This is another place I visit often, because you can always count on fantastic meat here. Fresh lemon sour These days this is almost the only drink I order. It is so refreshing. Gyutan (beef tongue) As al…
Azumabashi Yabusoba, one of the famous soba places in Asakusa, is great value for money and I like the atmosphere too, so I end up here quite often. Tempura soba (ten-seiro) I always order this one, and it …
A Cote Patisserie might just be my favorite pastry shop. It is a bit of a trek to get there, but it is a place I cannot help going back to regularly. The front entrance Not just the entrance, the inside is …
A while back, on my way home from a bakery in Ryogoku, I came across an unusual little deli. It sells fried food and simple side dishes, the prices are low, and somehow the place just had presence. On a weeken…
Chinkatei, a Chinese restaurant tucked away in a corner of Asakusa, does a great tantanmen, so I end up going there for lunch fairly often. Hiyashi tantanmen It tasted almost the same as their shirunashi (s…
For a while eating cake was my hobby, but posting them one by one is a hassle, so here they all are in one go. These days I have put on a lot of weight, so I am holding back. T_T Cakes from Pierre Hermé Hig…
I heard a rumor that VIRON, famous for its baguettes, had opened a bakery in Ginza called Centre that specializes in shokupan, Japanese white bread, so I went to check it out. The front entrance It says Gin…
One holiday around lunchtime I suddenly had a craving for tantanmen, so I went to a Chinese restaurant near my place. It is not a place known for its tantanmen, but Ryuen is always reliable. Ebi chili (chili …
I heard that an authentic Neapolitan pizzeria that stays open late had opened near Ebisu Station, so I dropped by late one weekday evening. It is close to the station, but the way Ebisu Station is laid out, yo…
At the end of August, near the tail end of summer but still in the thick of the heat, Asakusa holds its samba carnival every year. Honestly, events like this happen all over Japan, so I am used to them and ski…
It is not right in the heart of Ginza, but roughly across from Yurakucho Station there is a Kagoshima kurobuta (black pork) shabu-shabu specialist called Ichiniisan. Its Tabelog score is nothing special, but j…
Sembikiya is famous as a luxury fruit shop, but the main store in Nihonbashi also runs a yoshoku (Western-style) restaurant. It is not exactly a cheap place, yet it is always packed. I had been craving both yo…