Bamboo Lobby Lounge, Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

Ordered at the Bamboo Lobby Lounge of the Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Tokyo, Japan.

Before leaving on my 3 day trip to Tokyo, I knew in the back of my mind a club sandwich was not going to be a priority; sushi, sushi, burgers, and more sushi were all I cared about… and of course I dined on this nearly every meal, except for one.

Before heading on the 1.5 hour trip to Narita Airport (where I knew a fantastic sushi restaurant would be waiting for us after security) I decided to take the plunge and fill up on the Bamboo Lobby Lounge’s club sandwich before the trek, complimented by my favorite brand of ginger ale, with a cigar to close.

Tokyo is a city full of perfectionists. Service industry workers strive to perform the best they can at their job and when you have a city populated with citizens like this, everything you experience plays out flawlessly.

The Bamboo Lobby Lounge is a fantastic lobby lounge and I was excited for this meal. The setting is nearly everything I look for when staying at a 5 star hotel: ample tables a perfect distance apart, great drink and food menus, cigar menu, live piano, and a gorgeous backdrop.

Unfortunately the only disappointing part of the early afternoon lunch break was the club sandwich. The bread was nicely toasted – I was glad for that and you can see the proof in the photo. The remainder, well, just plain unsatisfactory. The thinnest piece of chicken you could imagine hugged the top slice of bread, while the tomato, covered in mayo and barely noticeably, was mushed together with some lettuce. The limited amount of bacon didn’t help the situation, and neither did the extremely small plate of heavily fried potato chips. This was not a fine example of Japanese craftsmanship by any means.

Maybe I had high expectations, but the Bamboo Lobby Lounge’s club sandwich just wasn’t anything special and I won’t be ordering it again… I’ll go for the sashimi platter or kobe beef sliders .

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