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…
I heard a rumor that in Hikifune, not far from Asakusa, there is a bar that serves really good Chinese food. Bars in Japan often serve simple meals, but a bar that puts out proper, full-on Chinese cooking is p…
I am still posting about May.. but since the weather is starting to heat up, I went all the way out to Nakameguro for some chilled sudachi soba. There is a place in Ginza that serves it too, but this one appea…
Édition Koji Shimomura, a French restaurant in Roppongi, was the talk of the town from the day it opened, and before long it was awarded two Michelin stars. I had long heard how good it was, but I figured I wo…
The cookies here are so good that I couldn’t help going back, even though it’s a long way. The front entrance I tried to visit again the other day, but it was a Sunday and they were closed. With…
When it comes to places in Tokyo where you can casually enjoy really good soba, Kyorakutei and Azumabashi Yabusoba are the first two that come to mind. Considering how hard Azumabashi Yabusoba is to visit beca…
Asakusa has a whole cluster of Russian restaurants, and the original among them is a place called Manos. The others all trained here and then branched off. The one with the best reputation these days is Bona F…
A tonkatsu place that uses SPF pork, about one train stop away from what you could really call Akihabara, has been popular lately. Some of you may hear SPF and think of sunscreen ratings.. but no, it means hea…
On a bright weekend I headed to Toshimaen to see Iron Man 3. Not only is there a 3D IMAX theater, there was also a place I wanted to stop by on the way. Parlor Ekoda, a bakery in Ekoda, is one of the top baker…
I went to a great yakitori place in Tokyo with a friend who flew in all the way from New York. After all, anywhere in the world – even in New York, the city of gourmets – it is hard to find yakitor…
Right next to Grill Sakura, the yoshoku place in Asakusa, is Mutsumi, a restaurant that specialises in kamameshi (rice cooked in a small iron pot). This place is fairly well known too, and I ended up going bec…
One weekend I dropped by Échiré in Marunouchi. The line was as long as ever. The entrance The one saving grace was that it was not as bad as before. But the cake I wanted to buy was nowhere to be seen. T.T …