Setagaya Trip, Part 1
I lived in Japan for a long time, but I never really had the chance to properly explore the Setagaya area on the west side of Tokyo. Setagaya itself is an enormous area, the transport is not great, and since i…
I lived in Japan for a long time, but I never really had the chance to properly explore the Setagaya area on the west side of Tokyo. Setagaya itself is an enormous area, the transport is not great, and since i…
I’m always checking the Tabelog rankings, and a place had climbed to what was effectively the number one spot in the bakery category, so I planned a trip out to Setagaya around it. Plaisir is the place i…
Futako-Tamagawa has an ayu (sweetfish) ramen shop that has been famous for ages. Do sweetfish and ramen really go together, though? Come to think of it, the manga Ramen Hakkenden (published in Korea as Ramen C…
When work gets busy I have no time to go out to eat, so I just grab something from a convenience store. Here are the items that turned out to be pretty good. Morinaga Pino, limited edition The fruit co…
Here is a quick roundup of the things I had for lunch. Ramen at Tenko It is a ramen shop with an unusual concept, where a lady in a kimono welcomes you in, but the ramen itself is just so-so.. She does…
Work was so busy this summer that I couldn’t get out to drink whisky at all. About the most I managed was heading to Campbeltown Loch whenever The Whisky Hoop released something interesting. GlenD…
There is a Spanish restaurant near the office, and it somehow looked tasty, so I went in. The front entrance When a menu is packed with descriptions, the odds are good that the food is tasty. Sa…
I heard that Tsukugon, the oden fish-cake specialist, was closing at the end of June, so I paid one last visit. Tsukugon.. Such a shame, really. Tsukiji Shouro I had heard their tamagoyaki was …
Nomotoya is one of the three big tonkatsu shops in Hamamatsucho, along with Musashiya and Aoki. The line is on the long side, too. They serve tonkatsu made with Kagoshima pork. The menu The most basic …
Tonkatsu Aoki is originally a famous shop in Kamata, but it has a branch in Hamamatsucho. I used to live in that neighborhood so I know it well, and this place has a long line from 11 a.m. every single day. I …
There’s a restaurant in the lobby (?) of the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo in Nihonbashi. It’s not really the lobby, more a space connected to the ground floor. I guess you’d say they made good use…
The food court at the Kisarazu outlet turned out to be pretty good. Matsudo Tomita Seimen It’s a place people queue for, but in Kisarazu the line was short. Tsukemen Hmm… it’s…