High-end restaurants in Japan do funny things. [When I say ‘high-end’, I only mean at the plebian end of the high market, the part I can access. There’s presumably a whole world over that level that I gots no idea about.] One I’ve noticed recently is opening a larger branch store in a more glamorous […]
Month: April 2009
Bravo, Marunouchi
Bravo! Actually the praise runs out more or less right there, scotching my budding plans to make this a hilariously positive joke post. Bravo is an adequate pasta-pizza lunch spot. It’s almost the last thing in line under the train tracks leading north from Tokyo station, on the Marunouchi side. Mildly inspired by my crazy […]
Uossu, Otemachi (魚っす！、新大手町ビル)
This is one of those places that I walk by frequently and never go into. Usually I’m walking by coming from the train, when they’re not open, or going to the train, when I’d like to stop in but am trying to avoid extraneous calories when alone. Today lunch had to wait until almost 1:30, […]
Rigoletto, Marunouchi (新丸７階)
Shin-Maru’s 7th floor is an adequate late-night destination, should you not be the old, withered type who prefers to be safely tucked up in bed by 1, 2 or 3 (like me). The semi-open plan and plethora of mildly-interesting destinations, few of which EOITwJ has yet visited. The year is young… Rigoletto also has an […]
- beer
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Agoo, Daimon
At EOITwJ, when it rains, it pours. And when it pours, it’s generally Belgian beer. We like to think that we know a lot of the Belgian places around Tokyo, so as a nightcap, we were excited to hear that there was a hitherto-unknown outlet nearby the Hippo. Unknown to us at least…Metropolis reviewed it […]
- izakaya
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Kaba, Daimon (かば)
Only on the way out did I notice that the kaba of the restaurant name was in fact 河馬 – hippopotamus! What relation does that have to fish flown in daily from various markets around Japan? Not much? With its noisy, crowded atmosphere and long, iced ‘fish market’ counter up the front, Kaba is a […]
- Chinese
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Shanghai Dining, Tsukuda (上海ダイニング,佃)
Geez, when the weather turns good, it brings out the dogs. And the dogs, and their owners, want to sit on cafe terraces and sip lattes, and the like. Barring that, for instance if they’re unfortunate enough to live in Tsukuda, home of huge apartment buildings and not much else (and a short walk only […]
- curry
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Budoya, Kanda (葡萄舎,鍛冶町)
EOITwJ doesn’t mean to harsh your mellow if you’re having a bad day, but we’re having some very good days here. It may be mostly the weather that’s suffusing us with contentment and feelings of well-being, and to that we say, “shine on!” No meditation or psychotics are involved （最高~~!). Nor aura therapy. Ahhhh, the […]
Ten Shan Fei Wei, Nihonbashi (天香回味)
Before you ask, no, this is not the normal Nihonbashi shop. They opened another one right behind Coredo, on the little block to the left of Saint Pau where the Italian place is. And now that I’ve got that gratuitous “Gosh I’m so well informed and knowledgeable” posturing out of the way, on to the […]
- Other treats
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Steak Peter, Tokyo
Mom has always been a big fan of health food. Some of my earliest memories seem to be of hanging out in health food stores, trying to get some carob snacks. Or yogurt raisins (do those ever get anywhere near yogurt?). Some kids take this as a prod to go in the direction of anti-health […]