Kappo Yamashita, Kyoto
Kyoto has such a long history that its traditional cuisine is famous, but a lot of the places go for an upscale concept, so they’re not cheap. Serious gourmets won’t hesitate to spend what it takes…
Kyoto has such a long history that its traditional cuisine is famous, but a lot of the places go for an upscale concept, so they’re not cheap. Serious gourmets won’t hesitate to spend what it takes…
I’ve mentioned this before, but these days I hardly eat out and mostly cook for myself at home. When you spend a dozen-plus hours a day doing desk work – and even your downtime is spent watching mo…
A friend came to visit, so I booked a table at an izakaya that’s fairly well known around here. It may be just a neighbourhood izakaya, but it serves regional dishes made with ingredients shipped straigh…
I was at Mi Piace just the other day. I had a great time then too (maybe just me?), and somehow the idea came up of getting together to drink a wine called Miani. Miani is the Italian cult wine that The Drops …
After Hadongkwan, the second stop on my hangover-cure course was Samho Jjangttungi, near the Eulji Hospital intersection in Nonhyeon-dong. It’s in the middle of Seoul, but in a way it’s a bit out o…
After overdoing it the night before, the morning calls for haejangguk, Korean hangover soup. Korea’s hangover soups are as varied and tasty as its drinking culture is intense. This day I came all the way…
Somehow I’d ended up with a few bottles sleeping at home, so I threw a small wine gathering with some members of my club. My cellar is tiny, so wines that are ready to drink need to be drunk quickly befo…
I’d had way too much to drink the night before, so there was no way I was skipping ramen. Off I went to the ramen spot at Tokyo Station I’d been to last time. I meant to go to Rokurinsha, legendary…
For White Day, I went with some of my fellow single friends to Chemins, a small French restaurant in Akasaka. Everyone had been telling me for ages how good it was, especially how amazing the food is with wine…
After a quick lunch I meet up with a friend who lives in Tokyo. We used to go to izakaya a lot whenever we got together, but these days it’s mostly home parties. It works out cheaper and we can hang out …
Shirokane-Takanawa is an upscale residential neighborhood you could call the Beverly Hills of Tokyo. Being residential, it doesn’t have many tourist spots, but a close friend lives there, so I often drop…
I suppose it’s the influence of sushi culture, but in Japan there’s such a thing as French food you eat with chopsticks, sitting at a counter and chatting about life with the chef. The most famous …