Wow, after all these years, who would’ve thought that I hadn’t posted about Burdigala yet? There used to be a time when Burdi’s was really a refuge for us – the place where we’d go on days where the morning had just exploded and we had crunched something out by 1 PM and said “Lunch?” […]
Roppongi
Provinage, Roppongi
UPDATE: Per YM’s comment below, we did indeed go back, and can now confirm that the Y2800 lunch course is more or less like the Y6000 dinner course at some restaurants. Her main was two ankou medallions in separate sauces (one the signature Americaine, the other I can’t remember), my main was two thick-ish lamb […]
Sushigin (すし銀), Roppongi (Azabu Juban)
Tokyo will surprise you every time – there’s always something hidden away, even without resorting to secluded areas or invitation-only restaurants. We went to Juban specifically looking for something new, and since the really delicious-smelling giraffe curry place is takeout only, we had to keep looking. Much faffing around with French and Italian places later, […]
Azabu Choko (麻布長江), Roppongi (Nishi Azabu)
Hmmm, Chinese lunch. Not something that usually floats my boat, but something I’ve mentioned wanting to learn a bit more about recently. In this case we came to Azabu Choko quite by accident – wandering down the backstreet hills from Roppongi to Nishi Azabu, not settling on anything, finally getting to Gaien Nishi Dori and […]
Genji Sushi, Roppongi
今日は。鮨の物語でございます。Do you like California rolls? How about Caterpillar rolls? I have to admit, I always liked them historically but became more of a purist (some would say ‘snob’) once I came to Japan. Genji Sushi is actually “Genji Sushi New York”, and makes good on the promise of providing New York-style sushi, complete with all […]
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Roy’s, Roppongi
Did someone say ‘hula’? Roy didn’t. I think the menu here was exciting a while ago (either the 80’s or 90’s; before my time in any event) but now suffers from being done by many people in many restaurants. ‘Ahi Tuna Tartare’ was already a cliche by 2000, I think. Roy’s DOES have a lot […]
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California Grill Yoshi, Roppongi (Azabu Juban)
Is this a trend? Recently we had lunch at Suji’s, now it’s another American-style place? I liked this better for atmosphere and cost reasons (I can’t help it, I’m just a sucker for similar food at 50% of the price), and it didn’t hurt that today’s weather is beautiful instead of pissing rain. Yoshi hides […]
Piatto Piatto, Roppongi
Being a pure-blooded American of variously mixed Russian, Irish and German heritage, and coming from the tropical southern regions of New Jersey, it makes perfect sense that my definition of comfort food should be red-sauce Italian (and miso soup, but that’s a different story). My home town is 2.3 square miles and 9,365 people, with […]
Chugoku Hanten, Roppongi (中国飯店)
It’s funny, when I went to Shanghai Dream a few weeks ago, it was because we were told there wasn’t smoked seating available at Chugoku Hanten. Now that I’ve been to the Hanten Honten, I’ve realized that Shanghai Dream is really a chain ten. There you go! The food was pretty similar – Chinese lunch […]
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Fifty Seven, Roppongi
I decided to buy myself a steak for my birthday. I dunno why, but that’s what I was fixated on. This was probably unfortunate for my friend visiting from Singapore and his HK girlfriend (who may well have been expecting Japanese!), but they were good sports about it. Roppongi is challenging to me for nice […]