Dishes learned in Piedmont and Tuscany fill the menu: the Piedmontese dish tonnato is homemade ham dressed in tuna sauce; beef stewed in red wine, a Tuscan tradition, is fragrant with black pepper. Preparations are simple, keeping the ingredients front and centre. The restaurant is located near Shinobazu Pond in Tokyo Metropolitan Ueno Park, famed for its summer lotuses, hence the name ‘lotus’.