The drinks I had in the first half of 2019
Just leaving a record of the drinks I’ve had over the past while. Enma Black Enma is a barley shochu from Oita and it’s great value. They sold it at Centrair airport in Nagoya, so I brought one ho…
Just leaving a record of the drinks I’ve had over the past while. Enma Black Enma is a barley shochu from Oita and it’s great value. They sold it at Centrair airport in Nagoya, so I brought one ho…
Chant d’Oiseau is a dessert shop in Kawaguchi, Saitama. From my place it’s about a four-hour round trip.. So I know how good it is, but unless they run a pop-up at Isetan it’s not easy to get…
I was going back and forth over which yakiniku place to go to and ended up picking one close to home. The Tokyo Prince Hotel sits right below Tokyo Tower, the mood there is good, and when I went this time they…
Tonkatsu Aoki has launched a second brand. The main event is katsu curry — tonkatsu with curry poured over it. The entrance The menu The prices are pretty decent, too. Aoki’s tonkatsu with curry on top…
Bannai, the ramen place near my house, is somewhere I keep going back to. There is a reason for that, but I will skip the details.. The kitchen Ordered gyoza as well Negi ramen Vegetable ramen Spicier than…
We had people over at home, so I ordered some burgers to keep things easy. Uber Eats is the famous one, but Munch’s Burger could only be ordered through a different app. The packaging The app said it wo…
There’s a supermarket called Naniwaya in Azabu-juban. It’s a tiny little place, and it turns out they only take cash. It told me a lot about what Azabu-juban is like. Something about it has real st…
Just gathering up some photos I took in Tokyo.. Sushi Zanmai Even though the market has moved to Toyosu, tourists still come to Tsukiji. Well.. then again there’s really nothing to see at the Toyosu mar…
I ended up going back to ORIENTAL HOTEL again. It’s a bit pricey, but the food and the atmosphere are good, so I keep going back. Price used to be a really important factor for me, but these days I’…
Tante Marie built its name on camembert cheese, and it turns out the main shop is in the Oazo building in Marunouchi. The front entrance The mood is pretty classic. Photos inside aren’t allowed, so I on…
I knew that a branch of Tomita, the famous shop in Matsudo, Chiba, had opened near Tokyo Station, but it was only when I watched the Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san TV special that I found out this branch recreates …
A great burger place has come to Harajuku all the way from the States. Though from the name alone you’d think it was Japanese.. some kind of reverse import, maybe.. The front Stylish, comfortable, all o…