A while back I heard there was a famous Chinese restaurant in Incheon and had been wanting to go ever since, and then a chance came up to visit together with one of its regulars. The front entrance It is ne…
So this was back in January. Already two months ago, I got together with some friends who had been on a trip to China, at a Chinese restaurant famous for its hot pot. My hopes of blogging in real time are look…
I had arranged to meet Ma-xx, a blogger and Twitter user who specialises in Hongdae, at Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai, but when I got there the door was shut with no notice about a day off. After waiting a bit and wonde…
Hamamatsu, in Shizuoka Prefecture, is famous for gyoza even within Japan. Among the countless gyoza specialists, a handful of so-called famous shops are impossible to get into without lining up. Out of those, …
I do like Choma, but the line there is just too long and the menu is limited, so I don’t end up going all that often. I heard a branch of Songtan’s Yeongbinru had opened in Hongdae, so I happily we…
Chinkatei, a Chinese restaurant tucked away in a corner of Asakusa, does a great tantanmen, so I end up going there for lunch fairly often. Hiyashi tantanmen It tasted almost the same as their shirunashi (s…
One holiday around lunchtime I suddenly had a craving for tantanmen, so I went to a Chinese restaurant near my place. It is not a place known for its tantanmen, but Ryuen is always reliable. Ebi chili (chili …
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…
Maybe it is the heat, but I have been craving spicy food. On this day I visited Tantantei in Asakusa, an izakaya that doubles as a tantanmen specialist. The front entrance Tantanmen is the main thing here, …
As the weather gets hotter, I start craving something spicy. So I used my lunch break to go to Chinkatei for their shirunashi tantanmen (soupless dan dan noodles). Shirunashi tantanmen Even though this plac…
A while back I dropped by a Chinese place called Saien near Kameido, and I heard a rumour that its main branch is in Asakusa, so I went one weekend. It was the place with the really good jun reba-don (stir-fri…
In Iriya, not far from Ueno, there is a Korean-style Chinese restaurant. Given the prices, more than double what you would pay in Korea, there should be no reason to go.. but when you live in Japan, the cravin…