Dyn-O-Mite!!! is not something you’re going to hear said frequently around Good Times. Part of that’s because it’s in Otemachi, and there’s not a lot of English spoken there (especially by black people!). Another part of that is on account of the food is naff. I had one of those periodic cravings for ankake noodles, […]
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Kimuraya, Tokyo
Tokyo Station truly contains a wealth of options. I used to think it was oddly barren, but as I’ve come to understand it better, all I can think now is that I don’t know how I was missing everything before. One recent area I’ve been browsing is ‘Number One Street’, a long corridor in the […]
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Sabatini di Firenze, Tokyo
Being graced with the company of my good maaaaate Rin-ji, I felt like it was time for something special (besides, it was her turn to pay). Out of the choices I offered (any building with ‘Maru’ in the name) she chose Daimaru, which is largely unknown to most Otemachi dwellers. This is because it’s far […]
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Farm, Tokyo
Saturday, I bought a ramen magazine that focused on recently-opened stores. Surprisingly, it had quite a few places in my general neighborhood. Disappointingly, I had been to most of them! One that I remembered looking good was in the basement of the Asahi/Nihon Building – I had been perhaps unfairly biased against it because of […]
Taikourou, Yaesu (泰興楼)
I’m starting to feel like a Shitamachi dining insider – this very good recommendation from Ricky is a gyoza specialist (with a broad menu) whose branch is Gyoza Bar Fei, in Kayabacho, tidily reversing my own dining trend between last night and today. I don’t really remember the gyoza at Fei, but I’ll remember the […]
Brasserie Paul Bocuse, Tokyo (大丸１２階)
In the past I’ve said more than once that Les Brasseries Paul Bocuse are not a good thing. This is based on one particular visit I made to the Yurakucho branch; the food consisted of standards prepared in a barely competent way, and the prices were high. Today’s lunch was altogether more satisfactory, although in […]
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Sagami, Tokyo (さがみ)
The second floor of Tokyo Station has its own personality – a bit flabby, graying at the temples, and somewhat grumpy. However it’s also a solid source of big dining hall-style places with big trays of mixed food. Once in a while it’s OK. Today was one of those days, and I visited with Zoner […]
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Keisuke Gaiden Ramen, Tokyo (けいすけ外伝)
Ramen fever gripped me as I left the office today, and it was late enough that I figured the lines would be gone down at Tokyo Station’s Ramen Street. No. Still, with a few minutes of patience I was able to work my way up the pecking order and try another place. I say ‘pecking […]
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Hirugao Ramen, Tokyo (ひるがお)
Under Tokyo Station, all sorts of delights await. I walked it once before with little excitement, but today I enjoyed some mild exploration down the length of #1 Street (一番街, it’s on the Yaesu side). Down at the extreme south end, they have a little ‘ramen museum’ setup that opened this year. Perhaps in a […]
Maisen, Tokyo (まい泉、大丸東京駅)
As a memorialist, I have little value. By this, I mean that I can’t remember things worth a damn. It used to be that I was the kind of person who could go from one room to another, then realize an hour later that I’d forgotten the thing I went for. Now, in our hyper-digitalized […]