Desserts, January 2022
creamlabel’s strawberry cream cake The cake was good. A strawberry cream cake is the kind of thing that cannot taste bad if you use decent cream and pile big strawberries on top, but places like Paris B…
creamlabel’s strawberry cream cake The cake was good. A strawberry cream cake is the kind of thing that cannot taste bad if you use decent cream and pile big strawberries on top, but places like Paris B…
Yangjangpi Well, it is decent enough. Japchae rice This one is just so-so too.. Agujjim (spicy braised monkfish) The agujjim is tasty. And the portion is just right.. Kkomjangeo (hagfish) It is a kkomjange…
Geummiok tteokbokki and gimmari Gimmari Geummiok’s gimmari is really good. I pan-fried it, and it was so good it vanished in seconds. The nutritional balance is not great, admittedly.. but once in a wh…
Nothing much this time.. Truffle & Gorgonzola Cheese cod sticks Just about worth eating.. Jagarico Mentai Cream bits Well, this one is also just about worth eating.. Smoky Pretz, smoked bacon flavor Go…
Here’s a little collection of Tokyo scenes. Honestly there’s no great meaning to them, and a few of the shots repeat, but everyday life doesn’t keep repeating forever… someday I might f…
When I’m out with friends who aren’t foodies, we sometimes end up picking a place based on what they feel like eating rather than on where the food is actually good.. The thing is, I’m not re…
Shinjidai is the place famous for denkushi, deep-fried chicken skin skewers at 50 yen apiece. The menu The menu item is literally called a pyramid.. they are so cheap that you just stack them up and eat. Drin…
Time to wander Noge properly. Hyakumangoku I’d heard it was popular, but the seats were completely empty on this day. This place looked like it had something going on, too.. Looks like it’s famou…
Noge is one of those areas packed with izakayas, a bit like Shimbashi, but it was only this time that I found out there is a whole cluster of them in the underground passage on the way there. Home Base is one …
A ramen shop called MEN Cry opened in Hamamatsucho… the location is a pain to find and the style is unusual, but the reviews were good so I went to check it out. Purely hand-made noodles There’s a…
I ended up spending Christmas 2021 in Japan, and since sitting around doing nothing would just be boring, I went out and bought up a pile of Christmas food. A giraffe I shot on the way.. I have no idea what i…
Ebisu to Hamamatsucho is closer than you would think. On foot it takes a while, but by bike it is right there. Riding back and forth a few times for the exercise is how I stumbled onto Boulangerie Franz. A pla…