Yoshinoya Gyudon at Home
On the day I get back from a long trip, I always end up relying on Yoshinoya. Partly because cooking rice is a hassle, but also because every now and then I get the feeling I need to have some Yoshinoya gyudon…
On the day I get back from a long trip, I always end up relying on Yoshinoya. Partly because cooking rice is a hassle, but also because every now and then I get the feeling I need to have some Yoshinoya gyudon…
Gangnam has sprouted countless sushi places like Sushi Matsumoto and Sushi Chohee, but when it comes to good sushi north of the river, Sushi Cho is about the only name that comes to mind. Partly that is becaus…
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 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…
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…
Azumabashi Yabusoba is a soba place I can recommend with confidence. It is only open during the day, so it is hard to recommend as wholeheartedly as Kyorakutei.. and the location is a bit awkward too, but on t…
A friend came to visit and asked me to show him a sushi place, but not many are open on Sundays. The one I picked was Manten Sushi in the basement of Marunouchi Brick Square. Draft beer first, of course We …
I finally went to an izakaya I had only heard rumors about. It is a place called Tokudawara, and the line was already long an hour before opening.. The front entrance It was a bit boring, but I had Puzzle &…
I had been to Tonkatsu Maruyama Kippei before and raved about it as the best tonkatsu in Tokyo, and with a friend in town I ended up going back. This time, hirekatsu (pork fillet) A wonderfully moist hireka…
The Sendai area is famous for gyutan (beef tongue), and Rikyu, a gyutan specialist that is well known even in Sendai, has opened a branch at Tokyo Skytree. Naturally the line is always long, so I never managed…
I am still posting about May.. but since the weather is starting to heat up, I went all the way out to Nakameguro for some chilled sudachi soba. There is a place in Ginza that serves it too, but this one appea…
When it comes to places in Tokyo where you can casually enjoy really good soba, Kyorakutei and Azumabashi Yabusoba are the first two that come to mind. Considering how hard Azumabashi Yabusoba is to visit beca…