Remember last year when I went to Mardi Gras? Always meant to go back, but the pressures of needing to try new places have thus far kept me from their door. Grape Gumbo is the father-restaurant of Mardi Gras, with a similar menu and style, so I feel like I’ve been back now – new […]
Author: Jon
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Veranda, Odaiba
Never quite understood the allure of Odaiba, but I certainly understand the allure of sitting on a terrace, looking at the bay and the bridge and the other scenery (which is frankly pretty industrial, but we take what we can get, scenery-wise, here in Tokyo). The Hotel Nikko has a very civilized afternoon tea thing […]
- Otemachi
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Taihei, Otemachi
In the basement of the new(ish) JA building, this is a tolerable Thai place that I think opened recently – not in the initial batch of places that opened at the same time as the building, at any rate. They have nice lunch sets spanning the usual Thai lunch choices. Red and green curry for […]
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Zoogunzoo, Shibuya
You wanna see what a night-in-the-life is like? In addition to having a long and relaxed night on the turps with Swannie, I took pictures along the way. If I haven’t mentioned this before, I think of this blog as something I’ll be able to look back on with amusement when I’m in my dotage, so […]
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Sakaeya Milk Hole, Kanda (サカエヤ ミルクホール)
If you’re following closely, you’ve read a number of times about a very specific small block of Awajicho that has a bunch of good places for lunch – either quality food or good atmosphere. Sakeya is right in that zone, so I’ve been wanting to visit. Today’s strategic men’s lunch was a good opportunity, seeing […]
Bistro Lugdunum, Kagurazaka
Probably more than a year has gone by since I started thinking that Bistro Lugdunum looked like the best bistro in Kagurazaka – which any French person in Tokyo will tell you is saying something. Since the French School is nearby, various French things have congregated there for years, and there’s a higher concentration of […]
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Gassan, Hatchobori (月山)
My work dinner finished early – awfully early, in fact, since the guest of honor had a separate dinner plan that we didn’t know about. That left me mildly fed and, having already written off the evening, not in the mood to go home. Naturally that led to a random cruise around some odd neighborhoods, […]
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Kikanbou, Kanda (鬼金棒)
Ahahahaha. I started laughing when I saw pictures of the ramen here. It shows up on ramendb as a top shop in Kanda, then gets pretty good scores for a ramen shop on tabelog. Those are mere data points, tit-bits and suggestions, but the pictures don’t lie, and the pictures were awesome. From what you can see, […]
Tonpu, Marunouchi (とん風)
18 months into the game, there are still plenty of restaurants to try out there, and this day featured a mixed cast of characters including Koala, Ponkan and Zoner; rare to see them all together, eh? This is one of the ones on the 5th floor of Shin Maru that just never quite appealed enough […]
Ramen Boo, Monzennakacho (ラーメン ぶぅ)
This is a big chain that recently opened a store in the rotating ramen shop slot in the eastern extent of Eitai Dori, Tomioka 1 or so. Seriously, I think this is at least the 4th ramen shop to open in that same storefront in the years I’ve lived in Monnaka – once it’s set […]