Home Party at a Friend’s Place, Tokyo
On this trip too, my friends living in Tokyo threw a small home party for me. It was not exactly a grand gourmet gathering, but it was fun seeing their faces after such a long time. I brought a few things myse…
On this trip too, my friends living in Tokyo threw a small home party for me. It was not exactly a grand gourmet gathering, but it was fun seeing their faces after such a long time. I brought a few things myse…
Ken’s Cafe Tokyo in Shinjuku is famous for its slightly pricey gateau chocolat. It started out as a cafe, but once the gateau chocolat became popular nationwide they stopped the cafe business and now sel…
Every time I go to Japan, I have a long list of things people have asked me to buy. Anything sold online I order ahead and have delivered, but there are quite a few things that have to be bought locally, and s…
I have a lot of friends in Tokyo, so lodging is never a worry when I visit. Before heading to where I was staying, I stopped by a convenience store and picked up a few things. In the fridge I spotted the newl…
I finished a piece of work in Ebisu and had dinner there. I was wondering where to go when I spotted a decent-looking Thai restaurant near the station, so in I went. Gai yang, photographed mid-meal It’…
I had some business to take care of, so I made a quick trip to Japan. Since I had already been in May, this time I flew with a low-cost carrier. There are a few restrictions, but it really is cheap. At this pr…
Woosin Seolleongtang is a mild-style seolleongtang place in Sinsa-dong. The food is decent and it is close to my habitat, so I have liked it for ages, and lately, for various reasons, I have been dropping by e…
It was Boknal, one of the dog days of summer, so we had a company lunch outing, and we went to a place called Hanseong Samgyetang. It seems to be a sister shop of Hanseong Tonkatsu, a tonkatsu place that is fa…
One weekend in July, I had no plans at all and didn’t even know the event was on, but somehow I ended up at the Seoul Auto Salon. It’s not that I’m particularly into racing models, and while …
The official mineo (croaker) meetup of the Cyworld club Epicure, which comes around every summer, happened again this year. Thank you as always for setting up such a good table and inviting me. Sea squirt T…
I went to Singil Station for a foodie meetup, but had about an hour to spare, so I wandered around the area and stumbled on Yeouido Saetgang Ecological Park. The entrance It is right behind Singil Station, …
The wine I collected over the years has finally reached its drinking window. Storage is such a hassle that I have no plans to collect any more; I want to drink through what I already bought and shift to whisky…