Trattoria Molto
There used to be plenty of foodie meetups in the club I’m part of, so most of the time I could just quietly tag along. These days, maybe because everyone’s busy or because of the recession, there a…
There used to be plenty of foodie meetups in the club I’m part of, so most of the time I could just quietly tag along. These days, maybe because everyone’s busy or because of the recession, there a…
Something came up in Suwon, so I headed down there for a bit. It was all very last-minute, so I never got to have dinner, and on the way back I asked the taxi driver if there was any good place to eat around S…
It hadn’t been long since lunch, but I’d more or less digested it by then -_- so off I went to a ganjang gejang (soy-marinated crab) place that’s supposedly famous in Insadong. It’s cal…
After finishing a long lunch at Pierre Gagnaire, I strolled around Insadong to walk it off. Honestly, after such a satisfying lunch it would have been nicer to linger in the afterglow a bit longer, but my life…
Last month I made the time to go to Pierre Gagnaire, said to be the best French restaurant in the country. I’d wanted to go for ages, but its opening hours never gave me a chance, until I heard a rumour …
I’ve been to 2chef so many times by now that it’s starting to feel a bit same-old, but for a casual wine get-together there’s still no better choice, so I end up dropping by every time I̵…
I could only get one day off, so I had to be at work in the morning and got up early. After last night’s feast there was a hearty breakfast waiting too, so I couldn’t just rush off because I was bu…
Finally, the dinner I’d been waiting for. Good food is really the single most important thing that draws people to an onsen ryokan. If all you want is a hot spring, there are plenty near the city. The d…
For a friend who came all the way to visit, I booked a room at Kasuien Minami, the most popular onsen ryokan around here. With the wagyu course it came to a little over 20,000 yen per person, which is actually…
Going down for the hotel’s set breakfast is always a hassle. It’s nothing special taste-wise, and I want to sleep in anyway. So the day before, I’d picked up some futomaki to go from Naniwa S…
It felt a shame to just head home after the yakiniku, so I stopped at an izakaya near the hotel for one more drink. A glass of draft beer! I couldn’t drink at the yakiniku because I was driving, so I h…
A friend came to visit me where I live, and since it’s such a rural backwater, wagyu is about the only thing I have to treat people with. So after a bit of sightseeing at Izumo Taisha, I took them to Yak…