Ohashi Izakaya, Kitasenju
One weekday evening I went to Ohashi, famous as one of Tokyo’s three great nikomi (stewed offal) specialists. I had already been to Kishidaya in Tsukishima and Yamariki in Morishita, so this meant visiti…
One weekday evening I went to Ohashi, famous as one of Tokyo’s three great nikomi (stewed offal) specialists. I had already been to Kishidaya in Tsukishima and Yamariki in Morishita, so this meant visiti…
There is a well-reviewed ramen shop in Hamamatsucho, so I went over on my lunch break. It is called Tokyo Ramen Tower, and I guess the name comes from Tokyo Tower being visible right behind the shop. The fron…
Lately I have been eating dinner at home more often. So I keep stopping by a cake shop on the way home to pick up a cake for dessert. Tokyo has so many great dessert shops that it makes dinner all the more enj…
I heard that the hottest ramen shop in Tokyo right now is in Shinkoiwa, so one day I quite literally ran there. It is about 7 to 8 km from Asakusa, but maybe because the running route is so well laid out, I go…
We had a get-together in Shin-Okubo, and after going back and forth over where to go, I booked a ssambap place I had been to before. Sanpaya is the Japanese-style name for a ssambap-jip, a ssambap restaurant. …
Kotobuki is a casual soba shop in Azumabashi. The Sumida ward office and the Asahi Beer building are nearby, and the office workers from around there seem to use it a lot for lunch. I dropped in one weekend wh…
Taimeian, a soba shop in Ginza, was the place I most wanted to visit this winter. It falls well short of being called the best soba shop, and sharing tables with strangers is just the norm here, but every time…
I had been to Jikaseimen Ito once before. Their niboshi (dried sardine) ramen with its springy noodles was really good. This time I tried a different dish. Hinai chicken ramen A clean, clear broth that is l…
Oysters are said to be good for a man’s stamina, but I just like the taste itself, so every winter I find myself craving them. When it comes to seafood in Tokyo, it has to be Tsukiji, so I visited a Chin…
I had a lunch get-together, so we went to Tofuya Ukai. The tofu is delicious, and the Japanese garden is gorgeous too. The garden This was back in autumn. The weather was just perfect. The table setting O…
There is a famous Thai restaurant in Asakusa, and on weekends there was always a line. I was curious and about to give it a try when it suddenly closed for a month, so I could not go. Then a month passed and i…
Kurofunetei might just be the place with the longest line in Ueno on weekends. This time too, I started queuing an hour early and only just got in. That said, you can write your name down and wait somewhere el…