使ったカウンターが印象的で、ライブ感がありつつも落ち着いて食事できます。「料理を目の前で見たい」「会話しながらゆっくり食べたい」デートや女子会に向いていると感じました。 コースは“熊本の食材をフレンチの技術で磨く”方向性がはっきりしていて、天草の魚介や熊本黒毛和牛など、地元の強さが伝わる構成。特に記憶に残ったのは、手間をかけたブリオッシュとバターの組み合わせ。食事の流れの中で一度リセットされるような幸福感があって、「ここだけの一皿」という言葉に納得でした。 ワインペアリングを付けるか迷っている人へ。私は付けて良かった派です。泡から始まり、白の香りや酸が前菜〜魚介にきれいに寄り添い、最後に赤で熊本黒毛和牛の旨みがぐっと立つ感じ。さらに菊鹿シャルドネなど“熊本のワイン（または近い文脈のもの）”が入ると、食材との一体感が増して楽しいです。お酒が強くない場合は、量の相談もしやすい雰囲気でした。 長谷川壱星シェフについては、距離感がちょうど良くて質問もしやすい印象。料理の背景（寝かせ・火入れ・生産者のこと）を聞くと、味の理解が一段深まります。逆に「静かに食事に集中したい」場合も、過度に話しかけられる感じはなく心地よかったです。 予約のコツとしては、席数が少ない分、希望日が決まっているなら早めが安心。記念日利用なら、苦手食材やお祝いの意図を先に伝えておくとスムーズでした。服装はかしこまり過ぎなくても大丈夫ですが、カウンター中心なので香水は控えめが無難。 「if 熊本」のレビューを探している方にとって、料理の美味しさだけでなく“空間・ライブ感・熊本テロワール”まで含めて満足度が高いお店だと思います。次回は季節が変わった頃にまた行きたいです。
