My friends, the whole editorial team here at EOITwJ has been feeling a bit overwhelmed by the amount of eating we’ve been doing, as well as the precarious nature of the world economy and its follow-on effects for our earning and saving potential. As a result we’re on a self-imposed vegetarian, no-alcohol, no restaurants kick […]
Ginza
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The Acquarium at Dunhill, Ginza
Ever since I saw a picture of this place on someone else’s site, I wanted to go. It’s not the food, as you’ll see below, but it IS the ambience and location. Similar to Harrod’s Brompton in Roppongi, this captures some refined English atmosphere in the heart of Tokyo. It’s very different; in fact the […]
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The Siam, Ginza (ザ サイアム)
I’m starting to feel like I chose the wrong blog as my inspiration. Eating Out In Tokyo? More like Rude About Food… 4 out of 5 dentists agree, The Siam is not a tasty restaurant. As we received one tepid dish after another (fresh spring rolls, tom yum goong, shrimp cakes, yum woon sen, green […]
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Narukami, Ginza
I was pleasantly excited about Narukami – the lunch course looked like (and proved to be) quite good value at Y6000 (ish). The food was interesting for a number of courses, the service was attentive, and the ‘counter’ seating was fun. Overall I’d give this about a 6 out of 10, with potentially a small […]
Usagiya, Monzennakacho (Ginza)
Not a situation I like to be in, walking around Ginza with only 30 minutes to choose a place, eat, and get to an appointment. Difficult times call for desperate measures, which in this case involved noodles, rabbits and plastic. Usagiya is a hand-made udon place. These are of the nice, rough-but-springy texture that I […]
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Houblon, Ginza
Boyz, this is it. You think you’ve been to a Belgian beer bar in Tokyo? If it wasn’t Houblon, you haven’t. They have the atmosphere, they have the food, and they have a menu big enough to break the camel’s back, with 300 types of beer (some of which are even in stock!). There’s a […]
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Shochu House Ando (あんど), Ginza
How do people find places like this? Ando is tucked away in a medium-size Ginza side-street building that’s otherwise crammed to the gills with hostess clubs. In fact, judging from the size, layout, and tacky, tacky furniture…there’s no way it was not previously a hostess club. They stay open late, have only young, male staff, […]
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Antwerp Six, Yurakucho
Once, several years ago, I tried to go to this Spain Bar called Pero in far-west Ginza, really more Yurakucho. This was before Spain bars got all mysteriously popular (which to me remains a mysterious phenomenon). I was puzzled to see when I got there that it was full, and while putting my name on […]
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Shichirinya , Ginza
Everyone’s got their own thing. Recently my friend has been bugging me to stop going to so many French places and go to some equally-high-quality yakiniku. So I did. And here it is. Shichirinya has 4 shops around the Ginza area, three all the way over on the Yurakucho / Shinbashi side and a fourth […]
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Michiba , Ginza
Those with Iron Chef fetishes will be well-served here despite the absence of Roku-chan himself from the kitchen (I can call him that because I saw a documentary on him one time and his 80-year old older sisters were calling him ‘Roku-chan’). The three times I’ve been have all ranged from impressive to extraordinary (maybe […]