Loup de Mer, a Yoshoku Place in Kanda
A friend came over from Korea for the first time in a while. When I asked what they wanted to eat most, the answer was curry and omurice, so I took them to Loup de Mer, a yoshoku (Western-style) restaurant in …
A friend came over from Korea for the first time in a while. When I asked what they wanted to eat most, the answer was curry and omurice, so I took them to Loup de Mer, a yoshoku (Western-style) restaurant in …
Some friends came over for the weekend, so we went together to Sumita, a Sanuki udon specialist and one of the good spots in my neighborhood. Even in the heat there was a line. We waited about 20 minutes. Asso…
By nature I’m not one to become a regular anywhere. The world is big, and I’m busy enough just chasing new and interesting things; sticking to one shop, however good, feels like a minus in life. Al…
Toshi Yoroizuka is one of the hottest cake shops and dessert bars in Tokyo right now. I love sweets ^_^ but when I thought about it, I realized I’d barely been to any dessert places lately. What a shame&…
Ginza Tenryu is a place I’d been hearing about for ages. It’s apparently famous for serving big, tasty gyoza cheap right in the middle of Ginza, so much so that people line up for it at lunchtime. …
Every day around lunchtime I find myself wondering what to eat. When I have time I cook for myself, but with a working life that isn’t always easy. Right before lunch I happened to be searching the web a…
Asakusa is such an old neighborhood that it’s full of long-established famous restaurants, but today I didn’t come for any of those. I came all the way here to eat hamburg steak. There’s just…
I’d known for ages that Brasserie L’ecrin, the casual-dining offshoot of L’ecrin, the famous French restaurant in Ginza, was in Ueno (not that I ever had a reason to go all the way to Ueno fo…
Kanda is famous as the neighborhood where legendary soba shops like Kanda Yabu Soba and Kanda Matsuya are clustered. I heard a strong new contender called Nemurian had opened in the area, so I went to check it…
Soba is at its best in autumn when the new-harvest buckwheat comes in, but I think the time you crave it most is the middle of summer. Just like ice-cold naengmyeon. I heard there’s a specialist shop ser…
Isehiro is an 80-year-old yakitori place in Kyobashi, between Ginza and Tokyo Station. I’d heard a rumour that its lunchtime yakitori-don is the best in Tokyo, so I went to check it out. The sign ItR…
Last holiday I opened a Fritz Haag Riesling 2005, completely unplanned, just to test my new sommelier knife, and it was delicious. Fruity aromas tickling the nose, a refreshing acidity, and little bubbles popp…