Yakitori Souten, Otsuka
I went to a great yakitori place in Tokyo with a friend who flew in all the way from New York. After all, anywhere in the world – even in New York, the city of gourmets – it is hard to find yakitor…
I went to a great yakitori place in Tokyo with a friend who flew in all the way from New York. After all, anywhere in the world – even in New York, the city of gourmets – it is hard to find yakitor…
At Kameido Tenjin there is an old wagashi shop called Funabashiya. It was founded in the 2nd year of Bunka (1805), so it boasts more than 200 years of history. They sell a unique dessert called kuzumochi, and …
Gatten is an ordinary yakitori chain. I was looking for somewhere to have dinner and wandered in. Otoshi Just cabbage, but a generous portion. Liver Hearty stuff. The prices are decent too. Squid Instea…
Right next to Grill Sakura, the yoshoku place in Asakusa, is Mutsumi, a restaurant that specialises in kamameshi (rice cooked in a small iron pot). This place is fairly well known too, and I ended up going bec…
One weekend I dropped by Échiré in Marunouchi. The line was as long as ever. The entrance The one saving grace was that it was not as bad as before. But the cake I wanted to buy was nowhere to be seen. T.T …
I knew Sadaharu Aoki was famous, but I do not remember ever buying anything there other than chocolate. The prices are steep and the cakes look so flashy that I had always been a bit put off. But with my Tokyo…
I ended up having dinner at Rigoletto, an Italian place at Tokyo Skytree. Inside Very trendy atmosphere with club music playing. It felt more like Roppongi or Shibuya than Asakusa. Sangria Tasty. Caesar …
One weekend, after Kameido, I headed over to Kinshicho. It is close to home, so I end up going there a lot. The front entrance of Thailand Shop There are quite a few Thai restaurants in Kinshicho, and I wen…
With the weekend here, I went back to Kameido. I was curious about the bread at Julian Bakery, a bakery that came over from Hawaii. Turtle bread This is not from Julian Bakery. I spotted it while walking do…
After a first round of yakitori, we moved on to a nearby ramen shop for round two. Right next to Kameido Tenjin shrine there is a ramen shop that stays open until late at night. Jun reba-don Stir-fried live…
I heard that someone who trained at Torishiki, the yakitori place famous for being impossible to book, had opened his own yakitori place in Kameido, so I went to check it out. It is called Torisawa, and from w…
I had been to almost every cake shop in Tokyo that has any kind of reputation, and the last one on the list was Patisserie Ryoco in Takanawadai. I suspect many people have no idea where that is; roughly speaki…