A Late-Night Snack from Carrefour
There was a Carrefour near the hotel I was staying at. For a combined dinner and late-night snack (I’d had ramen as a late lunch..) I picked up a few things and tried them. The wine is a half bottle of R…
There was a Carrefour near the hotel I was staying at. For a combined dinner and late-night snack (I’d had ramen as a late lunch..) I picked up a few things and tried them. The wine is a half bottle of R…
Chiba gets pretty much no coverage in the usual guidebooks, so I dug through Yahoo! Japan’s gourmet listings, made a note of a place that looked decent, and gave it a try. The result: a flop. Sigh. Once …
I’ve flown on all kinds of planes, but this is the first time I’ve had such a pathetic in-flight meal.. Only slightly better than getting nothing at all.. Well, the ticket was cheap, so I guess I j…
Besides the anpan some people call “Lee Byung-chul bread” (supposedly a favourite of the Samsung founder), Ginza Kimuraya sells loads of different breads. One of them is this castella. There’…
By “wine in Japan” I don’t mean Japanese-made wine. ^_^;; I just want to talk a bit about the wine that’s sold in Japan. Wine culture took root in Japan much earlier than in Korea, and …
Taishoken is a famous ramen shop that’s been in business for 40 years, tucked away in a corner of Ikebukuro. Apparently it’s No. 1 in the Ikebukuro ramen rankings.. ^_^; Unusually, this place is on…
On day two in Ueno, shop after shop let me down. Maybe they were all on holiday… A whole bunch of Ueno’s famous places were closed at the same time. Futaba, Horaiya, Ueno Yabu Soba, Rengyokuan and …
I made a whirlwind budget trip to Tokyo over my summer vacation in August. I went with a friend who, sadly, doesn’t like fish, so we had to pick only places that served dishes without fish… well…
This is a blog about music and good food. Just don’t expect too much activity.. ^_^ …