A Cote Patisserie, Shirokanedai
A Cote Patisserie might just be my favorite pastry shop. It is a bit of a trek to get there, but it is a place I cannot help going back to regularly. The front entrance Not just the entrance, the inside is …
A Cote Patisserie might just be my favorite pastry shop. It is a bit of a trek to get there, but it is a place I cannot help going back to regularly. The front entrance Not just the entrance, the inside is …
The cookies here are so good that I couldn’t help going back, even though it’s a long way. The front entrance I tried to visit again the other day, but it was a Sunday and they were closed. With…
The theme of this Tokyo trip was Spanish food. If you want to eat Spanish food, the right thing is obviously to go to Spain, but with my line of work there is no way I could ever get enough time off to spend t…
On a Sunday evening in Tokyo there’s honestly nowhere to go except Western restaurants. I guess the message is: don’t go out on a Sunday night, stay home with your family. But my friend wanted soba…
Restaurant Quintessence is one of the French restaurants in Tokyo with three Michelin stars. With L’Osier in Ginza recently closing its doors for a while, the three-star French places are now down to jus…
I had some free time during a business trip to Tokyo, so I arranged to meet a friend. There was a French restaurant I’d really wanted to go to, but I was told it was already fully booked. So I switched t…
I had a lunch date with an acquaintance in Shirokanedai. Platinum Street in Shirokanedai is lined not only with well-known famous restaurants but with plenty of hidden gems too. (For example, the three-star re…
A friend of mine lives in Shirokanedai, so I end up in that neighborhood a lot. This is a place that friend introduced me to, and it’s a solid neighborhood favorite. It seems pretty popular, but it’…
Korea may be the birthplace of grilled meat, but Japanese yakiniku is a different animal from Korean bulgogi or galbi. The seasoning is a bit sweeter, and instead of the meat coming out in whole pieces that ge…