Barikiya, a Soba and Udon Shop in Kounosu
Hardly anyone in Korea has heard of Kounosu. It’s a city in Saitama, and oddly enough it holds quite a few “best in Japan” records. I guess they put together a pretty clever strategy to drum …
Hardly anyone in Korea has heard of Kounosu. It’s a city in Saitama, and oddly enough it holds quite a few “best in Japan” records. I guess they put together a pretty clever strategy to drum …
Because of where I work, I often end up passing through Shinbashi, but that doesn’t mean I have enough spare time to go hunting for great restaurants. There are a few places for a quick bite, and I tried…
I had to have dinner in Ueno, so I searched Tabelog and a place called Daitoryo looked decent. When I got there, it turned out to be huge, yet it was packed with people and there was even a line. I waited in l…
Lately I have been spotting Ippudo branches all over central Tokyo. They are expanding the chain aggressively while bringing in some fun concepts. Inside It is roughly this kind of stand where you can …
We arrived at our first destination, Hamamatsu in Shizuoka, and had a light dinner. The place is a Japanese restaurant called Bansho, the kind of countryside spot where all sorts of dishes come out together on…
I had heard for a long time that there was a wonderful kappo restaurant in Monzen-Nakacho called Fukuden. Their sea urchin wrapped in beef in particular was said to be excellent, so there was no way I could sk…
I heard that a new ramen shop had opened near the Skytree, which is close to Asakusa, so I dropped in. When a shop that has only just opened already has a pretty high Tabelog score, it usually means there is a…
I met up with a friend in Shinjuku for a quick drink. Fresh ingredients skewered and grilled can hardly go wrong. As expected, it is a place for middle-aged guys. Beer Otoshi Bacon-wrapp…
I have a preconception about hotel restaurants – the food is ordinary and the prices are steep – but if you use them wisely they seem fine. This time I went to the tempura restaurant in the basemen…
Matsuya, the soba shop in Kanda, is a place I’d wanted to visit for ages. These days I’m busy ticking things off my bucket list. Ten-zaru soba It isn’t cheap, but the noodles are trul…
Mareunbi hosted a dinner at Kuma in Yeouido, the place everyone’s been talking about lately. Both the quality and the quantity were staggering. This is the pinnacle of Korean-style Japanese food. …
There are two udon shops at Haneda Airport. One is Tsurutontan, and the other is Uraraka, inside the duty-free area. The Osaka-style Tsurutontan is of course delicious too, but Uraraka is a branch of Kanbun Go…