Ethnic food is a source of continued confusion to me in Japan. In my mind, it doesn’t include Japanese, Chinese, Korean, French, Italian and American. And it definitely includes Thai, Vietnamese and other, rarer, Southeast Asian foods. Things get fuzzy when we talk about Eurasia, as I think the actual cultures do as well. Istanbul […]
Month: August 2009
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Shahi Dawat, Kanda (シャヒ・ダワット)
I reached several resolutions over lunch today, my friends. The first is that I need to do something more interesting with these posts. Daily mediocre lunches are getting tiring for me, so I shudder to think what they’re like for you. I pledge that I will include at least one thing in every post that […]
Dandolo Dandolo, Nihonbashi
What’s a dandolo? I presume it’s something Italian, but I’m not going to look it up, because I find my reimaging funnier. It reminds of the word ‘dandle’ and a quick google of that yielded not the song I was thinking of, but some results for dolls with ‘rump actuated sound generators’. That’s a good […]
- Kanda
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Sol Amigo, Kanda
The recently Asia-jet-setting friend formerly known as Preacher, or sometimes Cheese Farmer, is here on a business trip (which we hope will be a frequent event) and we went out to eat. I finally made good on my desire to drag someone up to Kanda at night! It’s very bright and busy, but in a […]
Hide, Kyobashi (秀)
Nice weather and a ready bike always make me want to venture farther away from the office. I want to stress that it has very little to do with finding new places, which is not a challenge – there are still 3 places right in my building that I haven’t been to yet! Today I […]
Hibiki, Marunouchi (響)
Monday nights out always get me kinda down, and it sure doesn’t help when they’re for work. Nevertheless, this turned out pretty well, more for work reasons than food reasons. Hibiki is best described as a chain izakaya gone upscale – it’s attractive and well-presented, but there’s something pretty soul-less about it that shows through […]
- Kanda
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Kanzan Ramen, Kanda (神山)
This was recommended some time ago, and it’s taken me all the way up to the hottest part of the year to stop in and try it. I’m pleased to say I had the same reaction as Lost Squirrel – it’s all about the pork. Now, he lists BBQ as one of his favorite foods, […]
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Le Jardin, Yoga
Setagaya Art Museum is good for a visit. It’s a healthy walk away from Yoga, and that healthy walk, if done properly on the smaller streets and not on the 6-lane monsters that cut through the area, will be almost unconscionably pleasant. It will include cobbled streets with architectural details at every corner, water features, […]
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Southern Dining, Yoga
After getting off the train in Sakura Shinmachi to look for a place to eat lunch, I have the following observation: the best thing to do is to start walking, and don’t stop until you get to Yoga. Yoga is a pleasant and leafy suburb in the (to me) Far West of Tokyo. Other people […]
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Torisuzu, Ningyocho (とり鈴)
It’s probably not a good idea to read too much into names, but in this case I can’t help it. What do you make of a restaurant called ‘Chicken Bell’? This seemed funnier when I was there, but now that I think about it, this is probably a combination of the tendency to name a […]