If you didn’t see if the other times, let me just reiterate: “Merveille is still my favorite restaurant, and I’m glad I spent the last Eating Out In Tokyo meal of the year with them.”
Month: December 2010
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Haruno, Omotesando (はるの)
Omotesando dining has always presents problems – everyone feels like there are tons of great restaurants mixed with the fancy shopping, but it’s not true. Today in the middle of a walk we wandered into this place; it turned out to be ‘healthy dining’, but not in a bad way, in a stylish room with […]
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Abbey Road, Roppongi
Seemed like months ago that Swannie and I planned this; in fact it was 6 weeks, which is a pretty good lead time. He’s an important guy though. Anyhoo, Abbey Road is Tokyo’s best Beatles live bar. I say this with no knowledge of what the other(s) are like; the only one I know is […]
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Gonroku ramen, Morishita (ごんろく)
Ah, you were expecting…something other than noodles? Well, I expected not to eat ‘year end soba’, so I made up for it by eating ramen all 5 days leading up to the new year. Here’s #3. It’s a tsukemen place that I jog by a lot. Even early in the morning, it smells good out […]
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Yanakasou ramen, Hirai (やなか草)
Another day off, another long bike ride with noodles in the middle (spoiler alert: the next two days are going to look the same). This time was up to Hirai, a northeastern neighborhood that has a highly-rated French restaurant I wanted to see in person. It’s a bit odd to go up there by bike, […]
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Tengen ramen, Machiya (天元)
Vacation. Ooooh, how we love it. For some reason it didn’t feel like vacation started until today; I think there was just too much excitement in the lead-up to Christmas. So don’t laugh, but faced with nothing to do for a day, what did I do? 3+ hours of exploring northeast Tokyo, with a lunch […]
Ankimo, Monzennakacho
Once in a while I cook something, and some portion of those times it even comes out well. Actually the best things I make are usually raw, which should tell me something. Uncle N tells me you need a special contact to get raw monkfish liver in America. Honestly, I think you need a special […]
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Yuwaeru, Kuramae (蔵前 結わえる)
As many of you know, December 24th is the most romantic night of the year in Japan. It’s the night when all good men should be taking their women to fancy dinners, which are typically lobster, beef and truffles at horrendous prices. I am against this (cooking dinner is a better demonstration, no?). Braving the […]
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Fukuchan Ramen, Tsukiji
Fuku-chaaaaaan! Over the summer I started running more seriously again (I think I can now declare that I’ve stopped again; it’s been weeks. My knees almost feel normal.). While doing my Tsukiji route, I would go past Fukuchan, across Harumi Dori from the Tsukiji market. I was running at night, and the huge red neon […]
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North Side Cafe, Shimo Kitazawa
An afternoon of walking Shimokita. Believe it or not, this was outside a music store. It sounds positively filthy, doesn’t it? In a way that’s dirty and yet mysterious, like some kink you’ve never heard of. Indeed. This is not where we ate dinner, but that’s not the subject of this post. The subject is […]