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…
I ended up having dinner at Rigoletto, an Italian place at Tokyo Skytree. Inside Very trendy atmosphere with club music playing. It felt more like Roppongi or Shibuya than Asakusa. Sangria Tasty. Caesar …
One weekend, after Kameido, I headed over to Kinshicho. It is close to home, so I end up going there a lot. The front entrance of Thailand Shop There are quite a few Thai restaurants in Kinshicho, and I wen…
With the weekend here, I went back to Kameido. I was curious about the bread at Julian Bakery, a bakery that came over from Hawaii. Turtle bread This is not from Julian Bakery. I spotted it while walking do…
After a first round of yakitori, we moved on to a nearby ramen shop for round two. Right next to Kameido Tenjin shrine there is a ramen shop that stays open until late at night. Jun reba-don Stir-fried live…
I heard that someone who trained at Torishiki, the yakitori place famous for being impossible to book, had opened his own yakitori place in Kameido, so I went to check it out. It is called Torisawa, and from w…
I had been to almost every cake shop in Tokyo that has any kind of reputation, and the last one on the list was Patisserie Ryoco in Takanawadai. I suspect many people have no idea where that is; roughly speaki…
I had some free time on the weekend, so I dropped by the bakery run by Pierre Gagnaire on the 2nd floor of the ANA InterContinental Hotel in Roppongi, or more precisely Tameike-Sanno. The front entrance The…
The cherry blossoms came out incredibly early this year. So early it made me think, huh, there are years like this. Normally they do not hit full bloom until April, but this year they started opening in mid-Ma…
There is a French restaurant with a wonderful view at the Mandarin Oriental in Nihonbashi, so I went. I hear it holds one Michelin star. Being in a hotel, the service was good and the atmosphere was lovely. J…
There is a cake shop with a long history in Asakusa, so I went to check it out. The place is called Lemon Pie. The retro atmosphere is really lovely. Lemon pie A whole lemon pie, and it has a funny look t…
There is a pastry workshop and shop in Asakusa, and I had heard the cream puffs were good, so I dropped by. The front entrance of Rusu Rusu The atmosphere is old-fashioned and charming. The cakes and pastri…