Bird Court, Kitasenju
I had long heard that there was a great yakitori place in Kitasenju. It is right in front of Ohashi, so I had actually been there before. This time, with a friend in town, I made a reservation and went. The k…
I had long heard that there was a great yakitori place in Kitasenju. It is right in front of Ohashi, so I had actually been there before. This time, with a friend in town, I made a reservation and went. The k…
I finally went to an izakaya I had only heard rumors about. It is a place called Tokudawara, and the line was already long an hour before opening.. The front entrance It was a bit boring, but I had Puzzle &…
I had been to Tonkatsu Maruyama Kippei before and raved about it as the best tonkatsu in Tokyo, and with a friend in town I ended up going back. This time, hirekatsu (pork fillet) A wonderfully moist hireka…
A Kitakata ramen shop has opened on the road from Tawaramachi to Inaricho. Kitakata ramen is known for its clean broth, so I was curious what kind of place it was and went to check it out. Kitakata ramen, sho…
I happened to have some free time, so I finally got to visit Gyeongsangdo-jip, a local favorite I had heard about for ages. Side dishes The place itself is pretty run-down, and given the location, it seems …
I had heard for ages that there was a place in Hoengseong, Gangwon-do that specialises in aged beef, and I finally got the chance to go. It turned out to be not that far. Without traffic you can get there in t…
I went to Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai, which is already so famous that even getting a reservation has become hard. The place was packed, and I think we waited about 30 minutes. Tod man kung Fried cakes of shrimp a…
I came over to Korea for the long weekend, and there was no way I was skipping naengmyeon. So the very first place I went was Woo Lae Oak. Bulgogi The quality is really good. Better than the Daechi-dong bra…
The Sendai area is famous for gyutan (beef tongue), and Rikyu, a gyutan specialist that is well known even in Sendai, has opened a branch at Tokyo Skytree. Naturally the line is always long, so I never managed…
I tend to end up with regular reasons to go to Shizuoka, and this time it was for fireworks. The Bentenjima fireworks in Shizuoka were said to be held for the last time this year, and I was asked to be sure to…
I ended up going to Gotemba Premium Outlets twice this year alone. Strange, isn’t it. Anyway, I was driving along the expressway and thought I would just pop into the outlet on the way, but I ended up sp…
There are a few restaurants I can confidently recommend to anyone visiting Tokyo, and Kurofunetei, a yoshoku restaurant in Ueno, is one of them. I dropped by after work, and maybe because it was late, the plac…