Pâtisserie Asako Iwayanagi in Todoroki
Pâtisserie Asako Iwayanagi is a dessert café that is famous across Japan. Chef Iwayanagi, who was already running a successful dessert café elsewhere, apparently opened this place under her own name in a resid…
Pâtisserie Asako Iwayanagi is a dessert café that is famous across Japan. Chef Iwayanagi, who was already running a successful dessert café elsewhere, apparently opened this place under her own name in a resid…
Oyamadai is the neighborhood right next to Jiyugaoka. I had heard that lately some top-level dessert shops and cafes have been clustering in the residential areas hugging Jiyugaoka, namely Todoroki, Oyamadai a…
I had heard for a long time that there was a wonderful kappo restaurant in Monzen-Nakacho called Fukuden. Their sea urchin wrapped in beef in particular was said to be excellent, so there was no way I could sk…
I had a reason to go for a drink in Daimon, and while looking for an izakaya nearby I ended up at a place called SABAR. Saba means mackerel, and it is a mackerel specialist: every single dish has mackerel in i…
Here is a collection of photos I took while out and about. Yurikamome Ride it early in the morning and nobody is in the front seats. You can enjoy the view at your leisure. That said, the weather was t…
On this business trip, too, I relied on convenience stores more than a few times. There are not many restaurants open in the morning, and if I am just going to wander out and eat something random anyway, it is…
I heard that a new ramen shop had opened near the Skytree, which is close to Asakusa, so I dropped in. When a shop that has only just opened already has a pretty high Tabelog score, it usually means there is a…
Back at Miro Sikdang again. It is a long way to get there, but for food this good, that much effort is nothing.. Now that the weather is heating up, though, the walk is starting to worry me a little. I should …
Since I had come all the way to Gongdeok, I stopped by Noir Ne as well. A lot of good places have opened up in this neighborhood, and this is the one that stands out the most. Blanc I was told the most…
Those in the know will know that Factory is a cocktail bar that has been a fixture in Hongdae for a long time. It was around before the single malt boom ever hit Korea. I heard a rumor that they had opened a s…
I left the house on the weekend thinking I’d go for a walk, and ended up at Gongdeok Station. Those of you who know the area will already know this, but the old Gyeongui Line tracks have been turned into…
Miro Sikdang has just moved to Wausan. The food was already great at the old place, but I heard it had been upgraded even further, so there was no way I could skip a visit. Miro Sikdang It is completel…