Tokudawara Izakaya, Kitasenju
I finally went to an izakaya I had only heard rumors about. It is a place called Tokudawara, and the line was already long an hour before opening.. The front entrance It was a bit boring, but I had Puzzle &…
I finally went to an izakaya I had only heard rumors about. It is a place called Tokudawara, and the line was already long an hour before opening.. The front entrance It was a bit boring, but I had Puzzle &…
I had been to Tonkatsu Maruyama Kippei before and raved about it as the best tonkatsu in Tokyo, and with a friend in town I ended up going back. This time, hirekatsu (pork fillet) A wonderfully moist hireka…
A Kitakata ramen shop has opened on the road from Tawaramachi to Inaricho. Kitakata ramen is known for its clean broth, so I was curious what kind of place it was and went to check it out. Kitakata ramen, sho…
I happened to have some free time, so I finally got to visit Gyeongsangdo-jip, a local favorite I had heard about for ages. Side dishes The place itself is pretty run-down, and given the location, it seems …
I had heard for ages that there was a place in Hoengseong, Gangwon-do that specialises in aged beef, and I finally got the chance to go. It turned out to be not that far. Without traffic you can get there in t…
I went to Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai, which is already so famous that even getting a reservation has become hard. The place was packed, and I think we waited about 30 minutes. Tod man kung Fried cakes of shrimp a…
I came over to Korea for the long weekend, and there was no way I was skipping naengmyeon. So the very first place I went was Woo Lae Oak. Bulgogi The quality is really good. Better than the Daechi-dong bra…
The Sendai area is famous for gyutan (beef tongue), and Rikyu, a gyutan specialist that is well known even in Sendai, has opened a branch at Tokyo Skytree. Naturally the line is always long, so I never managed…
I ended up going to Gotemba Premium Outlets twice this year alone. Strange, isn’t it. Anyway, I was driving along the expressway and thought I would just pop into the outlet on the way, but I ended up sp…
There are a few restaurants I can confidently recommend to anyone visiting Tokyo, and Kurofunetei, a yoshoku restaurant in Ueno, is one of them. I dropped by after work, and maybe because it was late, the plac…
Qu’il fait bon’s cakes are expensive, but they are so good that I buy them regularly. This time, instead of taking some home, I went to the cafe in the shop itself and ate there. Peach juice Hmm…
Having lived in Tokyo for a while now, I have been collecting favourite places one by one. The food has to be top-notch, of course, but it also has to be easy on the wallet, and if there is somewhere nearby to…