I heard there was a reasonably priced tempura place in Shinbashi where you eat at the counter, so I went. Lunch is 1,200 yen and dinner is 3,000 yen, which is a pretty startling price. Shrimp head Real tempur…
Motsunabe Yamaya is such a famous place that it even has a branch in Korea. What it’s famous for is the all-you-can-eat mentaiko. I’ve heard the motsunabe at dinner is pretty good too, but these da…
There’s a ramen shop in Ebisu that has been famous for ages, something like 20 or 30 years now. In a business like ramen, where trends change so fast, staying put in one spot and keeping at it for that l…
Right below Tokyo Tower is Shiba Park, and in the middle of it sit The Prince Park Tower Tokyo and Le Pain Quotidien. Le Pain Quotidien is a bakery brand with over a hundred branches worldwide, they say. There…
Here’s a round-up of what I ate for lunch earlier this year. Chicken nanban teishoku at Zawameki Big portions and decent food, so I liked it. Another plus is that if you go with two or more peopl…
Shinbashi is right next to Ginza, yet there’s hardly anywhere to sit down for dessert. Having Ogawaken here feels almost like a miracle. It looks roughly like this. It’s the place famous fo…
I’d been to Sushi Ishijima once before, for the 1,500-yen lunch. Nigiri sushi for 1,500 yen was ridiculous value. This time I tried the omakase set. Isaki (chicken grunt), I think.. The rice is r…
I heard there was a good place in Tsukiji, so I went to check it out. Tsukiji actually has quite a range of well-regarded spots, but the trouble is you never know which ones are really good until you go. If so…
Tucked away in a corner of Shinbashi there’s a yoshoku (Japanese-style Western food) place, and it’s such good value that the lunchtime line is always long. Lunch set I originally meant to …
There’s a bakery near Odaiba Seaside Park. It’s probably the only proper bakery in this neighbourhood, and it’s popular with the locals. Roughly this kind of bread I bou…
A scenery photo post. Minato Ward is pretty big, and it’s still expanding, so there’s a wide variety of views. Harbor view Strictly speaking, this is Koto Ward… Tokyo Tower &n…
Every year around Valentine’s Day the best chocolates get unveiled. No matter how busy I am, I can’t not make the rounds. The giant clock at Nippon TV (Nittele) It puts on a little show-lik…