Kushitaro in Shinjuku
I met up with a friend in Shinjuku for a quick drink. Fresh ingredients skewered and grilled can hardly go wrong. As expected, it is a place for middle-aged guys. Beer Otoshi Bacon-wrapp…
I met up with a friend in Shinjuku for a quick drink. Fresh ingredients skewered and grilled can hardly go wrong. As expected, it is a place for middle-aged guys. Beer Otoshi Bacon-wrapp…
This trip, or rather business trip, was so packed with other commitments that I never really got to enjoy it. It looks like things will stay this way for a while. So here is just a collection of photos I took …
A new restaurant building has gone up in Hamamatsucho, that salaryman town. The Japanese economy really must be doing well. Cicci Fantastico is the Italian place that moved in there. The entrance The v…
I visited a small yakiniku place in Hiroo. It is mainly pork, so it is not as pricey as beef, but it is not cheap for pork either. In other words it is the kind of place that lives on regulars, and since the l…
The very first place I stopped at after arriving in Tokyo, without even unpacking my bags, was Un Grain. The luggage was heavy, but with my schedule, if I didn’t drop by that day there would be no next t…
As always, I stopped by Incheon Airport to catch a morning flight and used the Asiana Lounge. Roughly this kind of meal It has gotten tastier than before. The quality of the mushrooms in the stir-fried…
I had some business in Sinsa and was passing through the neighborhood when I noticed that a place that used to sell roll cakes had turned into a bakery, so I went in. The front entrance I do not quite …
Happy news in Yeonnam-dong. The owner of Tuk Tuk held his wedding at his newly opened Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai, and I had the honor of being invited. After the ceremony I dropped by a restaurant nearby for a quiet …
A branch of Veteran Kalguksu, the famous place from Jeonju, has opened at the Express Bus Terminal. I am not that big a fan of kalguksu, but it is a famous Jeonju place and it opened inside the Honam Line term…
It has been a while since my last visit to 17°C. I heard they had started serving their chocolate bingsu, so I went over. Seasonal drink It seemed to have cherry and pistachio in it, and it was good. T…
Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai has reopened at a new location in Yeonnam-dong. It has moved even deeper into the neighborhood than before, and now takes up an entire building. The way it is pioneering a block with nothin…
I heard there was a good sundae place near Naebang Station, not Bangbae, so I went to find it. There are plenty of sundaeguk places in the city, but only a handful do it well, so I had to stop by. The f…