With Baggio fully reserved, we found ourselves strangely stuck in Roppongi on a rainy Wednesday. This place Sicilia was recommended from a bit back, when they were in a grubbier and cooler space where people used to scribble on the walls (as pictured on Tabelog). Now they’re on the hill down toward Akasaka, in a […]
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Brasserie Paul Bocuse la Musee
Years I’ve meant to go to this place. Years. How long has it been open? Even before that I wanted to go there. Even before that. Why? It’s inside the museum, but more importantly it’s located on top of a giant inverted concrete cone in the lobby. If you sit near the edge, it’s sort […]
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Belg Aube, Roppongi
Peafowl, rain, beer. One of the staff was outside soliciting business, we didn’t say no. I asked ‘How late are you open?’, he said ‘Oh, until morning. Well, until 5.’ That’s Roppongi. I’ve been here a bunch of times before in various companies, but for some reason it hasn’t resulted in a post. Just imagine […]
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Ichi, Roppongi (いち)
Not exactly what I was expecting, getting a recommendation for a very nice course kappou place in the back of Roppongi from Koala, who I always think of as a Korean / Chinese / hotpot specialist. But very nice it was indeed, and along with several peafowl I enjoyed it very much. This place is under-reported […]
Le Caprice, Roppongi
Let’s just skip over the convoluted path that led me to be drinking wine by myself in Roppongi on a Wednesday night pissing with rain. It’s not that interesting. What you should know is that Le Caprice is a pleasant little wine bar with decent food that’s trying hard, and I think they deserve your […]
La Chasse, Roppongi
If I were the type of guy who gave his posts descriptive titles that made it harder to search for them later, I’d be calling this one “At the Sign of the Skull”. I don’t know how they got permission for this, but La Chasse has taken a perfectly normal building deep in Roppongi-3 (the […]
Lauderdale, Roppongi
Tokyo needs more brunch places. This is manifestly true. Fujimama’s closed recently, and while Suji’s remains open, I think the food and cost performance is kinda cynical (as in, “We dare you to find another place that will serve you American-style brunch, and until you do we’re not making much effort.”). Hotels are not an […]
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Ouca Japanese Ice, Roppongi (Midtown B1)
This was cool. I think you should check it out when you’re next at Midtown. It’s an ice cream stand (and this appears to be the only branch of the original east-Ebisu shop), but they specialize in Japanese flavors. And it’s good! That means that instead of bits of cookie dough crumbled into the ice […]
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Lucky’s Bar, Roppongi
In high school I had a friend who had two cats, Lucky and Shamrock (I’m not making this up). They were both all black. Lucky was the one who was run over by a car. None of that has anything to do with Lucky’s Bar, which is pretty well hidden off an alley in Roppongi […]
Provinage, Roppongi
While Provinage is a repeat visit for EOITwJ, I’d like to reassure any worried readers that we have not abandoned our borderline-pathological focus on eating somewhere new at every opportunity. It’s just that Provinage is so pleasant, as is the opportunity to have a special event like the first ‘Eating Out In Tokyo’ dinner. I […]