Salvatore Cuomo Pizza in Shirokane-Takanawa
There’s a pizza chain that’s been expanding at a frightening pace lately, and I’d had my eye on it for a while. The interior is stylish and the menu isn’t that expensive, yet for a plac…
There’s a pizza chain that’s been expanding at a frightening pace lately, and I’d had my eye on it for a while. The interior is stylish and the menu isn’t that expensive, yet for a plac…
After a good meal at Kitazawa Club, I was about to head to a café nearby when my friend said we had some time, so why not go somewhere nice. When a friend puts it like that, what can you do? I took us to the b…
I went to Kitazawa Club (Kitazawa Kurabu), a conveyor-belt sushi place that’s been famous in Shinjuku for years. “Club” is pronounced “kurabu” in Japanese, and the kanji written f…
A friend of mine lives in Shirokanedai, so I end up in that neighborhood a lot. This is a place that friend introduced me to, and it’s a solid neighborhood favorite. It seems pretty popular, but it’…
I spotted this place while passing through Shibuya. I heard it was newly opened, so I wandered in without thinking much… but it wasn’t as good as I’d hoped. The storefront The table I order…
I took quite a few café photos too (not counting Takeout Drawing), so I’m putting them all up in one go. A gelato shop in front of Mapojip at Maebong Station Not tasty, and pricey. The interior is nice …
The older I get and the more time I spend on planes, the more interested I become in airports. Something new opened at Narita, some place at Haneda is supposed to be good, and so on… It’s handy to …
I came out to Jongno for the first time in a while. To buy glasses ^_^ Glasses cost about twice as much in Japan, you see.. It was about time to replace mine, so I went to Namdaemun. Some people say Dongdaemun…
After a quick bite at Yeongsangang, round two was Gyeongseong Yangyukgwan in Gyodae, a place that’s well known among people who take their hot pot and lamb skewers seriously. It turned out to be easier t…
Yeongsangang is a hongeo (fermented skate) restaurant near Nambu Bus Terminal subway station. To celebrate being back in Korea after a long while, I went to have some skate. The sign It wasn’t hard to f…
Seongbuk-dong is an upscale residential neighborhood. Like Azabu-Juban in Tokyo, it seems the kind of place that should have plenty of hidden gems. It wasn’t in the plan, but I ended up at Biyangdo, a Ja…
I’d arranged to meet an old friend in Seongbuk-dong. I think it had been about five years since we last saw each other. It would be nice to at least see each other’s faces now and then, but I’…