Seoul Business Trip, November 2017
These days I end up going to Seoul almost once a month. It looks like I’ll be doing even more work in Seoul from now on, to the point where calling it a business trip feels a bit silly. Anyway, this was …
These days I end up going to Seoul almost once a month. It looks like I’ll be doing even more work in Seoul from now on, to the point where calling it a business trip feels a bit silly. Anyway, this was …
I stopped by Isetan Shinjuku to pick up a cake from L’Authentique and came home with their 2017 Christmas cake catalogue. It was so beautifully made that when I posted it on Twitter it went past 5,000 re…
L’Authentique is a cake shop run by a pastry chef who trained at Au Bon Vieux Temps. It’s tucked away in a corner of Saitama, so getting there isn’t easy, but I managed to get my hands on the…
Choseian is a soba shop in Tsukiji. It follows the same concept as the other popular Tsukiji spots: the prices are a bit steep, and it’s less about cooking skill than about using good ingredients. Either…
I’d been hearing for a while that there was a decent burger place near the Shiba shopping street, and then Trump suddenly visited Japan and ate a burger from here, which made it famous overnight. Apparen…
Hanya Kuta is a Japanese restaurant specializing in Kyushu cuisine, tucked between Ginza and Tsukiji. I came here for lunch a while back, but the vibe is a bit different in the evening. Today’s fish Nic…
Explaining every single lunch one by one is a hassle, so here’s the oyaji lunch roundup in one go.. Teishoku at Yaki Hamaguriru The lunch really is very satisfying. So I went in the evening too.. but th…
When I meet people for work, I end up picking places that are easy to get to, with safe menu choices. Which means a lot of them are neither cheap nor especially tasty… The older guys, though, tend to spe…
I heard there was a restaurant in Toranomon famous for its rice, so I dropped by. Apparently the line is always long, but maybe because I got there late, it wasn’t that bad this time. The entrance Fried…
I’d heard that the oyster ramen at Kazami was really something, so I went to check it out. The tray Pretty modern, right? Seasonal vegetables With a clean, light ramen like this, vegetables make a nice…
Au Délice des Dodines, the French place that was already a hit in Hamamatsucho, has two sister restaurants; I’d been to the other one, but this was my first time here. The style of the food is much the s…
When work gets busy I end up eating from the convenience store… but honestly, the convenience store makes it easier to keep your nutrition balanced. Go to a cheap chain restaurant and most of it isn̵…