Aux Bacchanales, a French Bistro in Shinagawa
Lately I’ve been hunting for restaurants where you can go with friends on a not-too-steep budget and eat a bit of everything. When you’re out in the working world, you end up needing a place like t…
Lately I’ve been hunting for restaurants where you can go with friends on a not-too-steep budget and eat a bit of everything. When you’re out in the working world, you end up needing a place like t…
I tried to set up a dinner for the weekend, but October 10, 2010 turned out to be a special day and I couldn’t get a booking anywhere. Almost every fine-dining restaurant in the city was fully booked for…
After taking care of brunch with pizza in Nakameguro, I set off for dessert, as always. Mont St. Clair, one of the most celebrated shops in all of Tokyo, is in Jiyugaoka, the stylish neighbourhood, so I paid i…
I had some business to take care of, and on the way home afterwards I thought I would grab a late-night snack, so I stopped by Kawakamian, a soba shop in Azabu-Juban. Even though it is a soba shop it stays ope…
After finishing dessert at Robuchon, I headed to Akihabara to check out Pentax’s newest camera. Those who know me know that the camera I’ve used for about six years now is a Pentax *istDS with a 31…
I plan my travel routes around dessert first. The whole reason I deliberately picked Tempura Mikawa for lunch was that I wanted to visit this café, which I’d had my eye on for a while. The entrance It…
I usually go to Tokyo about once every two months, but this time I went back after just one. Once every two months really does feel a bit short. There are so many people I want to see, but I never have enough …
Before the big wave of Tokyo posts, let me start with Naniwa Sushi, where I went for the first time in a while. I booked ahead and had a reasonable amount. The sushi was as good as ever. Nodoguro Today’…
I went out to Shinjuku for lunch and really struggled to decide where to go. Having come all the way to Tokyo, I couldn’t just eat any old thing. So I headed to the Park Hyatt hotel in Shinjuku, making a…
The highlight of this trip was a restaurant in Nishiazabu, currently the chicest spot in Tokyo. It’s a quiet neighborhood right next to Roppongi, full of hidden gems. I went to one of them, a place calle…
I got to Tokyo around 11, and even though I had a lunch appointment at 1, I still needed a little palate-warmer first -_- so I headed straight to Ginza. The plan was to finally try a top-notch shio ramen speci…
These days I’m going to Tokyo on a regular schedule, about once every two months. I’ve got lots of friends there, there are plenty of places I want to try, and I get to catch the latest trends. Thi…