Fresh from overdosing on chicken, I realized that lunch with Volleyball had been scheduled in for some time. He had overdosed on pork last night, so we set out in a healthy frame of mind. Wandering past the south-of-Eitai-dori options under the tracks, I was struck by the fact that nothing looks good there. It […]
Marunouchi
Inaba Toshiro, Marunouchi (いなば十四郎、丸ビル３５階)
My friends, I’ve figured out what it is about the 35th floor of Maru Biru. It’s 35% overpriced. Everything. Aux Amis I fell for (errr, twice, but the second time wasn’t my idea); Hiro Centro I was edgy about but it was recommended (not talking to her any more); Mango Tree is patently overpriced – […]
Sasaoka, Marunouchi (恵比寿笹岡、新丸５階)
High-end restaurants in Japan do funny things. [When I say ‘high-end’, I only mean at the plebian end of the high market, the part I can access. There’s presumably a whole world over that level that I gots no idea about.] One I’ve noticed recently is opening a larger branch store in a more glamorous […]
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 […]
Saigon, Otemachi
It’s no secret around the EOITwJ offices that we like ‘dad jokes’ or ‘oyaji gags’, in today’s parlance. That’s why translating the name of this place as ‘The Last Grunt’ is so amusing right now. (最後んっ.) Good to the Last Grunt? My friend J. had the fortune, I won’t say if it’s good or bad, […]
Igrek, Marunouchi
Man, the hits keep on coming. Today saw us down in Shin Maru, ticking off a place that’s crossed the radar any number of times but always come up short for either fullness (it gets that way at lunch) or theoretic cost performance (I dunno, the dinners just look a touch…hmmm.). For lunch, the quality […]
Kaku-uchi, Tokyo (角打)
Accidents will happen, especially in the current global climate. Bearing this in mind, we at EOITwJ try to remain open to happy accidents, especially when they involve the happy accident of finding a cheap yet tasty lunch locale in Greater Otemachi. Clearly this policy is going to result in some unhappy accidents as well; despite […]
Maharaja, Marunouchi (My Plaza B2)
In need of a lot of exercise plus a tremendous Indian repast in order to burn it off? Actually, I wonder what’s the opposite of ‘burn it off’. Any ideas? Maharaja, it has to be said, is REALLY far away. If you’re coming from the office in Otemachi, it’s a healthy 15 minutes, or probably […]
So Tired, Marunouchi
Again braving the crappy weather, Zone and I headed down to Shin Maru (again) but tried a different floor. We got off the elevator at 6, where I was reminded that that’s the floor with only a few restaurants (including Salt, my Australian colleagues are no doubt thinking), and headed up to 7. This is […]