Ominous, the sky. I was heading up to Akihabara to buy a radioactive giant saber-toothed turtle action figure (Americans make the wierdest requests of people coming home on vacation) and figured I’d combine it with lunch. I also combined it with a picture of the ‘Loving Hut’ truck, which is just like that Natural Hand place, only it’s […]
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Katsu Hey!, Nihonbashi (かつ平)
Hey! What’s up! I’m sure the staff at Katsu Hey! would be surprised to see the store name written that way too, but I think it’s cheerful. There’s not much else cheery here, just a kinda old-style building that’s now squeezed in between taller office buildings that are already old and tired in their own […]
Kushitei, Nihonbashi (串亭 日本橋三越前)
Oh look, another place in the newer Coredo building. Get used to it folks. How many have you read about so far? I think I’ve been 6 as of today. Have to be focused and completist, that’s what I always sayist. Kushitei is up on the fourth floor, which is a bit classier (like the […]
Udagawa, Nihonbashi (宇田川)
You’ve noticed how I got onto a Nihonbashi kick recently, right? I’ve been to 10 places in the Muromachi neighborhood (near Mitsukoshi, just northeast of bridge itself) in the last two weeks. This place is a bit intriguing, with a real old-fashioned atmosphere on the outside, and a lunch menu focused on our fried friend, […]
Asahiken tonkatsu, Kanda (旭軒)
A couple people have said to me recently, they said, “Jon, how’d you get so funky?” and I had to say “I don’t think that’s what you mean to ask. I think you’re really asking a deeper question about why I go to different restaurants all the damn time, and why I sometimes go to […]
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Murata, Iwamotocho (むらた)
Another of those ‘fill in the map’ days. However, it seems the map has stopped working now that there are over 1,000 points on it…that could take some work. That kind of work is much less fun than actually going to restaurants… Anyhoo, here’s the shady doorway or Murata, offering respite from scorching sun (one […]
Yamato Tonkatsu, Kanda (大和)
This whole 大和 thing, I don’t quite get it. It means something like ‘Japanese spirit’, that’s clear, but is there a difference between reading it ‘daiwa’ and ‘yamato’? One amusing thing is that my company has a direct competitor that uses the first reading. In what I presume was a bid to show national pride, […]
Wako Tonkatsu, Otemachi (和幸)
Odd that I’ve never blogged about a Wako before, except to mention it dismissively in posts about other tonkatsu restaurants. It’s been a long time since I went to one, although I have of course been to the one in Roppongi Hillz’ basement (Metro Hat) and the one under the tracks at the south end […]
Katsuman, Kanda （勝漫、淡路町）
Is fratricide acceptable in the pork community? According to reliable sources, the chef of Yamaichi used to work at Katsuman before leaving to open his own tonkatsu restaurant. 1 block away. With a similar menu and style. Personally, I’d be pissed unless there was some kind of blessing or compensation involved. Honestly, the style of […]
Yamaichi, Awajicho (やまいち,淡路町)
I really can’t imagine a better tonkatsu than this. Should I stop there? This is unfortunately one of those reviews that’s in the vein of “This is the best place in the world, but you’ll never go there,” but it was really good. I wish I could go back every day, but when you consider […]