Over the New Year holidays I had a chance to go to the Gotemba Premium Outlets. While wondering where to have lunch, I went with the safe bet, Uogashi Sushi. It is a popular place – or rather, there are …
In Asakusa there is the golden Asahi Beer headquarters shaped like a beer mug, and right next to it is an izakaya-slash-restaurant run by Asahi Beer. I had heard many times that the beer tastes amazing there s…
Walking around Harajuku, I spotted a newly opened candy shop, Candy Artisans The Red Balloon. The front entrance There was some kind of big steel table inside with a crowd gathered around it, so I went in o…
Cafe Kaila, the restaurant that came over from Hawaii, has moved from Asakusa to Harajuku. Apparently the lines got so long that the neighbors complained loudly. When business is that good, moving up to the ma…
I had long heard the rumour that one of the best soba shops in all of Tokyo was tucked away in a corner of Asakusa, and I already knew exactly where it was, but every time I went it was closed, so I only got t…
It had been a while, so I went to 2chef with my gourmet club friends. Being the end of the year, it was hard to get a table at any restaurant, but our timing was good. Oysters Served as an appetizer. I rare…
I seem to have caught a cold lately and was not feeling great, so I went to Palsun for something nourishing. The table Being a hotel-run restaurant, the service was, needless to say, top-notch. Side dishes …
I had been hearing for a long time that there was a good Thai restaurant in Yeonnam-dong, and somehow I ended up visiting on Christmas Day. There are plenty of bars around Hongdae but not many places for lunch…
I was out in Myeongdong on a cold day and wanted something with a warm broth. So the place I went to was Misungok. The front entrance I thought I had been to Myeongdong plenty of times, but I had no idea th…
Something came up and I had to rush down to Jeonju, so I took the express bus. The train was already sold out and I could not get a seat. Once I got to Jeonju, the place I went for lunch was Waengi Kongnamul G…
Kita-Senju is on my running route, so I end up there quite a lot. This time I visited Matador, a place famous for its gyukotsu (beef bone) ramen. Matador means bullfighter, which may or may not be a fitting na…
I was wondering where to go for my weekend gourmet outing and decided on a soba place near home. It is a handmade soba shop called Tsune, and somehow it looked like it had some serious skill behind it. The se…