Dessert Cafe Occitanial, Suitengumae
Before coming to Japan this time, I went through the whole ranking of dessert shops in Tokyo. There were a few notable changes, and among them Occitanial at Suitengumae Station was the only one with reasonably…
Before coming to Japan this time, I went through the whole ranking of dessert shops in Tokyo. There were a few notable changes, and among them Occitanial at Suitengumae Station was the only one with reasonably…
On this trip I put a ramen shop back on the itinerary for the first time in a while. Because it is delicious, obviously! And also because it is an easy place to go alone. A few years ago I did a big tour of To…
There are a few places in Tokyo I really love, and one of them is Kurofunetei. Tokyo has plenty of more refined or more upscale Western-style restaurants, but for some reason this is the one that clicks with m…
Aux Delices de Dodine, a name that is hard to even remember, is a popular French restaurant in Hamamatsucho. They do a 1,000-yen lunch, and it is generous enough that the office workers from around the neighbo…
The older I get, the more I seem to go only to places I have already been. It may just be the process of turning into a stubborn old man stuck in his ways, but honestly, it is also because there are not many p…
I tend to prefer the Incheon-Narita flights. Haneda-Tokyo has a strong business feel to it, more like popping over for an errand and heading straight back than actually traveling. Incheon and Narita are both b…
The short trip was over in a flash and it was time to head home. This time I booked a flight out of Narita departing around noon. With so much luggage to haul back to Korea, staying past lunch would just mean …
On my last visit to Tokyo I sadly could not stop by Kameido Horumon, but this time I made it. It is a place you would feel cheated skipping. Charcoal That day my stomach was not really ready, thanks to the …
I was in the middle of eating ramen in Tsukiji when a meetup in Ginza suddenly came up. Yes, I am that busy a man. I was asked to recommend a good place in Ginza, and after mulling it over, Kissa YOU came to m…
It was a short trip with a lot to get done, so no matter how drunk I got the night before, I had to be up early the next morning and on the move. On days like that, a hangover cure in the morning really matter…
On this trip too, my friends living in Tokyo threw a small home party for me. It was not exactly a grand gourmet gathering, but it was fun seeing their faces after such a long time. I brought a few things myse…
Ken’s Cafe Tokyo in Shinjuku is famous for its slightly pricey gateau chocolat. It started out as a cafe, but once the gateau chocolat became popular nationwide they stopped the cafe business and now sel…