White Day 2017
Valentine’s Day had been such a big deal that I figured White Day would have something going on too, but there was hardly any event at all. I don’t think it was like this last year… hmm……
Valentine’s Day had been such a big deal that I figured White Day would have something going on too, but there was hardly any event at all. I don’t think it was like this last year… hmm……
Foundry is a shop famous for making desserts with high-quality fruit. I first came across it at the Sogo department store in Yokohama, and now there’s finally a branch in Tokyo too. Desserts rough…
There are lots of good places to eat around Tsukiji Market. Beyond the inner and outer markets, they spread across the street and into Shintomicho, Kobikicho and so on. I guess it’s because it’s cl…
Living close to Tsukiji, I get plenty of chances to drop by. Tsukiji at dawn I don’t do places with lines like this anymore, though… Odayasu It’s pretty famous and always pack…
Ikinari Steak is a standing-only steak place, and the line is long. It’s so popular that I wanted to see for myself what it was all about at least once. Salad and soup It came to around 1,300 yen…
I heard there was a reasonably priced tempura place in Shinbashi where you eat at the counter, so I went. Lunch is 1,200 yen and dinner is 3,000 yen, which is a pretty startling price. Shrimp head Real tempur…
Motsunabe Yamaya is such a famous place that it even has a branch in Korea. What it’s famous for is the all-you-can-eat mentaiko. I’ve heard the motsunabe at dinner is pretty good too, but these da…
There’s a ramen shop in Ebisu that has been famous for ages, something like 20 or 30 years now. In a business like ramen, where trends change so fast, staying put in one spot and keeping at it for that l…
Right below Tokyo Tower is Shiba Park, and in the middle of it sit The Prince Park Tower Tokyo and Le Pain Quotidien. Le Pain Quotidien is a bakery brand with over a hundred branches worldwide, they say. There…
Here’s a round-up of what I ate for lunch earlier this year. Chicken nanban teishoku at Zawameki Big portions and decent food, so I liked it. Another plus is that if you go with two or more peopl…
Shinbashi is right next to Ginza, yet there’s hardly anywhere to sit down for dessert. Having Ogawaken here feels almost like a miracle. It looks roughly like this. It’s the place famous fo…
I’d been to Sushi Ishijima once before, for the 1,500-yen lunch. Nigiri sushi for 1,500 yen was ridiculous value. This time I tried the omakase set. Isaki (chicken grunt), I think.. The rice is r…