It was the weekend, so I headed to Omotesando for pancakes. bills is famous overseas, and in Japan it has branches in Omotesando and Odaiba. Kirin draft beer I was partly in the mood for a pleasant daytime …
As work has gotten busier, I find myself going somewhere close rather than far, and choosing places I can walk into without any planning over the buzzed-about restaurants. I suppose this is what becoming a mid…
This Valentine’s Day I heard that Takashimaya was selling a limited-edition chocolate made with Mori Izo, the shochu they call the “phantom shochu”, so I used my weekend to head over to Shinj…
C*LAB Project is a dessert shop and cafe run by Le Champ de Pierres, a French restaurant. I never expected to find such a modern-looking dessert specialist in a spot like this. The front entrance At a glanc…
There is a place in Shinjuku that sits at the top of the Tokyo dessert scene with a single item on the menu, a gateau chocolat, so I went to check it out. It is called Ken’s Cafe, near Shinjuku Gyoen, an…
There is a nice little lunch spot near the office, so I drop in for lunch pretty often. It is a place called Arie, tucked away in a back alley with a cafe-like atmosphere. It is a neighborhood eatery, so there…
Yasubee, famous for its tsukemen, has plenty of branches, but you also see shops influenced by Yasubee all over the city. It is popular enough to form its own lineage, like Jiro. There is a Yasubee-style ramen…
In Japan, sakuramochi comes in two styles: the Chomeiji style of the Kanto region and the Domyoji style of Kansai. Both wrap the mochi in a cherry leaf, but the shape of the mochi itself is very different. I o…
I was craving Italian food for the first time in a while, so I went to a well-known Italian restaurant in Asakusa. The place is called Monte Bianco, and the owner apparently trained at a Michelin-starred resta…
Lately I have been making the rounds of the famous cake shops in Tokyo. The goal is to find another shop on the level of Au Bon Vieux Temps, Mont St. Clair or A Tes Souhaits!, but the highly rated shops are al…
I wanted a quick lunch in Shinjuku, so I went to a place called Ban Thai. It has been in business in Kabukicho for a long time, and while the prices are a little steep, it is a popular spot. The restaurant is …
I heard that the Suntory brewery famous for The Premium Malt’s is in Musashino, so I went to see it. Premium Malt’s is delicious even as it is, and I had high hopes since you can taste it fresh, st…