Cosmos, one of Naver’s power bloggers, had posted the news of Bien Être’s move on her blog. Bien Être has been known for its authentic French-style cooking ever since it opened. I never had any com…
I heard a rumour that there was a good niboshi ramen specialist tucked away in a corner of Asakusa, so one evening I dropped in on my way home. Niboshi here means dried sardines. A quick search suggested the m…
When I searched for the most famous lunch spot in Hamamatsucho, this place came up. It is so well known that I got curious and went to try it. The front entrance It is tucked away in a corner, so it was not…
I wanted to eat something good in Hakone, but all I could find were pricey places or famous spots that were hard to get to, so I decided to head to Odawara. The Odawara Oden Honten I had seen in the Romancecar…
I heard there was a Chinese restaurant in Asakusa that uses no MSG and only organic, additive-free ingredients, so I went over on the weekend. The sign It is on the pricey side, but I was told it is delicio…
I had heard for ages that there was a popular wine-focused izakaya in Kanda, but the location is a bit awkward and reservations are hard to get, so I never managed to go. It was only when the long summer ended…
With the Mauritshuis in the Netherlands closed for renovation, Tokyo got the chance to see Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, the legendary painting they call the Mona Lisa of the North. There was no w…
Asakusa is a tourist district with a long history, so it has plenty of famous old restaurants. Daikokuya is one of those tourist-spot institutions, and while it is not cheap, the tempura that came out was deli…
I had heard for ages that there was an izakaya in Tsukishima with a perpetual line, and this time I finally got the chance to go. When the line is that long, there are not many people you can drag along with y…
Tempura Osaka in Shinbashi is a place I had been to once before and walked out of seriously impressed. If you judge it by lunch alone, finding a tempura place with better value than this is close to impossible…
We had a big French lunch, so we decided to keep dinner light and headed to Grill Sakura, a western-style diner in Asakusa. It is a neighbourhood place and the prices are a notch above average, yet the seats f…
I go to the Tokyo Skytree fairly often, and right on the way there is a cafe with a long line out front every single time. I had been curious about it, so one weekend morning I finally went. The front entranc…