Yummy washoku anchored by soba in a basement setting calculated to remind you of rustic farmhouses. I think you’ve been to places like this before, but the food here is quite good. In a strange twist for Tokyo, and I must say one that makes you think of the country, this place feels big. The […]
Month: December 2008
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Maruume, Futakotamagawa
Apparently a 7th-floor-of-Takashimaya branch of a bar down at street level elsewhere in Nikotama. Small and quiet, dim lighting with a red tint, nice selection of frosted and cut glasses behind the bar, reasonable prices and charges. A good place to get lost for a while, albeit incongruously facing a courtyard with a big water […]
Saizeriya, Monzennakacho (Toyocho)
You will ask yourself, gentle reader, why I went to Saizeriya. Truth is, it’s not so bad, it’s dead cheap, the food doesn’t always contain excess melamine, and the only other choice in that location (Toyocho’s East 21 center, home of a new Queen’s Isetan that I was test-driving for dinner shopping) is…Sushi Zanmai. 2 […]
Sushi Yata, Monzennakacho (すし やた， 牡丹)
This place is closed, and the chef has opened his own place here. But you know, after I went to the place described below a few times, I really soured on the experience because he was a creepy dude and an aggressive biller. Now he’s recreated it, at a much higher price point. Anyway, the […]
Ohara et CIE, Roppongi (Nishi Azabu)
I can die happy, my friends. Along with l’Auberge au l’Ill, this was the remaining high-end French lunch I wanted to eat in Roppongi. With it out of the way, I think we can regard the Roppongi lunching experience as mainly closed (although there’s still a whole week of lunches to go, and one hopes […]
Sushi Zanmai, Akihabara
I have a bit of an unnatural attachment to Sushi Zanmai, at least the Monnaka branch that I like to think of as ‘home base’. The prices are extremely low, and I like to think that the quality is very high if you order carefully. Just so’s you know, that means: scallops, salmon, chu-toro. The […]
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Zen, Roppongi (膳, 芋洗坂)
In troubled times, nothing comforts like soul food. Thus on a difficult day like today, suffering through bizarre work orders from various sides, trepidation about the future of the team, and existential angst about life, it was a pleasure to be turned away from two other establishments on Imoraizaka and find ourselves in Zen. (The […]
Jewel of India, Roppongi
The hits keep on coming, don’t they? Today’s lunch was the curry buffet at the famous Jewel of India. I went with Double-R, who tells me that this is a favorite hangout for Indian movie stars visiting Tokyo, as well as being K-Rizzle’s favorite lunch place (and K is Pakistani, so he should know something). […]
Bon Monsieur, Roppongi
We now return to our regularly scheduled programming. Bon Monsieur is a tiny, highly recommended J-Bistro (ooh, did I just invent a term? J-ing is like e-ing, the process of making everything ‘webby’ by putting an ‘e’ in front of it.) tucked away in a deep corner of Roppongi. I admit I was lucky to […]
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B-Bar, Roppongi
We interrupt our regular programming to bring you a burst of vitriol… I knew how much the drinks cost before I went here. I knew what the charge was. But as I watched the bartender pour flat champagne into my glass and add blue food coloring, all I could think was “I’m being screwed.” Yes, […]