Chuka Soba Sato in Yokohama
I heard there was a good ramen shop over in Motomachi in Yokohama, so I went along. It is right near a bakery called O to U. This kind of place It is normally a very popular spot, but maybe because the day wa…
I heard there was a good ramen shop over in Motomachi in Yokohama, so I went along. It is right near a bakery called O to U. This kind of place It is normally a very popular spot, but maybe because the day wa…
It had been a while since I was last in Bupyeong, and Bokhwaru had moved to a new spot, so I paid it a visit. The menu The prices still look good, I think.. Fried rice I ordered it wanting something light. T…
I ended up going to Japan again. First stop was Incheon Airport, and it did feel a little less crowded than it used to. Probably because it’s the off-season. This kind of vibe Duty free It sort of feel…
Daemunjeom in Yeongdeungpo has been famous as a great old-school spot for ages. I had eaten there once before, but I couldn’t remember a thing about it, so off I went. A place like this.. It was packed …
Japan has a lot of places where the local economy is genuinely humming, and I suspect it comes down to each region having its own big company to anchor it. In Hamamatsu, that would be the likes of Yamaha and S…
I don’t really know the Jongno area, but apparently there’s a beef soup place called Uyungmyeongwan where people queue up for the beef noodles. That place did so well that the owner opened a Chines…
While wandering around Gasan, I spot a curious place tucked into a corner. It is called Sampal Yangkkochi. The entrance looks like this What makes it curious is that it sits in a complete backwater, with almo…
Beef noodle soup has been turning into a chain thing lately, with shops popping up all over. I got curious and gave one a try. Zha cai and cilantro The fact that they give you cilantro is a really nice touch….
In Hamamatsucho there’s a place called Donghae Banjeom, or Tokai Hanten in Japanese, and since it just looks like a neighbourhood diner I’d been ignoring it all this time. This is the place Who wo…
“Dosanko” means someone from Hokkaido. Dosanko is actually a really common name for a ramen shop — there are ones all over the country — so I had never paid it much attention. Turns out this one is…
A local told me that a Chinese restaurant called Gomihattin was pretty good, so I went to check it out. The sign A place like this It is a family-restaurant-style place sitting right beside the national high…
AEON really is the center of local life here. Whenever I go shopping I end up stopping by. Oukichubo — the name means “Wang’s kitchen” — is a Chinese restaurant in the mall’s food court…