Factory in Hongdae
No matter what kind of get-together it is, it hardly ever ends at the first place. When you go out, you have to go out properly, otherwise it’s just boring. So I’m always thinking about the route, …
No matter what kind of get-together it is, it hardly ever ends at the first place. When you go out, you have to go out properly, otherwise it’s just boring. So I’m always thinking about the route, …
In early July I went to Miro Sikdang with the foodie group. With six of us around the table, we got to try all sorts of things. Seasoned clams The steamed version is good too, but this time they served…
I have been to Kameido Horumon plenty of times, but when the season comes around it pops into my head again. I suppose that just shows how few places there are where you can relax and eat really good food. &nb…
A building called NEWoMan has opened in Shinjuku. It is right next to Takashimaya at the south exit, and it houses restaurants, cafes, clothing shops, general stores and so on. As you would expect from a brand…
Kuhonbutsu is the neighborhood right next to Jiyugaoka. It is only about a hundred meters’ walk away, so you could almost call it Jiyugaoka. It is a purely residential area, but I heard there was a cake …
Pâtisserie Asako Iwayanagi is a dessert café that is famous across Japan. Chef Iwayanagi, who was already running a successful dessert café elsewhere, apparently opened this place under her own name in a resid…
Oyamadai is the neighborhood right next to Jiyugaoka. I had heard that lately some top-level dessert shops and cafes have been clustering in the residential areas hugging Jiyugaoka, namely Todoroki, Oyamadai a…
I had heard for a long time that there was a wonderful kappo restaurant in Monzen-Nakacho called Fukuden. Their sea urchin wrapped in beef in particular was said to be excellent, so there was no way I could sk…
I had a reason to go for a drink in Daimon, and while looking for an izakaya nearby I ended up at a place called SABAR. Saba means mackerel, and it is a mackerel specialist: every single dish has mackerel in i…
On this business trip, too, I relied on convenience stores more than a few times. There are not many restaurants open in the morning, and if I am just going to wander out and eat something random anyway, it is…
I heard that a new ramen shop had opened near the Skytree, which is close to Asakusa, so I dropped in. When a shop that has only just opened already has a pretty high Tabelog score, it usually means there is a…
Back at Miro Sikdang again. It is a long way to get there, but for food this good, that much effort is nothing.. Now that the weather is heating up, though, the walk is starting to worry me a little. I should …