Ginza Six, Newly Opened in the Heart of Ginza
Ginza has a fantastic new spot. I suspect it’s thanks to the spending power of Chinese tourists, but as a visitor I’m nothing but grateful. Concept art at a dessert shop All kinds of premiu…
Ginza has a fantastic new spot. I suspect it’s thanks to the spending power of Chinese tourists, but as a visitor I’m nothing but grateful. Concept art at a dessert shop All kinds of premiu…
I come here often too, so I’ll keep this one brief. Nigori sake Sausage Pork belly? Bacon Grilled nicely, then topped with mustard and e…
A junior colleague who lives in Silicon Valley came to visit, and the original plan was Sakana Bal, but it’s hard to get in there without a reservation. So we went to Kameido Horumon right across from it…
Ginza has plenty of good bakeries, but even among them a few really stand out. Places like Centre The Bakery have such long lines these days that I don’t even dare to go. L’écrin is famous as a Fre…
Gyukatsu Motomura isn’t a Shinbashi-only place. It’s a chain, but everyone rates it well, so this time I gave it a try. The seat Inside The vibe is a lot like Roast Beef Ohno…
Nakano has Mandarake, which buys and sells second-hand anime goods, Fujiya Camera, which buys and sells used AV gear, and shops that trade in watches and jewellery. If you live in Tokyo, you end up having a re…
Part of the reason for doing a first round in Shimbashi was so we could head to Ginza for round two. This bar is run by Kazuo Ueda, the inventor of the hard shake. It’s famous and I’d wanted to vis…
A friend was coming to visit, so we went to Mitsumasa, a kushiyaki place in Shinbashi. Highball Tsukune and pork jowl (tontoro) Stuffed green peppers Shishit…
This is a place I visit often, so I’ll keep the descriptions short and sweet. Getting started Highball Liver Can’t remember what this was.. &nbs…
I go to Makigushi in Shinjuku really often, and every time I post about it I wonder whether I really need to. But I’m not running a restaurant-review blog, so I’ll just keep posting without long ex…
On a sunny spring day I took a loop around the Shirokane area. A newly opened dessert shop I just walked past this time because of what I had scheduled afterwards, but it looked promising. Cherr…
There’s a roast beef bowl place in Akihabara where people line up to eat. Roast beef bowls are all the rage in Japan these days, and I’d wanted to try one somewhere, so I figured I might as well go…