Trattoria Molto
This was a get-together back in the summer, so my memory’s a bit hazy. I haven’t been getting around to many proper restaurants lately, and there hasn’t been much worth posting either, but mo…
This was a get-together back in the summer, so my memory’s a bit hazy. I haven’t been getting around to many proper restaurants lately, and there hasn’t been much worth posting either, but mo…
I was flying back to Korea on an evening flight out of Haneda, but I had dinner plans, so I met a friend in Hamamatsucho. The monorail from Hamamatsucho gets you to Haneda Airport’s international termina…
Having come all the way to Karuizawa, I could hardly skip its most famous restaurant. Auberge de Primavera is a French restaurant well known among Tokyo gourmets. It has even appeared in Drops of God. I had t…
There was a Hoshino Onsen area near our pension. Of course the most famous place around here is Hoshinoya Karuizawa, but I didn’t see much point in staying at a pricey ryokan, so I’d planned to ski…
I was going back and forth on where to stay in Karuizawa, and by the time I’d made up my mind, all the decent hotels were already booked. That’s peak season for you. So my fallback was a pension, w…
The first place I visited after arriving in Karuizawa was the Mercian Museum. Those who know Mercian will know it as a brand of inexpensive Japanese wine. The museum is run by Kirin, famous for its beer, and b…
It was a short trip, but I found a gap in the schedule and went back to Echire, the butter pastry shop. It’s been open for quite a while now, yet it’s still popular enough that you have to queue on…
I’ve been keeping up a pattern of fine dining by day and izakaya-hopping by night. This day, too, I’d heard about a delicious izakaya that competes on shellfish dishes alone, so I went to check it …
Sant Pau in Nihonbashi is the Tokyo branch of a restaurant that holds three Michelin stars in Spain. It’s a famous place with two stars in the Tokyo Michelin guide too, and as you’d expect with tho…
Needing to top up on carbs, I headed to Nagi, a ramen shop that’s supposed to be doing pretty well in Shinjuku. There are three Nagi shops in Shinjuku, and the one I went to was the Nishi-Shinjuku branch…
I went back for another try at Mitsumasa, where last time I left without eating properly. This time I wanted to enjoy the real taste of pork skewers. Starting with beer Summer is hot, so all the more reason …
There was a time when I loved Ochanomizu and went there constantly. Back then I mostly ate Western-style food like curry. I only found out fairly recently that there’s a famous udon shop there. It’…