Kadoya, an Izakaya in Mangwon-dong
We had the first round at 2chef and went to a ramen shop for the second, and the ramen that came out was truly awful. I don’t get why anyone would try to make money selling stuff like that. At the very l…
We had the first round at 2chef and went to a ramen shop for the second, and the ramen that came out was truly awful. I don’t get why anyone would try to make money selling stuff like that. At the very l…
I got to Tokyo around 11, and even though I had a lunch appointment at 1, I still needed a little palate-warmer first -_- so I headed straight to Ginza. The plan was to finally try a top-notch shio ramen speci…
These days I’m going to Tokyo on a regular schedule, about once every two months. I’ve got lots of friends there, there are plenty of places I want to try, and I get to catch the latest trends. Thi…
I could only get one day off, so I had to be at work in the morning and got up early. After last night’s feast there was a hearty breakfast waiting too, so I couldn’t just rush off because I was bu…
Finally, the dinner I’d been waiting for. Good food is really the single most important thing that draws people to an onsen ryokan. If all you want is a hot spring, there are plenty near the city. The d…
It felt a shame to just head home after the yakiniku, so I stopped at an izakaya near the hotel for one more drink. A glass of draft beer! I couldn’t drink at the yakiniku because I was driving, so I h…
Matagi is a robatayaki in Roppongi. The senior member who handles Tokyo for the gourmet club I’m part of said this place looked good and suggested we go, so I went in with high hopes. When I looked it up…
I came to Tokyo on a business trip, but pretty much all I remember is the eating. I’m thinking of posting it bit by bit. The first place I went on day one was Hatsushima, a small izakaya in Shinbashi. It…
For dinner in Fukuoka I picked Kiharu, an izakaya famous for its saba (mackerel) dishes. It’s not far from Nakasu. Maybe it’s because I’ve turned into a middle-aged guy, but lately I keep cra…
To keep the high from the whale meat I had at lunch going, I headed to a whale-cuisine specialist I’d bookmarked in advance. As is so often the case with places like this, it was tucked into a corner of …
At long last I’ve found the time to sort out the rest of the photos from my Osaka/Kyoto trip. This time I was traveling with my elders, so we ended up eating at department-store restaurant floors not onc…
Kyoto has such a long history that its traditional cuisine is famous, but a lot of the places go for an upscale concept, so they’re not cheap. Serious gourmets won’t hesitate to spend what it takes…