You might want to skip this post, ok? It’s not really food-oriented until the A5 wagyu starts sizzling at the end, which is marked with the big red text. There’s a reason why I like modern art – to me, it’s more stimulating. The encumbrances of form and realism, while pretty, tend to distract from impact, […]
Month: May 2010
- Kanda
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Genraku ramen, Kanda (元楽)
Kanda…where magic happens. Mondays always produce disgruntlage and a desire to forget the office for an hour. Today I was thinking of trying to find a particular ramen shop that I loved in the past but isn’t on any map, Yokohama-style in Kanda; found it but didn’t go. As usual , I couldn’t resist the […]
- Other treats
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Hokuto Ramen, Tsukiji (北都)
Went to Tsukiji today, to make a new friend…hi! I’ll give you a little pointer for free – go after lunch on Saturday, before the shops close, and blocks of tuna like this will be half-price. This ended up being the same price as a watery-looking specimen half the size in the grocery store. You […]
- bistro
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Le Mont St Michel, Mejiro
Decamping from Takadanobaba station quite early in the game, I had plenty of time for a walk around. I know the Waseda-Baba corridor is famous for ramen, but I wanted to see what else there was. I’m here to tell you that it’s not particularly exciting (and the walk up to Mejiro is even less […]
Yamakyu, Kanda (山久)
Every time I eat an oyakodon I think of Paul Simon; I can’t help it. It’s not very original (because I write it every time as well) but that’s one of my favorites among his songs. Oyakodon itself is a hard thing – I think it’s not really appealing to foreigners in its truest form. […]
- izakaya
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Kurumaya, Nezu (車屋)
McNoonan and I were kinda onna roll after going to Koyu – we had eaten through what we wanted on their menu, but were far from done talking. Fortunately the streets of Nezu are filled with funny little places, and I picked this one. Not a great pick, I’m sorry to say, but we ended […]
- izakaya
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Koyu II, Nezu (呼友)
Waiting on the subway platform for McNoonan to show up after work, I thought to myself “There’s nothing like a little goth-loli-spotting to get the evening started right.” Nor is there anything like a Black Punch to get this partee started, but where we were going, there’s no black punch. Just deserted streets where it […]
Sicilia, Roppongi (シシリア)
With Baggio fully reserved, we found ourselves strangely stuck in Roppongi on a rainy Wednesday. This place Sicilia was recommended from a bit back, when they were in a grubbier and cooler space where people used to scribble on the walls (as pictured on Tabelog). Now they’re on the hill down toward Akasaka, in a […]
- bar
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Good One, Kanda
Good one indeed. Woody and I were set to re-visit Hanakago (yeah, it’s that good, especially if you reserve so you can get sashimi from the shop next door). I had reserved for 7 but it turned out we could both get there earlier, and that left us standing outside with 30 minutes of freedom (except […]
- izakaya
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Otsukiya, Kanda (おつき屋)
Much in the same way that Alvin Lucier famously once got wicked stoned and recorded himself sitting in a room for several hours, today I came up with the idea of mangling meaning through recursive translation. Of course if this were done by a good human translator, it could come out sensibly. So let’s leave […]