Somehow I’ve been craving ramen recently but unable to make myself eat it for lunch – despite the abundant options in the area of the office, especially in Kanda. So here it is Saturday, it’s great to be alive and not at work, and I’ve invited some noodles to help me celebrate with a bowl […]
Month: July 2009
- French
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Bistro Bonnes Mares, Kanda
How do people decide they’ve had enough – learned enough, pushed enough, grown enough – and it’s time to settle in?Moreover, is it wrong to do this? Especially if you’re doing your thing better than most people could?And is it indicative of a deeper pathology that I read restaurant reviews while eating lunch? (This has […]
Panino Giusto, Otemachi (Oazo)
Mucho Gusto! Wait, what does that mean? Panino Giusto is a little confusing too – an indoor/outdoor Italian restaurant specializing in hams? As with many of these things, the reality is a bit less interesting than the first paragraph.The big Oazo building has always felt a little under-baked to me. It’s big, but strangely empty […]
Kame, Monzen Nakacho (亀)
It takes all kinds – and the kind on display here is ‘stew and wine’ or ‘frypan bar’, depending on which sign you read. Funny thing is, this place is worthwhile!’Two guys and some pans’ could be another good tag line, or maybe ‘Japan’s cheapest wine bar’. This is very respectable – the wine list […]
- Chinese
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Ten Ten, Kanda (天天)
Man, Kanda is brutal around noon. You know I like to eat late, but Zoner is a pain about eating early. Today we compromised at 12, which turned out to be exactly the wrong thing to do. When we got up to Kanda at 12:15 (my brilliant idea), we were turned away from 4 places […]