A work event. Restaurants selected for work events make me skeptical. Even if they’re good restaurants, they’ll struggle to make and serve to a large group in a way that does justice to the food. Yet another thing that makes me skeptical is ‘Dining Bars’, which I’ve come to think of as Tokyo’s Applebee’s – […]
Italian
Espressamente Illy, Marunouchi
Coffee!!!No, not really, because I haven’t been drinking coffee much this year (good lord, the year’s almost half over). But today 鈴寺さん and I went out so I could listen to her complain about work, and we headed toward Kitchen Street again, and then I remembered the semi-outdoor place at the northwest extreme of Tokyo […]
- Italian
- ...
Occhiali pasta fresca, Kanda
Sausage! I love Italian sausage, and frequently bemoan the inability to source same in Tokyo. I’ve had a few good examples, but they seemed to be more made-by-the-restaurant rather than purchased, and even in Italian specialty locations, I’ve struck out on buying authentic lil’ wieners.Today featured a solitary and meditative bike ride, my friends, followed […]
- Italian
- ...
Pizzeria d’Oro, Kanda
How do we feel about chain restaurants these days, my friends? For at least one of us (who’s writing this), it still comes as a bit of a shock to realize that the charming and ‘authentic’ place you just enjoyed is one of 5 or 6 just like it. We’d like it to be unique […]
- Italian
- ...
Fujimama’s, Omotesando
First time. Yay. Now I’ve been there too. Volumic, dull Asian-global fusion with a Mexican twist. Atmosphere is kinda nice though. Granted, the review is influenced by the company.03-5485-2283
- Italian
- ...
Hiro Primo, Tokyo (キッチンストリート)
Hiro can’t get a break…from me at least. When I went to his Maru Biru branch (Hiro Centro; good lord, I think I didn’t write a post on this!) I found it to be over-priced and under-serviced, but such things are natural for the upper floors of the Maru Birus. Today I tried (again) to […]
Bravo, Marunouchi
Bravo! Actually the praise runs out more or less right there, scotching my budding plans to make this a hilariously positive joke post. Bravo is an adequate pasta-pizza lunch spot. It’s almost the last thing in line under the train tracks leading north from Tokyo station, on the Marunouchi side. Mildly inspired by my crazy […]
Rigoletto, Marunouchi (新丸７階)
Shin-Maru’s 7th floor is an adequate late-night destination, should you not be the old, withered type who prefers to be safely tucked up in bed by 1, 2 or 3 (like me). The semi-open plan and plethora of mildly-interesting destinations, few of which EOITwJ has yet visited. The year is young… Rigoletto also has an […]
- Italian
- ...
Chailly, Kanda (シャイー)
My friends, I just want to highlight the effects of popularity in Asian culture. (In a broad, overly general, and likely patronizing or imperialistic fashion.) When something is popular, everyone wants to do it. No lie – all ~10 million people who live or work in Tokyo’s 23 wards want to come to Kanda for […]
- Italian
- ...
Grande Mama, Yoga
Yeah, I can see where that name is a bit funny in English. Well, the staff here at eoitwj never like to let an opportunity pass. Today saw us gettiing our skates properly on for a bit of Hanami in Yoga (yes Shaft, at Kinuta! The trees were quite non-compliant. In fact I worry that […]