Have you been to Sendagi? I have. Now I’ve been twice. I’m not sure if I’ll be back, but that’s only because it’s one of Tokyo’s cute, quiet, interesting little neighborhoods – and there are lots more to see. But it would be a pretty livable place – residing in the valley between Tokyo University […]
Month: November 2009
La Scene, Kagurazaka
Kagurazaka is famous for French stuff. It’s funny, but there really ARE a ton of little French (and Italian) places lurking around. It’s not that they’re clustered in one place; this one, which appeared in a Hanako article, is actually a bit north of what you may think of as the ‘main drag’ (Waseda Dori), […]
- bar
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Blue Drag, Takadanobaba
Takadanobaba, as we previously learned, is a funky sort of student-low end town, with tons of ramen and other down-market specialties. On the other hand, it also features several live music venues, and I went to one of them on Saturday. It’s well worth checking out if you’re at all into the style of music […]
Ethiopia, Ochanomizu
Japan has an odd love affair with curry. I’ve read the history but am lazy today and don’t feel like looking it up again. Suffice to say that one of the most common things to eat as an easy family dinner at home is curry. Outside the home it’s not as common to find shops […]
- Italian
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Kimuraya, Tokyo
Tokyo Station truly contains a wealth of options. I used to think it was oddly barren, but as I’ve come to understand it better, all I can think now is that I don’t know how I was missing everything before. One recent area I’ve been browsing is ‘Number One Street’, a long corridor in the […]
- izakaya
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Umi, Kayabacho (海)
Three things right off: 1. The delights of Kayabacho seem dubious and limited, but I keep finding places that I think are quite good. 2. This is one of them. 3. Kayabacho is under-served by Tabelog; even the good places have relatively few respondents, and the scores are unnaturally low. Ignore them. Right, so after […]
- Otemachi
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Tatsutano, Otemachi (立田野)
Man, I’ve been thinking of going to this place for weeks now and it turned out to be lame. Actually that’s not true – the food was every bit as lame as expected, while the retro atmosphere was about as cool as expected (marginally). That leaves us right around expectations, and strangely unfulfilled. The attraction […]
Essenza, Marunouchi
This has been on the target list for a long, long time – must have been July or August that I tried to go but had it rejected by my dining companion on grounds of cost. I grant you, Y1900 is not a normal lunch, but this is a good place. As we were leaving […]
- Otemachi
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Burian, Otemachi
In a weird way, I can actually recommend this place. The plates of food are positively American-sized, and based on today’s experience they don’t taste bad either. So for volume and variety, this isn’t a bad choice. Of course there are many things you might prioritize above those factors, which is why I can only […]
- Kanda
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Toki Ramen, Kanda (斗樹)
Hey, I’m feeling kinda sick today, so let me keep this to a minimum, OK? My project to enjoy tsukemen continues (there was the shared snack bowl yesterday that didn’t even make it to a post, but should have) with a Kanda location that’s right next to Y’s Ramen. Judging by the t-shirt of the […]