Kushiya Monogatari in Odaiba
There’s a self-service kushiage place in Odaiba. It seems to be a fairly popular chain nationwide. The selling point is all-you-can-eat deep-fried skewers for 1,500 yen. Skewer ingredients Not a …
There’s a self-service kushiage place in Odaiba. It seems to be a fairly popular chain nationwide. The selling point is all-you-can-eat deep-fried skewers for 1,500 yen. Skewer ingredients Not a …
There’s a Din Tai Fung in Shiodome. The atmosphere is clean and tidy, which makes it a good spot for get-togethers. Forgot the exact name of this one… It was fine. Nothing special, but perf…
I heard there was a hidden soba gem in Gotanda, so I went to check it out. I’ve lived in Tokyo for a long time and figured I knew most of the good places, so it really surprised me that a spot this good …
In Ebisu there’s a place called Ebisu Yokocho, an alley-like spot packed with all sorts of drinking joints. It’s not as cheap as you’d expect and the food isn’t outstanding either, yet …
Kushitaro is a kushiyaki specialist with several branches around Shinjuku. I’ve been plenty of times already, so I’ll keep this one short. Seasonal menu Didn’t order it, though.  …
Now that I’m a middle-aged guy, I find myself at yakiniku places a lot. This time four of us old guys met up in Shinjuku and went for yakiniku. The place is called Mongsiri in Korean, which comes out as …
I’d been to Moguri once before; it’s a pork yakiniku restaurant with a clean, calm atmosphere. They cook good-quality meat with real care, so it’s delicious, and since it’s pork the pri…
Without any plan, I ended up having dinner in Shinbashi. Maybe because it was a Friday night, every place was packed, but after a lap around the area I found a free table at a place called Makochan and walked …
This place is probably ranked second in Tabelog’s tonkatsu rankings, and since it was on the way to Tanakaya in Mejiro, I was able to drop in. Tanakaya is well known for its whisky and liqueur selection….
I’d been drinking until late the night before, so I kept lunch light with some sushi. Probably toro maki Aji (horse mackerel) So incredibly fresh… Probably sanma (Pacific saury) Fish in s…
What Kounosu is famous for is the biggest fireworks show in the country. Sure, there are plenty of places with better fireworks as such, but they cram everything into the final climax, and that’s how the…
Hardly anyone in Korea has heard of Kounosu. It’s a city in Saitama, and oddly enough it holds quite a few “best in Japan” records. I guess they put together a pretty clever strategy to drum …