Takahashi, Yaki-Ago Dashi Ramen in Shinjuku
With the year winding down, I had to go to Shin-Okubo for some year-end tax paperwork… so while I was in the area, I dropped by a ramen shop that’s famous around there. Japan is a country where you…
With the year winding down, I had to go to Shin-Okubo for some year-end tax paperwork… so while I was in the area, I dropped by a ramen shop that’s famous around there. Japan is a country where you…
The Joël Robuchon bakery used to be only in Ebisu and Roppongi, but one opened in Shinjuku too, so I picked up a few things. Macadamia cream bread Their bread isn’t cheap, but considering the care and i…
I stopped by Isetan Shinjuku to pick up a cake from L’Authentique and came home with their 2017 Christmas cake catalogue. It was so beautifully made that when I posted it on Twitter it went past 5,000 re…
Head from the south exit of Shinjuku Station toward the Oedo Line and you come across Kajitsuen Liber. I thought I had been to Shinjuku plenty of times, but I only just found out a place like this existed. Tha…
The basement food hall at Isetan regularly runs collaborations with dessert shops from around the country. This time they were selling cakes from a place called Chant d’Oiseau in Kawaguchi, Saitama. I ha…
I go to Makigushi in Shinjuku really often, and every time I post about it I wonder whether I really need to. But I’m not running a restaurant-review blog, so I’ll just keep posting without long ex…
I was in a meeting in Shinjuku that ran well past dinnertime, so I ducked into the first chain izakaya that caught my eye. Chain or not, the quality isn’t all that bad, and since all sorts of people drin…
There’s a Chinese place in Shinjuku with really good jjamppong, so I drop in often when I’m passing through. To actually enjoy it, though, you have to go easy on the first round of drinks beforehan…
Kushitaro is a kushiyaki specialist with several branches around Shinjuku. I’ve been plenty of times already, so I’ll keep this one short. Seasonal menu Didn’t order it, though.  …
Now that I’m a middle-aged guy, I find myself at yakiniku places a lot. This time four of us old guys met up in Shinjuku and went for yakiniku. The place is called Mongsiri in Korean, which comes out as …
A friend of mine came over from Korea for a visit, and since he’s an elite member of the Hilton hotel chain, I got to tag along into the lounge. The view from the lounge The view is pretty nice. …
A building called NEWoMan has opened in Shinjuku. It is right next to Takashimaya at the south exit, and it houses restaurants, cafes, clothing shops, general stores and so on. As you would expect from a brand…