Oyaji Lunch 2017
This is my regular lunch roundup. The really good places get their own posts, but the ones I just drop into now and then need to be collected like this. Fried garlic topping and black curry Takeout fro…
This is my regular lunch roundup. The really good places get their own posts, but the ones I just drop into now and then need to be collected like this. Fried garlic topping and black curry Takeout fro…
The reason I came back to Bistro Maeda was that I had some business in Kappabashi. There are a few other good places around, but I have already been to pretty much all the ones worth going to.. and it is on my…
I bought these on a rainy day, so there are no photos of the storefront or the inside, but they were so good that I wanted to post about them anyway. As far as I know, Quiche Yoroizuka has shops at the three-w…
I picked up a Kouign Tatin at Philippe Conticini, the new shop in Ginza Six. The packaging Pretty, isn’t it. Round desserts Quite a distinctive style. Cross section of the Kouign T…
“Chahan” is short for “Chinese gohan”, which means fried rice. I had heard there was a place in Shinbashi that does fried rice really well, so I went one evening. Chahan-Oh means “…
There were way too many people heading home from the fireworks, so my friends and I decided to grab dinner nearby before going back. Bronco Billy is a well-known steak house in Saitama. The salad bar T…
Toda Park in Saitama isn’t all that far from Tokyo if you take the Saikyo Line. Thanks to the spectacular fireworks, a huge crowd turns up. The fireworks venue The spots are all gone by the after…
There was an idol festival going on in Odaiba. I did not go there to see the idols, though; I had work to do at the office nearby, so I dropped by to see what it was like. A side stage You cannot get i…
Kameido Horumon has a branch in Ebisu, which I visited before and enjoyed. This time I went with a different group. Bean sprouts I go here so often that writing it up feels like a chore.. so this is go…
Mansei in Akihabara sits in a spot that anyone who visits Akihabara is bound to see. I have been to Akihabara plenty of times, but I had only actually gone in once. This was my second visit. The Akihaba…
Roppongi Hills was running a gourmet burger event, so I went along on the weekend with a friend who had nothing better to do. Heartland beer It was hot, so a beer first Mushroom burger set &nbs…
While searching for good places to eat in Tsukiji, I came across a curious spot. There is a shop in Tsukiji that sells something called an Ultra Vanilla cream puff. Takatanido I showed up at nine, only…