Tokyo Food Court Eats
On this trip I barely made it to any proper restaurants. It was either convenience stores or food courts. Good eating is something you enjoy when you have the breathing room; put me in an extreme situation and…
On this trip I barely made it to any proper restaurants. It was either convenience stores or food courts. Good eating is something you enjoy when you have the breathing room; put me in an extreme situation and…
On this trip I ended up relying on convenience stores a lot, for all sorts of reasons. It was a business trip rather than a holiday, and there was simply too much to do. Drinks Suntory had a new Premiu…
I heard that the No. 1 tonkatsu place on Tabelog had opened in Takadanobaba, so I went to check it out. I thought I’d been to just about every famous tonkatsu restaurant, but I had no idea a place like t…
Vinosity is great value for money, but the problem, if you can call it that, is that it’s always packed. I’d booked for 8, and I think we actually got going around 8:30. Otoshi, the little s…
I have a preconception about hotel restaurants – the food is ordinary and the prices are steep – but if you use them wisely they seem fine. This time I went to the tempura restaurant in the basemen…
Yanesen refers to Yanaka, Nezu and Sendagi, the neighborhoods near Ueno and Komagome. It’s one of Tokyo’s old shitamachi districts and has been getting really popular lately. I’d stumbled int…
I heard a rumor that an unusual ramen shop had opened in Kasuga, so I went to check it out. Kasuga is the area around Tokyo Dome. The entrance There’s a torpedo mounted above the door. “Gyo…
A dessert cafe called Un Grain has opened in Aoyama. The pastry chef trained at Au Bon Vieux Temps, so my expectations were high. The entrance The interior is truly a work of art. Cakes They ar…
The famous New York burger chain Shake Shack had landed in Japan, so I went to check it out. It’s supposedly coming to Korea soon too, but I couldn’t wait. The entrance The line was incredi…
I was lucky enough to be in Tokyo right around White Day. Since the 14th fell on a Monday, I wandered around the city on the weekend of the 12th and 13th, and there were amazing desserts everywhere. Lib…
I was in Odaiba for work this time, and one evening on my way home I stopped by a small bar called The SOHO Bar. This is the place. It’s tiny, run by a single bartender. A glass of beer W…
Centre The Bakery in Ginza is famous for its shokupan, Japanese white bread. Korean bread has been getting better lately too, so I dropped in for a comparison. This is the place. It rained the whole tr…