I was at Mi Piace just the other day. I had a great time then too (maybe just me?), and somehow the idea came up of getting together to drink a wine called Miani. Miani is the Italian cult wine that The Drops …
After Hadongkwan, the second stop on my hangover-cure course was Samho Jjangttungi, near the Eulji Hospital intersection in Nonhyeon-dong. It’s in the middle of Seoul, but in a way it’s a bit out o…
After overdoing it the night before, the morning calls for haejangguk, Korean hangover soup. Korea’s hangover soups are as varied and tasty as its drinking culture is intense. This day I came all the way…
Somehow I’d ended up with a few bottles sleeping at home, so I threw a small wine gathering with some members of my club. My cellar is tiny, so wines that are ready to drink need to be drunk quickly befo…
The weather has been a bit odd lately, but by the laws of the seasons spring should be here any day now. Since I post things in order, this one was originally scheduled to go up about a week from now, but I…
When you travel with friends you end up worrying about them and can’t take photos properly. Traveling alone is easier, but I’m starting to get a bit tired of it. This year I really need to find mys…
I’d had way too much to drink the night before, so there was no way I was skipping ramen. Off I went to the ramen spot at Tokyo Station I’d been to last time. I meant to go to Rokurinsha, legendary…
For White Day, I went with some of my fellow single friends to Chemins, a small French restaurant in Akasaka. Everyone had been telling me for ages how good it was, especially how amazing the food is with wine…
After a quick lunch I meet up with a friend who lives in Tokyo. We used to go to izakaya a lot whenever we got together, but these days it’s mostly home parties. It works out cheaper and we can hang out …
Shirokane-Takanawa is an upscale residential neighborhood you could call the Beverly Hills of Tokyo. Being residential, it doesn’t have many tourist spots, but a close friend lives there, so I often drop…
I suppose it’s the influence of sushi culture, but in Japan there’s such a thing as French food you eat with chopsticks, sitting at a counter and chatting about life with the chef. The most famous …
The last stop on my Kobe trip was a pizza place called Pinocchio, which has a bit of history and is famous in this neighborhood, but for all its fame it wasn’t really that tasty. Still, Haruki Murakami a…