Ahhh, La Loggia. Just the name conjures up visions of centuries-old houses, quaint streets, shady corners, authentic pizza, espresso counters, naan and curry. La Loggia used to be a very mediocre Italian restaurant behind Roppongi Hills, near Aladdin or Cafe Eight or Gato Nero, depending on your perspective. It was mildly famous in my mind […]
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Del Sole, Roppongi
Del Sole is a pretty standard Italian place near the end of Imoraizaka (also near Asahi TV and the old Golden Burning). It has two nice points – the spacious patio with umbrellas, which is great on a nice day (like today!), and the store-made gelato, which comes included in the lunch sets. Mysteriously, the […]
The Kitchen Salvatore Cuomo, Roppongi
There’s a whole raft of restaurants in Roppongi Hills that I haven’t been to recently and thus haven’t written about. Now that I’ve been to it recently, here’s one of ’em. Wait, didn’t I say this yesterday? Ah well, another day, another lunch. Let’s not debate this – The Kitchen Salvatore Cuomo is expensive. The […]
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Kyutoku, Roppongi
There’s a whole raft of restaurants in Roppongi Hills that I haven’t been to recently and thus haven’t written about. Now that I’ve been to it recently, here’s one of ’em. Kyutoku is commonly known as ‘the three-bowls’ place, because the normal lunch is three varieties of udon (or donburi) chosen from 10 or 12, […]
Il Pacioccone, Aoyama
A November 2009 update from my September 2008 post below: having gone for dinner in the company of others, I still recommend this place. While we had some mussels (fresh, plump), a caprese (cheese a little too solid, but still good), and a bagna cauda (very good balance of anchovies and garlic but somewhat limited supply of […]
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Ostrea, Roppongi
Coming out of the office after work and trying to think of a place to go (that wasn’t Heartland) we were greeted by the puzzling sight of a new and attractive-looking restaurant where previously there was only…I’m not even sure, but it sure wasn’t an oyster bar with a big beverage selection. Almost directly across […]
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Suji’s, Roppongi
While looking for Suji’s web site, I saw another reviewer describe it as ‘unwelcoming’. I don’t know that I’d agree with that – it’s just like being in America. And how can anything American be unwelcoming? On a rainy day when you’ve woken up to find yourself employed by a different and significantly more Japanese […]
Moti, Roppongi
Nothing says love like a succession of massive days in the office over the weekend, toiling away for your failed firm. And nothing puts the cherry on the icing on the cake like a big glutinous mass of Indian food plus some hot ‘n’ fresh naan. As an aside, in 1998 when I was working […]
Baggio, Roppongi
One of the happiest days of my life was when I learned Baggio was doing lunches. Until then they were hit-or-miss, mostly miss, with no pizzas, only pasta, and some months no lunch at all. Frankly not so interesting; pasta doesn’t pay the bills. So when I found out a few months ago that they’d […]
Shanghai Dream, Roppongi
Inspired by my last visit to Hutong and realization that I don’t know enough about Chinese lunches, I maneuvered today’s lunch into a trip to Shanghai Dream, known (to me) as ‘the orange-fronted place’. This is on Roppongi Dori’s south side, on the way to Nishi Azabu (near the horrible Charleston Cafe, or the quite […]