Yanbaru, an Okinawan Restaurant in Shinjuku
A place I’d never seen before opened up in Shinjuku, so I went to check it out. It didn’t look like a great restaurant, but I was curious anyway. The fact that it served Okinawan food also caught m…
A place I’d never seen before opened up in Shinjuku, so I went to check it out. It didn’t look like a great restaurant, but I was curious anyway. The fact that it served Okinawan food also caught m…
Ikebukuro is the fiercest ramen battleground in Japan. There are countless shops, and hardly a single one of them isn’t a famous name. Out of all of them, I went to Nakamoto, which is supposedly the hot …
I ordered the 7,000-yen business set course, and it was nothing special. Still, I’m posting it for the record. Since I wasn’t happy with it, I’ll skip the detailed descriptions. The owner an…
Not many people realise it, but Meguro has quite a cluster of ramen shops. I think it’s because the area is full of salarymen working late into the night. It’s not quite Shinjuku or Ikebukuro, but …
Shinagawa is a neighborhood with next to nothing for tourists to see. But the Shinkansen stops here and there are quite a few big companies, so it’s grown into a secondary city center. My office is nearb…
I got there at 11, but by the time I’d spent a while looking for somewhere decent to eat it was already lunchtime, and every place had a long line. Ugh.. At times like this, there’s always the easy…
Friday evening I had a drinking session with a bunch of middle-aged guys at a Chinese restaurant in Marunouchi with an atmosphere you’d never expect in Marunouchi. ^_^ It’s loud and rowdy, but it&#…
After leaving Yoshino Sushi I was still so hungry that I decided to hit another sushi place nearby. It’s been a while since I did two meals back to back. I don’t usually go that far, but that day I…
Among Tokyo’s famous high-end sushi restaurants, Yoshino Sushi is known for having a cheap(-_-) lunch menu, so I went to check it out. Honestly, I wasn’t sure whether eating sushi from lunchtime wa…
Santouka, an Asahikawa-style ramen from Hokkaido, is hands down top-level in taste even among the chain-style ramen shops that have been popping up everywhere lately. Personally I think it beats Ippudo’s…
I was a little disappointed with the desserts at Joël Robuchon, where I went recently, but a chance to make up for it came along. A dessert café called La Patisserie Pierre Gagnaire has opened on the 4th floor…
I did a short interview with the chef in the bar right next door to the restaurant Joël Robuchon. The atmosphere is luxury itself. Interior 1 Interior 2 Interior 3 Interior 4 Ceiling The bar Complimentar…