Stamina-en in Toyosu
These days, whenever I’m craving something good, I head to a yakiniku place. Proof that I’ve turned into a middle-aged guy, maybe.. I’ve already been to Stamina-en a few times, so it feels fa…
These days, whenever I’m craving something good, I head to a yakiniku place. Proof that I’ve turned into a middle-aged guy, maybe.. I’ve already been to Stamina-en a few times, so it feels fa…
I go to Tsukiji pretty often, but I rarely bother taking photos. Getting up early on a weekend morning is never easy. Here are the handful of shots I did take. The tuna auction floor All those tuna are…
I heard a rumor that a long-established Hungarian cafe-slash-restaurant had opened in Omotesando, that fashionable part of town, so I went to check it out. They say it has 150 years of tradition, and a restaur…
Wandering around Mita one weekend, I came across a bakery that looked promising. The place, more or less One side is set up as a café where you can also sit down for a meal. The bread, more or l…
Near Hamamatsucho, which is linked to Haneda Airport by the monorail, there are two big hotels. One is the Shiba Park Hotel and the other is the InterContinental Tokyo Bay. Maybe because there’s a free s…
Valentine’s Day had been such a big deal that I figured White Day would have something going on too, but there was hardly any event at all. I don’t think it was like this last year… hmm……
Foundry is a shop famous for making desserts with high-quality fruit. I first came across it at the Sogo department store in Yokohama, and now there’s finally a branch in Tokyo too. Desserts rough…
There are lots of good places to eat around Tsukiji Market. Beyond the inner and outer markets, they spread across the street and into Shintomicho, Kobikicho and so on. I guess it’s because it’s cl…
Living close to Tsukiji, I get plenty of chances to drop by. Tsukiji at dawn I don’t do places with lines like this anymore, though… Odayasu It’s pretty famous and always pack…
Ikinari Steak is a standing-only steak place, and the line is long. It’s so popular that I wanted to see for myself what it was all about at least once. Salad and soup It came to around 1,300 yen…
I heard there was a reasonably priced tempura place in Shinbashi where you eat at the counter, so I went. Lunch is 1,200 yen and dinner is 3,000 yen, which is a pretty startling price. Shrimp head Real tempur…
Motsunabe Yamaya is such a famous place that it even has a branch in Korea. What it’s famous for is the all-you-can-eat mentaiko. I’ve heard the motsunabe at dinner is pretty good too, but these da…