This review is purely for the benefit of both foreigners in Tokyo who haven’t yet been to TY Harbor. Until Saturday night, there were three of us, but I’m sad to say I’ve now departed. As shown below, getting to TY’s huge refitted warehouse from the station is very pleasant and residential if you do […]
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Beacon, Shibuya
Last year on my birthday I thought ‘I want steak. American-style steak.’ As a result I ended up at 57. That wasn’t bad, and it was inside an easy walk from the office (back in those heady daze when we all worked in Hillz), but I wish I had gone to Beacon. The steaks are […]
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Mary’s Panhead Pub, Gibbstown
Mary, why ya buggin? With this post, we finally make good on the first element of our nj promise – rockin’. Unfortunately, a wardrobe malfunction means there are no audio recordings of the event, but there are certainly pictures aplenty…you’ll have to be in the Inner Circle to see those, unfortunately. As you can probably […]
Aquavit, Gaienmae
Lest anyone think that EOITwJ is strictly an OL-style lunch blog liberally peppered with snarky comments and random musical asides, here’s some genuine fine dining. Aquavit hit my radar through the glossy pages of Tokyo Calendar, where it featured in one of the ‘style’ posts – models lounging around the restaurant, little to no food […]
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Wolfgang Puck Express, Otemachi
10 minutes of dithering about which place to visit on Thursday led us past a succession of mediocre-looking washoku places and eventually to Puck’s. I think everyone has been to a Puck’s outlet once; the notable one is surely the cafe right at the top of Takeshita Dori in Harajuku (also known as ‘cosplay street’, […]
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Outback Steakhouse, Roppongi
Good lord, what was I thinking, missing Outback? I shudder to think of all the places I’ve been in Roppongi that I won’t be able to get back to in time to post legitimately on them before shuffling off to Buffalotemachi, but at least this one’s out of the way. After the menu revamp a […]
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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 […]
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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 […]