Let’s say life hands you lemons. What do you do? I know, bitch about it! But in this case the lemons were relatively sweet (not like ‘just chewed a miracle fruit’ sweet, but not so bad) because they were just a trip to Yokohama. I dialed up my good friend Tabelog to see where we […]
Author: Jon
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456 Saikan, Yokohama (四五六菜館本館)
Yeah, yeah, another visit to Yokohama. Y’know, I’m getting to like it. This was such a great day despite the rain, and it all started at the 456 Saikan. But first, a word from our sponsor…if we’re sponsored by walking-around-taking-stealth-shots-of-people-and-cats. Now back to our regularly-scheduled programming. This was very near the last place I had […]
Taverna da Cibo, Nihonbashi
Boy, things change a lot if you don’t go to a specific building for a while. For this business lunch, the person I was meeting suggested Trattoria da Cibo. I said “Oh sure, the pizza is good there,” and he said “No, that’s the pizza place. This one is separate but on the same floor.” […]
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Hachimaki, Jinbocho (はちまき)
AaaaaaaI dunno, I just ended up wandering around a lot today. I tried to have an impromptu lunch with Peacock, who was busy (‘crunching’ is the term of art for ‘being busy’, incidentally. It has a sort of bones-and-flesh ring to it, don’t you think?). In his absence I still walked all the way up […]
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Soi Thong Lor, Yaesu
It’s always weird when it turns out that a place I’ve been eyeing for a while is actually a place that someone else has been to. Repeatedly. When we got to this place, Ding said it was a favorite of someone on his team, and thus an occasional destination when they felt like walking. Welcome […]
Hourai, Yaesu (蓬莱)
Cold Noodle Exploration Month (season?) continued today as I wandered through Yaesu looking for a likely candidate among the largish concentration of Chinese places there. Hourai was advertising their construction of cold noodle dishes (it’s the white page on the blackboard, so definitely seasonal), and I like the look too. A very pleasantly family-feeling place, […]
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Lunch Trucks, Otemachi
Yet another place to tick off the list, and in this case it’s really a ‘place’, not a restaurant by another name. In front of the Sankei building, which is just diagonal to my office, there’s a series of lunch trucks parked every day along with tables for eating their takeout. The number varies by […]
Miracle Fruits Cafe, Ikebukuro
This place is inside Namja Town, an odd little bit of Sunshine City that’s described in some more detail here. Keep in mind that you’ll have to pay Y300 per person to gain access to the delights of Namja Town, including MFC. Miracle Fruits have gained popularity in the last couple years, it’s fair to […]
Gyoza Stadium, Ikebukuro
Namja? Nanja? This place came to me through several sources, and was the cause of some discord before eventually resulting in a fun visit. A fun and weird visit. And tiring. I felt old (fortunately it wasn’t just me that felt tired and confused by the time we left, so maybe it’s not age. Yet.). […]
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Rocky Top, Ginza
It’s a good thing none of you showed up – Rocky Top was jammed last night. Kataoka san was nice enough to let me rock out on his 30’s original 5-string RB-1, and Kojima san stepped up to sing a song for a change. Actual playing starts around 1:15; I’m too lazy to edit the […]