The trouble with restaurants, my friends, is that I like them too much. Even after a pleasant and satisfying Italian lunch at Chailly, there was no lack of desire to eat out for dinner…in fact it’s usually a struggle to get past all the wonderful options of Monzen Nakacho and into the grocery store. Fortunately […]
Month: March 2009
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Chailly, Kanda (シャイー)
My friends, I just want to highlight the effects of popularity in Asian culture. (In a broad, overly general, and likely patronizing or imperialistic fashion.) When something is popular, everyone wants to do it. No lie – all ~10 million people who live or work in Tokyo’s 23 wards want to come to Kanda for […]
Toriyoshi, Ginza (鳥よし)
A work dinner with Koala, Ponyo, and three guys who don’t have cute nicknames (and for some reason don’t inspire me to assign any). There were some elements of tastiness, but this seemed like run-of-the-mill yakitori to me despite some recommendations. I did pick it from a list, so I’ll take responsibility; live and learn. […]
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Grande Mama, Yoga
Yeah, I can see where that name is a bit funny in English. Well, the staff here at eoitwj never like to let an opportunity pass. Today saw us gettiing our skates properly on for a bit of Hanami in Yoga (yes Shaft, at Kinuta! The trees were quite non-compliant. In fact I worry that […]
Mammoth Curry, Akihabara
Sure, I have a weakness for bright-yellow-themed curry restaurants. And I definitely have a weakness for curry when I had a long night eating tempura and then had to work the next day. So when I finished work of a Saturday and traipsed up to Akiba mid-afternoon, all that was on my mind was supplementing […]
Mikawa, Kayabacho
The cause of much trepidation, my friends, this tempura expedition. The staff at EOITwJ has been thinking for ages that there’s probably more to tempura than lunch teishoku or the very occasional tendon from Tenya (although their conveyor-belt frying system is pretty sweet). Last night we put it to the test, with very good results! […]
Pizzeria da Cibo
When Coredo comes to mind, all I can think of is compliance. Ponkan and I went to compliance training in Nihonbashi which was notable mainly for the length of the breaks and the relaxed atmosphere in the back of the room. This allowed us an extremely long lunch involving Coredo’s Quatorieme, both their standing bar […]
Bistro Ishikawa Tei, Kanda (ビストロ石川亭)
A-MAZ-ing. I was so struck dumb with disbelief that I couldn’t even write a post this afternoon, my friends. If this isn’t my new favorite restaurant, I don’t know what is. Pictures at 11, or once 花水 gets them out of her camera and over to me! Koala told me that she saw Ishikawa Tei […]
Maharaja, Marunouchi (My Plaza B2)
In need of a lot of exercise plus a tremendous Indian repast in order to burn it off? Actually, I wonder what’s the opposite of ‘burn it off’. Any ideas? Maharaja, it has to be said, is REALLY far away. If you’re coming from the office in Otemachi, it’s a healthy 15 minutes, or probably […]
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Rui, Otemachi
My friends, the Sankei Building still has a few tricks left to surprise and delight us even after lo these many months of unbroken newness in our daily lunch quest.Well, maybe not ‘delight’ so much. Surprise…sure, let’s give ’em the benefit of the doubt. Respecting the wishes of Joey, Dee Dee, et al, I had […]