There’s a restaurant in the lobby (?) of the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo in Nihonbashi. It’s not really the lobby, more a space connected to the ground floor. I guess you’d say they made good use…
The food court at the Kisarazu outlet turned out to be pretty good. Matsudo Tomita Seimen It’s a place people queue for, but in Kisarazu the line was short. Tsukemen Hmm… it’s…
I’d heard there was a place in Asakusabashi that’s a bar in concept but serves proper, serious cooking, and on top of that has great ramen, so I dropped in. I called ahead to book a table, and the …
Hamamatsucho has a fair number of hidden high-end restaurants. It’s close to Ginza, but I suppose the real demand comes from all the offices around here. Honhama used to be famous for its cheap tai-meshi…
Sakana Bal in Ebisu is a place I’d wanted to visit for a long time. I’d dropped in once before for a quick carpaccio, but I wanted to have a proper go at the menu. So I made the occasion and went w…
Hamamatsucho has a lot of really capable restaurants, and this is one of them. The entrance This place is also known for its 1,000-yen lunch. Salad and soup Bread L…
There are three famous tonkatsu places in Hamamatsucho, and Musashiya is one of them. The quality is top-notch, but the catch is that there’s nothing cheap on the menu. Front entrance The place i…
I had a lunch get-together in Hamamatsucho, so we went to Steak House Kaji. Maybe because there are so many offices around, this neighborhood has quite a few places that work well for this kind of gathering. &…
Feeling a bit run down, I figured some medicinal cooking might do me good, so I paid a visit to a place called Ganesha. Front entrance It’s down in a basement, with a cafe-like feel to it. …
There is an old dandanmen shop in Ginza called Hashigo. They call it dandanmen, apparently, because it is a bit different from the usual tantanmen. Spicy, with sesame in it.. seemed pretty similar to me, thoug…
I had some business in Asakusa, and while wandering around hungry I spotted a place that looked pretty good, so I went in. The front of Bistro Maeda It’s only been open for a year. Before that it…
I had to have dinner in Ginza, so once again I just walked into a random place. There are back alleys with roughly this kind of vibe. Even around Ginza there are plenty of down-to-earth places. …