I enjoyed the Mexican lunch I had today in Tokyo. Let me repeat that. I enjoyed the Mexican lunch I had today in Tokyo. Phew, I feel like a new man. Who ever would have thought that ‘Mexican’, ‘enjoy’ and ‘Tokyo’ could be in the same sentence (without a ‘not’, at any rate)? La Collina […]
Roppongi
Tamura, Roppongi (田村)
Ohhhhhh, this was good. Bangkok was full (down the street kinda behind TGI Friday’s, right? Near the Oakwood serviced apartments, formerly Weekly Mansion?) so we continued walking down the street and saw a sign outside. That was for the motsu nabe place, which draws resounding ‘yucks’ at lunch from most people (like me). Across the […]
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Miyama, Nishi Azabu (味やま; Roppongi)
I’ve walked by this place a LOT of times but never been in. Sometimes it’s been too late to go, but most times I’ve just been put off by the standard teishoku-ality of the menu. It’s strange because the entrance and pictures of dinner courses are modern/traditional and very impressive, but the lunch menu is […]
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Isekan, Azabu Juban (伊勢貫)
This has been a long time in the making. I don’t know how many times I’ve walked by the stairs to this second-floor place…on my way into La Brace on the first floor. I’m not sure if I know anyone that’s been before either, which means that Kathy and I are brave, intrepid adventurers, as […]
l’Auberge de l’Ill, Roppongi
Well, now I have some inkling what 3 stars in France would mean. The recently-released Michelin guide rates l’Auberge at 1 hoshi, which feels distinctly miserly after today’s lunch. I can imagine taking today, amping it up, adding some courses and doubling the price, and then we’d be about right. This will sound weird, but […]
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Sakura Shokudou, Roppongi (Sakura 食堂. Really.)
This pleasant place opened during the ‘renewal open’ period a while back (errr, it may be 6 months already, but the last 6 months have been kinda surreal as you may have read). It has all the elements of a ‘healthy cafe’ that you might expect to find in a side street of Shibuya or […]
Kurosawa, Roppongi
Man, I really feel like I wrote this before. We’ve all been to Kurosawa, right? Shifting set of lunch options anchored by soba as well as buta-don, slightly interesting and slightly expensive dinners? Sure, we’ve all been. This is the Roppongi Kurosawa. It does that sorta ‘country Japanese’ ambience quite well, managing to feel homey […]
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Outback Steakhouse, Roppongi
Good lord, what was I thinking, missing Outback? I shudder to think of all the places I’ve been in Roppongi that I won’t be able to get back to in time to post legitimately on them before shuffling off to Buffalotemachi, but at least this one’s out of the way. After the menu revamp a […]
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Hien, Roppongi
Tasty Korean takeout, most well-known for being the first floor under Cafe 8 (which is most well-known for being the Chinese place with the wacky decor…). I’ve had the chapchedon too many times. It’s something like harusame cooked in sauce, with vegetables, on rice. I had the yukedon one time; raw beef with raw egg […]
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Kushinobo, Roppongi
Squarely in the category of ‘places you’ve been to a lot of times in the last few years’, Kushinobo offers up surprising value in battered and fried items. One challenge is that you have to be a Roppongi worker, or find some other way to get a Community Passport. I guess Kushinobo is a pretty […]