How do people decide they’ve had enough – learned enough, pushed enough, grown enough – and it’s time to settle in?Moreover, is it wrong to do this? Especially if you’re doing your thing better than most people could?And is it indicative of a deeper pathology that I read restaurant reviews while eating lunch? (This has […]
Kanda
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Ten Ten, Kanda (天天)
Man, Kanda is brutal around noon. You know I like to eat late, but Zoner is a pain about eating early. Today we compromised at 12, which turned out to be exactly the wrong thing to do. When we got up to Kanda at 12:15 (my brilliant idea), we were turned away from 4 places […]
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Jumpee, Kanda
Before we get started, can I divert for an unrelated thing:Stuff Parisians Like is a funny blog. It’s openly ripped off from Stuff White People Like, but covers a group that I’m not part of and a place I’m interested in. OK, on to today’s dining adventure. Decayed and rotten fish is a great thing, […]
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Kamekichi, Kanda (亀吉)
I know what you’re thinking. OK, I actually don’t, because no one ever really knows what someone else is thinking. But what I’M thinking right now is “Why isn’t this place called Kameyoshi?” I’m not even sure about the name, but The Googles seem to think it’s Kamekichi (except for the sites who write the […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Budoya, Kanda (葡萄舎,鍛冶町)
EOITwJ doesn’t mean to harsh your mellow if you’re having a bad day, but we’re having some very good days here. It may be mostly the weather that’s suffusing us with contentment and feelings of well-being, and to that we say, “shine on!” No meditation or psychotics are involved （最高~~!). Nor aura therapy. Ahhhh, the […]
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Yuru-Yura, Kanda (日本橋本石町)
This is a bit of a genre unto itself, isn’t it? By that I mean not the ‘Kyo Banzai’ that Yuru and Yura specialize in, but rather “Dark wood bar with good snacks run by women and playing reggae”. The food’s good, the atmosphere is pleasant in a weird ‘tropical Kyoto’ way, and it seems […]
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Frank, Kanda (フランク、鍛冶町)
Where do they get these names? By ‘they’ I mean ‘the people of Japan’. Still, we love ’em, one and all (the funny names). Frank is a more-than-worthy contribution to the name sweepstakes. Where does the word ‘sweepstakes’ come from? (This is a colorless and unsurprising explanation. Yuck. I hold out hope for a more […]
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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 […]