An Italian Restaurant near Shinjuku Gyoen
It’s been ages since I posted a place that isn’t actually good.. I happened to end up eating near Shinjuku Gyoen, and this is the restaurant I walked into. The food was very ordinary. The Marui dep…
It’s been ages since I posted a place that isn’t actually good.. I happened to end up eating near Shinjuku Gyoen, and this is the restaurant I walked into. The food was very ordinary. The Marui dep…
Japanese ramen comes in so many styles, and there are so many famous shops, that it’s hard to say any one place is the best. Around the New Year, TV shows and magazines all rush to publish their rankings…
I think it’s been about two years since I was last out in Shinjuku. Some things seem to have changed a little, but honestly not all that much. As always, I come out of the East Exit. In Shinjuku, almost …
The rankings of Shinjuku’s famous ramen shops have shifted a lot. I went to Musashi, which used to be number one, and today I walked right in without queuing. That’s how it goes for any place that …
Last week a friend came to visit Tokyo, and we went ahead with a one-day Tokyo gourmet trip. Neither of us is a big eater, so unlike some people we couldn’t manage 5-6 meals a day – we just had bre…
Here’s a round-up of photos I’ve been saving up. The photos from La Bettola in Ginza, where I ate and came away ridiculously happy, will get a post of their own. (The sea urchin pasta that melts in…
I finally went to Shinjuku Gen, the ramen shop yepok strongly recommended to me a while ago. It’s a Hokkaido-style ramen shop. It had moved from its original spot, so I had a bit of trouble finding it, b…