Jin Haejang, Gangnam
An authentic haejangguk place has opened in Gangnam. It’s called Jin Haejang, and it looks for all the world like it was modelled on Jungang Haejang in Samseong-dong. The entrance Jungang Haejang is sai…
An authentic haejangguk place has opened in Gangnam. It’s called Jin Haejang, and it looks for all the world like it was modelled on Jungang Haejang in Samseong-dong. The entrance Jungang Haejang is sai…
Since I only ever shuttle back and forth to Japan, I never have a reason to fly business, but every few years I end up using the miles I’ve piled up. They had this display going on too.. Looks like ther…
The weather was nice, so I took some scenery shots. With weather this good, even iPhone photos come out pretty decent. Makes me wonder whether I really need a new camera… Well… compared to the ski…
Shunkado, the company famous for making unagi pie, Hamamatsu’s signature sweet, has built a sort of theme park (?) called nicoe. Besides unagi pie, they had all kinds of other products on display. The re…
Kijitei in Hamamatsu is a place that mainly serves game meat like pheasant and wild boar, but that day we ordered pork. Roughly what the plate looks like Being out in the countryside, it’s great value f…
I had company dinners several nights in a row. Fudoki seems to be a fairly popular spot in Hamamatsucho. Otoshi (appetizer) The atmosphere and the service were both good. Salad Karaage Satsuma-age (fried fi…
For Christmas 2017, I ordered our Christmas cake from the N.Y. Lounge Boutique in the lounge of the InterContinental Tokyo Bay. It’s close to home, so it was easy to carry back. Christmas decorations It…
We threw a Christmas home party, and as part of the prep I made a trip to Tsukiji Market. The scene there The scene there What struck me this time is that Tsukiji isn’t cheap, but when it comes to fres…
I’d heard the naengmyeon at Gwanghwamun Gukbap was good, so I went to check it out… The front entrance I got there a little late and they’d already closed for the day. Wandering around the n…
Our gourmet club had its year-end get-together in Deungchon-dong, so off I went. Red stingray and Spanish mackerel One of the members had it sliced at Noryangjin and brought it along. The flesh was sweet. Rou…
Search for La Chinata and you’ll find it’s a cosmetics brand famous in Barcelona, the kind local guides swear by. I’d heard a rumor that an acquaintance I’ve known for years had started…
I go to outlet malls to buy clothes fairly often. It’s not that I want to spend time or money on clothes, but for the sake of a working life you have no choice but to buy them… that’s about h…