Samovar Russian Restaurant, Hamamatsu
After arriving in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, I dropped into a Russian restaurant for lunch. It seems to be a pretty old establishment in this neighbourhood. Borscht soup It was closer to a stew than a soup. Plent…
After arriving in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, I dropped into a Russian restaurant for lunch. It seems to be a pretty old establishment in this neighbourhood. Borscht soup It was closer to a stew than a soup. Plent…
I had decided to set off on a trip early the next morning, and there was no time to put together a proper breakfast, so I came out to Tokyo Station to buy some bread. VIRON It has the feel of a Paris bistro…
While I was busy hunting for good restaurants within walking distance, I heard a rumor that there was a nice Western-style restaurant in Ryogoku, so I dropped by one Saturday for lunch. Ryogoku is famous for s…
One evening I could not be bothered to cook dinner, so I went to a Chinese place in the neighbourhood. Seian Tosyomen There are plenty of Chinese restaurants around here, but I had no idea which ones were a…
I heard there was a cream puff shop in Ningyocho that people line up for, so I dropped by one Saturday. They sell freshly made cream puffs in limited numbers three times a day, at 9, 12 and 5, and they sell ou…
Right in front of the entrance to the food floor of Nihonbashi Takashimaya, one of the top department stores in Tokyo, there is a cake shop called Au Bon Vieux Temps. Whenever I dropped by there were never any…
While wandering the streets of Asakusa I stumbled on a shop specialising in daigaku imo. Daigaku imo is candied sweet potato, what we call goguma mattang in Korea. It looks roughly like this. It has that sp…
After a good lunch, I headed to the next place for dessert. The back streets of Asakusa are full of famous old shops, and one of them is a well-regarded anmitsu specialist, so I gave it a try. The entrance …
Asakusa is a tourist spot, but it has a surprisingly wide range of good restaurants. Until I moved to this neighbourhood, I had no idea there was a well-known Vietnamese place here. Since it was the weekend &#…
One stop from Asakusa, in Tawaramachi, there is a bakery that ranks among the best in Tokyo, so one holiday morning I went over to pick up some bread for meals. It is known for its shokupan loaves and butter r…
One evening, while taking a walk around Asakusa, I came across a nice-looking cafe and cake shop, so I went in. The front entrance You can see the Sumida River from inside. Judging by the Tabelog reviews, t…
There is a highly rated Chinese restaurant in Kinshicho that I had been meaning to visit someday, and one holiday I finally went for lunch. Kinshicho is really close to Asakusa, only about ten minutes away by …