In Iriya, not far from Ueno, there is a Korean-style Chinese restaurant. Given the prices, more than double what you would pay in Korea, there should be no reason to go.. but when you live in Japan, the cravin…
A tonkatsu place that uses SPF pork, about one train stop away from what you could really call Akihabara, has been popular lately. Some of you may hear SPF and think of sunscreen ratings.. but no, it means hea…
With the recession deepening these days, cheap, generous, fast-turnover restaurants like Ore no French and Uokin (and, if I add one more, Sushi no Midori) are booming in Tokyo. The prices are so competitive th…
On a bright weekend I headed to Toshimaen to see Iron Man 3. Not only is there a 3D IMAX theater, there was also a place I wanted to stop by on the way. Parlor Ekoda, a bakery in Ekoda, is one of the top baker…
I went to a great yakitori place in Tokyo with a friend who flew in all the way from New York. After all, anywhere in the world – even in New York, the city of gourmets – it is hard to find yakitor…
At Kameido Tenjin there is an old wagashi shop called Funabashiya. It was founded in the 2nd year of Bunka (1805), so it boasts more than 200 years of history. They sell a unique dessert called kuzumochi, and …
Gatten is an ordinary yakitori chain. I was looking for somewhere to have dinner and wandered in. Otoshi Just cabbage, but a generous portion. Liver Hearty stuff. The prices are decent too. Squid Instea…
Right next to Grill Sakura, the yoshoku place in Asakusa, is Mutsumi, a restaurant that specialises in kamameshi (rice cooked in a small iron pot). This place is fairly well known too, and I ended up going bec…
One weekend I dropped by Échiré in Marunouchi. The line was as long as ever. The entrance The one saving grace was that it was not as bad as before. But the cake I wanted to buy was nowhere to be seen. T.T …
I knew Sadaharu Aoki was famous, but I do not remember ever buying anything there other than chocolate. The prices are steep and the cakes look so flashy that I had always been a bit put off. But with my Tokyo…