Fresh from overdosing on chicken, I realized that lunch with Volleyball had been scheduled in for some time. He had overdosed on pork last night, so we set out in a healthy frame of mind. Wandering past the south-of-Eitai-dori options under the tracks, I was struck by the fact that nothing looks good there. It […]
Month: April 2009
- Other treats
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Tonton, Yurakucho (登運とん)
That name is crap. Nobody could read the kanji without being told. I can’t even figure out what they’re trying to say – ‘rising luck’? But Japan is great, and this place is one of a million reasons why. Tonton is cheap as chips (or whatever cheap thing you prefer if you’re not English), and […]
- Otemachi
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Tama no Hikari, Otemachi
Thus far, EOITwJ has done a pretty weak job of bringing you coverage of the 24 restaurants in the basement of the Otemachi Building (that doesn’t include Starbucks or the conbini, nor does it include the street-level places like Drunk Bears). Today we set out to change that (for a start, we counted the restaurants). […]
- Other treats
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No-tenki, Tokyo (呑うてんき,八重洲)
Evidently a bit of linguistic confusion on this one – the dictionary doesn’t want to admit that the titular phrase exists, and one noted expert around the office says “There’s no such word.” It’s a slight bastardization of a phrase for ‘happy-go-lucky’, which I guess is as good a phrase as any to convey the […]
Inaba Toshiro, Marunouchi (いなば十四郎、丸ビル３５階)
My friends, I’ve figured out what it is about the 35th floor of Maru Biru. It’s 35% overpriced. Everything. Aux Amis I fell for (errr, twice, but the second time wasn’t my idea); Hiro Centro I was edgy about but it was recommended (not talking to her any more); Mango Tree is patently overpriced – […]
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Trader Vic’s (Hotel New Otani, Kioicho/Akasaka)
EOITwJ has a somewhat puzzling luv for tattoos, big orange guitars, and…tiki bars. We think it started on our birthday (that may be an excessive use of royal plural. More like rural plural or something.) in 2002, when Suz showed up unannounced at a fancy dinner and made us go to Trader Vic’s (which I […]
- French
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Argo, Hanzomon
EOITwJ was embarrassed. All set to go to a very nice-looking French restaurant in the decidedly odd neighborhood of Hanzomon (or Kojimachi, more picturesquely and food-related-ly) we…were late and forgot our cameras. Thus all visual correspondence herein is courtesy of GT’s keitai; excuse our shocking omission. It’s even worse because this was very lovely food […]
Gomaya, Monzennakacho
EOITwJ is in love, my friends. We went to see the object of our crush today (actually we didn’t know we were in love until we arrived…): Went here one time before and remembered liking it a lot; perhaps the only thing keeping us away was the fact that it’s on the other side of […]
Bomu, Ebisu (韓国居酒屋ボム)
Well, another Friday night, another Korean diner dinner. This was unfortunately way less good (if I may use such language in your erudite company) than Wansu; I kepｔ looking at the menu in the hope of finding some of the things that I ate at the other place. No relation, so I guess it’s unrealistic, […]
Torahachi, Otemachi (とら八)
Our introduction to Torahachi was momentarily a bit of a worry – the overhead speakers were playing a 70’s power pop song that I like but couldn’t identify. Really an embarassment. After that it was more comprehensible, if less exciting, as we cycled through late-70’s favorites across a number of genres. The Eagles treated us […]