Well, I’m all tired out today and can’t work up any concept for today’s post. On the other hand, I was really impressed with Kitchen Ishigaki (KI; I like to think it means ‘rock oyster’, but the kanji doesn’t appear anywhere) and would recommend it to you for lunch if it weren’t a good 10-minute […]
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Bistro Marsanne, Kanda
Hey hey, drop what you’re doing and go to this place for lunch! I was really impressed. It seems to be worth a ‘top 10’ mention for area lunch options, although it would be worth another visit to confirm. Maybe next year… Lunch today was with Ding, who hasn’t slept all week (full time job […]
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Rontan, Awajicho (弄堂）
Does this name really mean ‘play room’? I was shut out of the famous tonkatsu place I tried to go to (any hole-in-the-wall place that still has a line at 1:45 must be pretty good), found another closed-for-the-day place that looked nice, and ended up throwing in the towel at this gyoza specialist. Which doesn’t serve […]
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Motoishi, Kanda (もといし)
I am not a big fan of tsukemen. The basic point of the dish is that you get cold noodles and hot, extra-thick soup, and you dip the noodles in the soup to heat them up and flavor them. You’re not supposed to drink the soup. My main gripe is that the heat of the […]
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Minatoya, Kanda (みなと屋)
You knew this week had three holidays in it, right? That’s why there haven’t been any boring lunches until this one (and presumably Friday’s also). Kanda is really a habit with me. I just like the 10-15 minute walk up there and then the feeling that I’m somewhere else in Japan. It’s kinda peaceful and […]
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Yanone Sushi, Kanda (矢の根寿司)
Boring post, good sushi. No, really good sushi. Great value sushi. If you know some of my proclivities, you’ll know how much I like my restaurant map. And I also really enjoy seeing it fill out over time (Shinjuku recommendations very welcome!). There’s one region of the greater office area map that’s been sadly lacking in […]
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Shanghai Chubou, Kanda (上海厨房)
Well, if I’m going to have Tonkatsu Tuesdays, should I also implement Cheap Chinese Fridays? Because that’s what I got here. It was sorta soothing, it wasn’t bad, and it was really cheap. I’m totally guessing on the name Work plus an inconveniently-scheduled meeting meant that I didn’t get out for lunch until after 2. […]
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Hantejiya, Kanda (韓豚屋)
This will be a boring post. Watch out. Coming back from a big vacation and eating nothing but European food for a week, I actually feel…sated. Usually I want to eat some meat, or pasta or desserts, but this week, not so much. It seems like a good opportunity to reflect and eat less, despite […]
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Kanda Hanten, Kanda
This is a boring post. Watch out. Quick lunch with Zoner to catch up after vacation; in a slightly compulsive way, I just steered toward Kanda and picked out a new place. It’s getting a bit thin up there other than the mass of shops under the tracks; we looked at the place that has […]
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Yamada Mongol, Kanda
Years ago I read a book by Haruki Murakami that was called ‘A Wild Sheep Chase’ in English. Aside from the funny bit about the girl’s ears, and the overall spaciness and magical quality that it had (first Murakami book I read, so it was especially memorable), I remember being struck by the statement that […]