Lunches I Ate in Asakusa
Chinkatei, a Chinese restaurant tucked away in a corner of Asakusa, does a great tantanmen, so I end up going there for lunch fairly often. Hiyashi tantanmen It tasted almost the same as their shirunashi (s…
Chinkatei, a Chinese restaurant tucked away in a corner of Asakusa, does a great tantanmen, so I end up going there for lunch fairly often. Hiyashi tantanmen It tasted almost the same as their shirunashi (s…
For a while eating cake was my hobby, but posting them one by one is a hassle, so here they all are in one go. These days I have put on a lot of weight, so I am holding back. T_T Cakes from Pierre Hermé Hig…
I heard a rumor that VIRON, famous for its baguettes, had opened a bakery in Ginza called Centre that specializes in shokupan, Japanese white bread, so I went to check it out. The front entrance It says Gin…
One holiday around lunchtime I suddenly had a craving for tantanmen, so I went to a Chinese restaurant near my place. It is not a place known for its tantanmen, but Ryuen is always reliable. Ebi chili (chili …
I heard that an authentic Neapolitan pizzeria that stays open late had opened near Ebisu Station, so I dropped by late one weekday evening. It is close to the station, but the way Ebisu Station is laid out, yo…
It is not right in the heart of Ginza, but roughly across from Yurakucho Station there is a Kagoshima kurobuta (black pork) shabu-shabu specialist called Ichiniisan. Its Tabelog score is nothing special, but j…
Sembikiya is famous as a luxury fruit shop, but the main store in Nihonbashi also runs a yoshoku (Western-style) restaurant. It is not exactly a cheap place, yet it is always packed. I had been craving both yo…
There is a small French place in my neighborhood that kept catching my eye every time I walked past. It looked like the food would be good, but I had no idea what kind of place it was, so I kept hesitating. Th…
This is another place I have ended up going to a lot. It is almost half the price of the other places, and the food is pretty good too. I do think somewhere like Keawjai is a bit better, but I do not want to p…
I had heard rumours that a bakery with great croissants had opened in Shinjuku, and even though I had walked around that area a few times, I had no idea. I looked it up on Tabelog and was surprised to find a b…
This is already my third visit this year. Once the weather cools down, I will probably end up coming a few more times. Cabbage I ordered the cabbage instead of the bean sprouts. The seasoning is on the stro…
Ramen Nagi has long been famous as a niboshi-style (dried sardine broth) ramen shop, but I rarely had a reason to go to Shinjuku Golden Gai, so I only just got around to it. Golden Gai is also the setting of t…