Menya Kaijin, Shinjuku
I had been hearing for ages that there was a great ramen shop right by the south exit of Shinjuku, and I finally got around to going. The front entrance It is really close to the south exit. Practically a s…
I had been hearing for ages that there was a great ramen shop right by the south exit of Shinjuku, and I finally got around to going. The front entrance It is really close to the south exit. Practically a s…
With spring here, I went to Isetan in Shinjuku to buy a messenger bag, and while I was at it I ended up dropping by a cafe. The front entrance It is a cafe near Isetan. Not on the ground floor but in the ba…
I had already reserved Moriizo chocolates for Valentine’s Day this year, but another chocolate looked so good that I simply could not resist buying it. It is called Honey Bee Garden, a Valentine’s …
This Valentine’s Day I heard that Takashimaya was selling a limited-edition chocolate made with Mori Izo, the shochu they call the “phantom shochu”, so I used my weekend to head over to Shinj…
There is a place in Shinjuku that sits at the top of the Tokyo dessert scene with a single item on the menu, a gateau chocolat, so I went to check it out. It is called Ken’s Cafe, near Shinjuku Gyoen, an…
I wanted a quick lunch in Shinjuku, so I went to a place called Ban Thai. It has been in business in Kabukicho for a long time, and while the prices are a little steep, it is a popular spot. The restaurant is …
In early December, after casting my overseas vote in Yotsuya, I was wondering where to go for dinner and ended up heading to Le Petit Mec, a bakery in Shinjuku. It is a branch of a famous Kyoto bakery, on the …
Needing to top up on carbs, I headed to Nagi, a ramen shop that’s supposed to be doing pretty well in Shinjuku. There are three Nagi shops in Shinjuku, and the one I went to was the Nishi-Shinjuku branch…
After digging deep into desserts for a good while, I’ve lately started getting into bread too. It’s probably mostly because great bakeries have been popping up all over Tokyo like mushrooms after t…
I went out to Shinjuku for lunch and really struggled to decide where to go. Having come all the way to Tokyo, I couldn’t just eat any old thing. So I headed to the Park Hyatt hotel in Shinjuku, making a…
Suminoe is my favorite bakery in Tokyo. The value for money is unbeatable, and even on taste alone it holds its own against any famous shop. But it is actually a restaurant at heart, and I had always wanted to…
It was a short weekend trip so things were pretty hectic, and I had drinks with friends lined up for the evening, so I decided to keep dinner simple with a bowl of ramen. There are two ramen shops that have be…