It’s probably not a good idea to read too much into names, but in this case I can’t help it. What do you make of a restaurant called ‘Chicken Bell’? This seemed funnier when I was there, but now that I think about it, this is probably a combination of the tendency to name a […]
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Bridd, Kanda (ブリッド)
This place was under renovation for a while, and opened several weeks back. It’s pretty stylish, winey and Italian-looking (with a healthy side of roasted bird), which marks it as part of a new guard of Kanda places (c.f. Chailly, which, if truth be told, is the only other place I can think of in […]
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Tanuki/Ajiwai, Yurakucho (たぬき / 味わい,有楽町)
Party at the moon tower! Or the next best thing – Yurakucho yakitori with McNoonan! I also just read up on the real moontowers in Texas, if you’re interested. McNoonan is back from his Layoff World Tour – Hawaii, Boston, Disneyworld. This is a world tour like the World Series is a world series, but […]
Edokko, Monzennakacho (江戸娘)
Sometimes you just have a hankerin’ fer meat. And when that feelin’ comes on yuh, it’s mighty powerful. That’s when the sheep start lookin’ nervous, if yuh take mah meanin’. If your meat craving is for chickenz, and you’re in Monzennakacho, yer place of choice should be Edoko. It’s homey, authentic, and tasty. It actually […]
Vinchou, Marunouchi
Gaaarrrrh! Just when I thought it was safe to re-visit a place, circumstances conspire to extend the new-lunch-venue streak through yet another week! OK, that’s not really so frustrating. It’s a dorky point of pride. The good ship Wolf is soon bound for sunnier pastures and more mixilated metaphors after nearly 3 years in Japan. […]
Toritetsu, Otemachi (とり鉄)
Incredibly attentive readers will remember that we’ve visited an outpost of the Toritetsu Empire before, in the wilds of Inner Mongolia. Lest they take us too much to task for this repetition, we’d like to point out that we’re not opposed to reviewing multiple branches of the same chain (case in point, Sushi Zanmai), and […]
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Tonton, Yurakucho (登運とん)
That name is crap. Nobody could read the kanji without being told. I can’t even figure out what they’re trying to say – ‘rising luck’? But Japan is great, and this place is one of a million reasons why. Tonton is cheap as chips (or whatever cheap thing you prefer if you’re not English), and […]
Toriyoshi, Ginza (鳥よし)
A work dinner with Koala, Ponyo, and three guys who don’t have cute nicknames (and for some reason don’t inspire me to assign any). There were some elements of tastiness, but this seemed like run-of-the-mill yakitori to me despite some recommendations. I did pick it from a list, so I’ll take responsibility; live and learn. […]
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Toritetsu, Kayabacho (とり鉄)
After a precipitous departure from Feh! The Gyoza Bar, we were left in the wilds of Kayabacho with not a plan in the world. Pisser. I remembered that Maru was just around the corner (OK, I never forgot…I’ve been meaning to go to Maru’s 2nd or 3rd floor for ages, but at this point the […]
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 […]