Iseto Izakaya, Kagurazaka
A friend put in a request for good soba that day, so the plan was to try Kyorakutei in Kagurazaka, but.. oh no, they had already closed early for the long weekend. So I just searched for places nearby and up c…
A friend put in a request for good soba that day, so the plan was to try Kyorakutei in Kagurazaka, but.. oh no, they had already closed early for the long weekend. So I just searched for places nearby and up c…
I had heard for ages that there was an izakaya in Tsukishima with a perpetual line, and this time I finally got the chance to go. When the line is that long, there are not many people you can drag along with y…
I heard that in the shitamachi neighborhood of Monzen-nakacho there was an izakaya run as a retirement pastime by an owner-chef who used to run the kitchen at Sushi Sasaki, a famous sushi restaurant in Ginza, …
A junior colleague I’m fond of called an impromptu meetup, so off we went to Inoshishi, the izakaya everyone raves about. They built the course to fit a 50,000-won budget, and for the price the content w…
I’ve been keeping up a pattern of fine dining by day and izakaya-hopping by night. This day, too, I’d heard about a delicious izakaya that competes on shellfish dishes alone, so I went to check it …
I happened to hear online that an izakaya specialising in Japanese craft beer had recently opened, so I made a reservation and went on purpose. To be honest, just like with Japanese local wine, there aren̵…
Kagurazaka is one of Tokyo’s big streets for good restaurants. It’s central, but it’s not much of a shopping area and it’s not all that convenient to get to, so unless I have some speci…
Done with our Izumo feast, we headed back to Matsue. On the way we could see the night view over Lake Shinji, so we got out for a bit to take in the lake at night. Night view I didn’t have a tripod, s…
If I had to pick the one place that satisfied me most of everything I ate around here, I’d choose this one without hesitation. It’s that good, and it’s not cheap either. Full of anticipation,…
If Hazumiya was a modest starter, Tama was where this food meetup really got going. Tama is in Higashihonmachi in Matsue, and its regulars are mostly the serious food lovers of the neighborhood. They run thei…
Tama is an izakaya run by a pair of brothers who are fishermen, and since I’d heard they get great ingredients in, I picked a day and went. That’s the perk of a town by the sea. A place where peopl…
For dinner in Fukuoka I picked Kiharu, an izakaya famous for its saba (mackerel) dishes. It’s not far from Nakasu. Maybe it’s because I’ve turned into a middle-aged guy, but lately I keep cra…