Right in front of the entrance to the food floor of Nihonbashi Takashimaya, one of the top department stores in Tokyo, there is a cake shop called Au Bon Vieux Temps. Whenever I dropped by there were never any…
While wandering the streets of Asakusa I stumbled on a shop specialising in daigaku imo. Daigaku imo is candied sweet potato, what we call goguma mattang in Korea. It looks roughly like this. It has that sp…
After a good lunch, I headed to the next place for dessert. The back streets of Asakusa are full of famous old shops, and one of them is a well-regarded anmitsu specialist, so I gave it a try. The entrance …
Asakusa is a tourist spot, but it has a surprisingly wide range of good restaurants. Until I moved to this neighbourhood, I had no idea there was a well-known Vietnamese place here. Since it was the weekend &#…
One stop from Asakusa, in Tawaramachi, there is a bakery that ranks among the best in Tokyo, so one holiday morning I went over to pick up some bread for meals. It is known for its shokupan loaves and butter r…
One evening, while taking a walk around Asakusa, I came across a nice-looking cafe and cake shop, so I went in. The front entrance You can see the Sumida River from inside. Judging by the Tabelog reviews, t…
There is a highly rated Chinese restaurant in Kinshicho that I had been meaning to visit someday, and one holiday I finally went for lunch. Kinshicho is really close to Asakusa, only about ten minutes away by …
I am right in the middle of a diet these days, and on weekdays I mostly head home early, so I hardly have time to go hunting for good restaurants. Still, it is nice to have a few good places lined up for when …
When you think of Sano, the first thing that comes to mind is Sano ramen. It is a case of a regional ramen earning nationwide fame, the way Sanuki, Mizusawa and Inaniwa udon have in the udon world. I hear some…
Every year in Hamamatsucho, famous ramen shops from all over Japan gather for a tsukemen expo, the Dai Tsukemen Haku. Eight shops rotate every week, three rotations in all, so 24 restaurants from around the co…
There are plenty of good restaurants in Asakusa, but the better the place, the more likely it is to close between lunch and dinner. I missed the lunch hour and tried to walk into a restaurant around 1:30, only…
I went to Baeksong in Gwanghwamun, famous for its suyuk (boiled beef). The place does such a roaring trade that I had to wait quite a while before I could eat. The front entrance Customers kept pouring in …