Yakitori Gatten, Asakusa
Gatten is an ordinary yakitori chain. I was looking for somewhere to have dinner and wandered in. Otoshi Just cabbage, but a generous portion. Liver Hearty stuff. The prices are decent too. Squid Instea…
Gatten is an ordinary yakitori chain. I was looking for somewhere to have dinner and wandered in. Otoshi Just cabbage, but a generous portion. Liver Hearty stuff. The prices are decent too. Squid Instea…
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…
The cherry blossoms came out incredibly early this year. So early it made me think, huh, there are years like this. Normally they do not hit full bloom until April, but this year they started opening in mid-Ma…
There is a cake shop with a long history in Asakusa, so I went to check it out. The place is called Lemon Pie. The retro atmosphere is really lovely. Lemon pie A whole lemon pie, and it has a funny look t…
There is a pastry workshop and shop in Asakusa, and I had heard the cream puffs were good, so I dropped by. The front entrance of Rusu Rusu The atmosphere is old-fashioned and charming. The cakes and pastri…
Bannai is a Kitakata ramen chain. It has a reputation for being good for a chain place. The front entrance Walk straight on from Senso-ji and you will find it. Plenty of people were dropping in too. Yakibut…
Lately I have been eating dessert at home a lot more. To tidy things up, I am posting them all in one go. Snob and Exquis from Au Bon Vieux Temps Both are cakes I had tried once before, and I bought them ag…
Asahi Beer has its headquarters in Asakusa, and there are quite a few restaurants run directly by the company. 23banchi Cafe is one of them, and with head-office staff stationed there, the beer can only be goo…
The number one soba restaurant in Tokyo on Tabelog is in Asakusa. It is a handmade soba specialist called Daikokuya, a place I had tried a few times but always gave up on because the line was so long. This tim…
Sumida Bar Vigor is a Spanish bar near my place. It sits right in front of the Skytree and stays open pretty late. I went for Valentine’s Day.. which means this post is already a month late. House-made …
For dessert I moved on to a place called Higashi-Mukojima Coffee-ten (東向島珈琲店). I had heard it is famous for its rare cheesecake. The front entrance A cafe with a clean, tidy atmosphere. The owner seemed you…
I heard there was a cafe in a renovated old house, a pretty well-known one, near my place, so I went over for a weekend lunch. The front entrance Koguma means bear cub. That is why there is a bear on the si…