Heiwaen in Numabukuro, Tokyo
Heiwaen is the yakiniku place from Kodoku no Gurume (Solitary Gourmet), known for meat you eat with wasabi. When you actually go, it sits right in the middle of a residential neighborhood, definitely not somew…
Heiwaen is the yakiniku place from Kodoku no Gurume (Solitary Gourmet), known for meat you eat with wasabi. When you actually go, it sits right in the middle of a residential neighborhood, definitely not somew…
A new ramen shop that had been making waves on Tabelog turned out to be in Omori, so I made some time over the weekend to check out Ramen Muginae. This is the style Lots of ramen shops these days are t…
I went to Omori for ramen, but it was raining and too cold to stand in line, so I ducked into a dessert cafe nearby. It was a place called Patisserie UN CINQ that I stumbled on by chance, and it turned out to …
Asahi Beer has its headquarters in Asakusa. I’ll assume everyone knows where it is… Right next to the HQ there’s a bar/cafe run directly by Asahi Beer. They pour local craft beers, and every …
Keep the first stop simple and splurge a little on the second – I think that’s the middle-aged-guy pattern. You end up picking out only the good stuff. Our second stop in Ginza was Le Chocolat de H…
The line at Sushi no Midori in Ginza is always long, so I never really planned on going.. but I had plenty of time, and when you are eating with a middle-aged guy friend, going somewhere pricey and atmospheric…
1129 (Iiniku) is a sister restaurant of Ogawaken, a yoshoku (Japanese-style Western food) restaurant. The name means “good meat” in Japanese, and it sits on the 6th floor of Decks Tokyo Beach in Od…
There is a bills in Korea too, but the Japanese ones seem a bit cheaper and better quality. If you think about somewhere decent to eat in Odaiba, bills is probably the best bet. Almond milk Hmm.. taste…
Since we had dinner in Ginza, dessert was a must. Life is too short to skip dessert. I ordered Henri Charpentier’s famous crêpe Suzette, and they make it right in front of you like this. Quite a …
I was meeting a friend in Ginza, but since we were not going to be drinking, not many good places came to mind. So what I thought of was Hyottoko. Yuzu shio ramen The ramen noodles Still the sa…
I heard there was a decent ramen shop in Nogizaka, so I dropped in when I had some work nearby. Salad You can help yourself to as much salad as you like. Ramen A tough, punchy niboshi ramen. &n…
A friend said they wanted to try it, so we went to Kameido Horumon. Well.. the line is a bit long, but there are not many places this good. Fresh grapefruit sour This seems to be the best thing here.. …