Ajidokoro Matsuya, for Snow Crab
One day in November.. the weather finally turned chilly and snow crab season came around again! Could anything make me happier.. Whenever crab season comes, the place I always go is Matsuya. It’s closed …
One day in November.. the weather finally turned chilly and snow crab season came around again! Could anything make me happier.. Whenever crab season comes, the place I always go is Matsuya. It’s closed …
After work I dropped into a nearby izakaya, Ajidokoro Akishima, for a drink. It’s on the pricey side, but the food was really good. This was also my first time testing my new camera, and so far I’m…
Elbon the Table, 2chef, and Yountville too, which I never wrote up on the blog: lately I’ve been going to Western restaurants a lot. Not because I particularly love Western food and was dying to try them…
Restaurant Hara is a French restaurant in my neighbourhood. It seems to have opened only about a month ago, but it’s always full, so I made a proper reservation and went with a friend. Wine and glasses …
This visit was more than two weeks ago now. I’d heard that Kokoan (香古庵), a sister restaurant of an onsen ryokan in the Daisen area of Tottori Prefecture, opened back in February, so I went to see what it…
I’m back home after a whirlwind trip to Korea, but what was waiting for me was a mountain of work and a string of drinking sessions. Life’s pretty much the same wherever you go, I guess. Oh well…
The season has finally come to post the storm of entries I’ve let pile up. It’d be nice to post things ahead of time, or at least regularly, but that was never going to happen -_- Anyway, the week…
I got to Matsue Station at the crack of dawn and took these photos on my way home. They’re just scenery shots, so I don’t think they need much explanation. …
Japanese-style izakaya seem to be popular in Korea too, but I doubt they can match the flavors you get at an izakaya in Japan. (Not that I have any intention of dropping by a Korean izakaya to check…) I …
Over the New Year holidays I went to Minami, which has a reputation as the tastiest of the onsen ryokan in Matsue. Honestly, though, it wasn’t as good as I’d hoped. I’m not a big fan of cold …
Continued from Part 1. Let me take a moment to explain the rules I follow for my posts. I don’t record every single place I visit. Rather than a travel log of what was at the first stop, what was at the …
The biggest problem with country life is that there’s not much to do on weekends. Of course, you can always find things to do, and I’ve always had a real knack for making work for myself -_-; so it…