Back Again: A Wine Dinner at 2chef
We held another gathering at that restaurant we always go to. Going this often might be a problem, but here the wine is always the main event, so it never gets old that easily. Glasses As always, they show …
We held another gathering at that restaurant we always go to. Going this often might be a problem, but here the wine is always the main event, so it never gets old that easily. Glasses As always, they show …
I used last week’s three-day weekend to pop over to Tokyo. The very first place I headed after arriving was Taimeiken, a famous yoshoku (Japanese-style Western food) restaurant that anyone in the know ha…
Those who know me know that I’m seriously picky about Western food, so in Korea I try to stick to Korean food. A friend who knows this about me all too well invited me along, saying he’d found a de…
Suminoe is my favorite bakery in Tokyo. The value for money is unbeatable, and even on taste alone it holds its own against any famous shop. But it is actually a restaurant at heart, and I had always wanted to…
For the May Golden Week holidays I did a loop around Kyushu. I’d originally meant to go abroad, but work was so busy that I switched to a domestic trip instead. The first stop was Sasebo, a city known fo…
I went to Ponta Honke, one of Ueno’s big three tonkatsu restaurants, which proudly charges over 3,000 yen for what is, after all, just tonkatsu. Unlike the other famous places, this one is well known for…
I took my camera along, only to find out the memory card wasn’t in it. Some days are just like that… sob… Feeling that hollow emptiness of losing a whole day’s worth of photos, I’…
Even for someone like me who only picks the tasty places, there are times when I have to settle for a so-so meal somewhere that isn’t a foodie spot. It’s always one of two situations: either there&…
For the first time in a while I had some CDs to buy, so I headed over to the Kanda / Ochanomizu / Jimbocho area. While thinking about where to have lunch, I decided on Restaurant Shichijo, a yoshoku (Western-s…
A friend came over from Korea for the first time in a while. When I asked what they wanted to eat most, the answer was curry and omurice, so I took them to Loup de Mer, a yoshoku (Western-style) restaurant in …
If I only ever had the chance to eat one meal in Tokyo, I think I’d pick this place, with a little hesitation ^_^. Kurofunetei is a yoshoku (Japanese-style Western food) restaurant near Ueno Station. Bei…
Maybe it’s the influence of the US military, but Okinawa has steak houses all over town. The famous ones are probably Jack’s, Sam’s, and 88. I went to Jack’s Steak House, the one with t…