The happy days are over, folks. As of this week, technology issues have removed my ability to post at will. I’ll continue to post relentlessly on indiscriminately-selected dining venues, but the updates may not make it live in the afternoons. And they may be shorter and even more typo-ridden.Today’s venue is anything but indiscriminately selected. […]
Month: June 2009
- Italian
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Al Porto Don, Tokyo
Whoo, that was close my friends… 鈴時さん and I actually got all the way to the table of Suginoko before the sight of the menus reminded me that I had been there before. Oops. Fortunately this was the penultimate day of new-venue restrictions, and in the future such little slips won’t risk endangering mt, errr, […]
Ichino ichino ichi, Nihonbashi
Fire, water, wind…an elemental dining experience is on offer here at Ichinoichinoichi (can I abbreviate that as ‘hey you’ or ‘the place’?). I first saw this n a magazine and was mildly impressed by the outdoor terrace, big torches, and overall resort-y aspect…until I saw the address was Nihonbashi! ‘Where could that BE,’ I thought […]
Hazu Sushi, Mitsukoshimae (寿司筈、三越前)
Sometimes the most tenuous things link us together in this beautiful dance called life. For instance, today I ended up at a restaurant just because there was empty space on my map and I thought it would be fun to explore a little. If the food had been better I could talk about serendipity, but […]
Ikada, Monzen Nakacho (いかだ)
After the minor debacle of the grumpy grandma, I felt a little burned, but also a little hungry. Ever the glutton for punishment (see prior comments about needing to search to find those hidden diamonds), another sign piqued my interest. Ikada was equally a bit scary – a very normal izakaya on a very small […]
Kimiyoshi, Monzennakacho (君代柴)
Hey, it’s time to be rude again! Seems like only yesterday… One time a few months ago, I worked up the courage to try this place in a back street of Monnaka. It’s got a nice aspect from the outside – dark, traditional house, a bright sign with difficult-to-read print, no menu outside…The kind of […]
Gala, Tokyo (伽羅)
Well, notch off another one under the tracks. After this we’re down to branches of Kassen Ichiba, Takadaya, Beck’s Coffee and Nakau (oh, and one tiny noodle place). It’s going to be a slog, my friends. But we will persevere because…well, there’s nothing much better to do some days. This was very ordinary Chinese food. […]
- French
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Chez Tomo, Shirogane
Ahhh, it’s been simply ages that I’ve been thinking of going to this place. I suppose I had heard of it, but then I ran across it one night while walking randomly around after work (when you worked at the one of 2008’s most spectacular failures, you’ve got plenty to walk and think about). And […]
- Other treats
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Shigenoi, Tokyo (繁の井,東京駅キチンストリート)
Yup, the Delicious Link Group is getting all my lunch dollar$ this week. Straight up. Seriously, I think the whole basement of Tokyo Station’s Kitchen Street is controlled by this same shadowy organization. Well, they’ve got a bit more style than many other restaurant groups, so I’ll let them pass. Shigenoi is a bait and […]
- Other treats
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Osainotame, Tokyo (為御菜,東京駅キチンストリート)
Old-time food? Well, that’s what the man said. You pay your money and you take your chances. I enjoyed this place, in a healthful and cleansing sort of way that seemed appropriate after a long weekend of eating. In some way they’re trying to recreate Edo food. I think. They also make you getcher shoes […]