KAO KAO KAO, a Thai Restaurant in Shinbashi
A Thai place opened right in front of Makochan, so I popped over for a quick lunch. The front entrance Thai style all the way. The King of Thailand… The menu The nice thing is you can put your meal to…
A Thai place opened right in front of Makochan, so I popped over for a quick lunch. The front entrance Thai style all the way. The King of Thailand… The menu The nice thing is you can put your meal to…
Makochan is a great yakiton izakaya, but with COVID going on it was hard to justify a visit. Then I heard they were doing takeout, so I went and picked some up myself. If this is what it takes to eat something…
I feel like I’ve been through almost every good lunch spot in Shinbashi, and there aren’t many left. This place is an izakaya in the evening, but at lunch it’s a tantanmen specialist. Inside …
Hatsushima is famous in Shinbashi for its lunch service, but for a while they had stopped doing lunch. I dropped by for the first time in ages, saw they were open, and went in. Front entrance It’s a ver…
To start from the beginning… I went to a cinema in Hibiya to see Avengers: Infinity War… And a Tim Ho Wan had opened there… Even at night the line was ridiculously long… Tim Ho Wan is …
Okutone is a standing soba shop in Shinbashi. It looks roughly like this.. There’s no line to be seen, but the turnover is incredible. Well.. that’s how every standing soba shop is, isn’t it…
There’s a place in Shinbashi called Bifun Azuma. It has a pretty long history, and the line is always on the long side. Entrance The vibe is roughly like this.. This is the gomoku bifun. I’d desc…
Working near Shinbashi means I end up eating lunch around here a lot. Grilled mackerel set meal at Yayoiken Yayoiken is absurdly cheap and the quality is decent. It goes toe to toe with the gyudon and soba ch…
I’ve been going to Mitsumasa so often lately that the thrill of the first visit is long gone, but everyone I brought along was happy, so I’ll call that a win. Highball Skewers.. &nb…
Sakanatei in Shinbashi is a place with a long line at lunchtime. It looks like this.. It’s in a basement and so cramped that shoulders bump. The crowd seems to be about 95% middle-aged salarymen.. I had…
There’s a Taiwan Gyoza place in Shinbashi. It’s a slightly odd chain: the food is so cheap and so good that you wonder how they make any money at these prices. I suspect it’s a business model…
It’s the end of the year, so the get-togethers keep coming. This time we went to a cheap and cheerful izakaya in Shimbashi. It’s the kind of place you can walk into without a reservation even at ye…