[Food Report] High-end Pasta at the Rich World of Shin-Yurigaoka's "BONDIS" (Asao Ward, Kawasaki City)

We're all going to die anyway.

I want to avoid the pattern of living stingily, not being able to spend my money, and being the richest person when I die.

You should spend all your money before you die.

So, the time has come to open the door to the high society of Shin-Yurigaoka.

I'm entering the rich world I've avoided until now, thinking it looked too expensive.

Finally, this day has arrived.

"BONDIS," located at the south exit of Shin-Yurigaoka Station (2F, 1-3-2 Kamiasao, Asao-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture).

I've always sighed while looking at the menu posted outside.

It's expensive.

And what is this, this high-class atmosphere?

Incomprehensible dish names.

I've always turned on my heel, thinking that Hidayaka suits me better.

However, on this day, I summoned my courage.

"We're all going to die anyway."

"I should be able to afford lunch."

"They won't take my life, at least."

I finally climbed the stairs to BONDIS.

I thought a high-end place like this would be empty during the day anyway.

But when I went up the stairs, customers were overflowing outside, waiting.

Is Shin-Yurigaoka just full of rich people?

After waiting for about 5 minutes, I was able to get inside.

The interior is surprisingly spacious, but it's dim and hard to see.

I'm already feeling overwhelmed by an atmosphere that's different from Hiday.

This is the lunch menu.

It's so high-end that I don't even understand what the dish names mean.

I don't want to think about it, so I decided on the first item, the "Signature Beef Stew Bolognese for 1,408 yen." (Tax included, same below)

For an additional 418 yen, you get all-you-can-eat salad, soup, and all-you-can-drink beverages.

For another 418 yen, you can add alcohol.

"Please add everything."

I'm on a suicide mission here, so I have no hesitation.

I can't even calculate how much the total will be.

I chose red wine for my alcohol.

The salad bar.

It was so crowded that I couldn't take a picture of the whole thing, but I was super satisfied with the salad here.

I was satisfied with both the quantity and variety, and the dressing was delicious too.

I'd almost come here just to eat the salad.

I wanted to eat several plates, but I held back at two because I didn't want to reveal that I'm a poor person by being too greedy.

This is the drink bar.

Organic this and that, and other high-consciousness drinks from the world of the wealthy are lined up.

The soup was minestrone, which was average.

Below is the table with the salad and drinks laid out. Olive oil is placed on the table from the start.

I don't know anything about the taste of wine, but the red wine here definitely tasted more expensive than Saizeriya's.

The "Famous Beef Stew Bolognese" arrived. It comes with something like a chewy bread called focaccia.

At first glance

"The portion is small."

I thought, but it was surprisingly rich and heavy. Having already eaten quite a bit of the focaccia and vegetable salad, I ended up feeling full.

The taste? It was delicious.

This restaurant is wonderful, but the problem is that 96% of the customers are women.

As for men, besides myself, there was only one young guy who came as part of a couple, and maybe one elderly gentleman who came with his family.

Most of them are wealthy women living in this area, and it feels like being sent alone into enemy territory, so I couldn't relax.

One after another, that army of rich amazons was flooding into the restaurant.

I was feeling nicely tipsy from the wine, so I decided to leave the restaurant early.

The bill was 2,244 yen, consisting of the Bolognese set for 1,826 yen plus red wine for 418 yen.

This might be my record for the most expensive lunch in Shin-Yurigaoka.

The staff were extremely kind, and I was grateful that they treated someone like me as a human being.

With this, I have no regrets if I die today.

Well, maybe I don't need to be that humble.

Even in the world of the rich, there is always someone richer, and the truly wealthy in Shin-Yurigaoka go to Hotel Molino.

On this day, I saw this sign.

Only the truly wealthy could afford to go to this 7,000 yen per person snack buffet.

I want to go here before I die, too.

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