Belg Aube, Roppongi

Peafowl, rain, beer. One of the staff was outside soliciting business, we didn’t say no. I asked ‘How late are you open?’, he said ‘Oh, until morning. Well, until 5.’ That’s Roppongi. I’ve been here a bunch of times before in various companies, but for some reason it hasn’t resulted in a post. Just imagine […]

Agoo, Daimon

At EOITwJ, when it rains, it pours. And when it pours, it’s generally Belgian beer. We like to think that we know a lot of the Belgian places around Tokyo, so as a nightcap, we were excited to hear that there was a hitherto-unknown outlet nearby the Hippo. Unknown to us at least…Metropolis reviewed it […]

Houblon, Ginza

Boyz, this is it. You think you’ve been to a Belgian beer bar in Tokyo? If it wasn’t Houblon, you haven’t. They have the atmosphere, they have the food, and they have a menu big enough to break the camel’s back, with 300 types of beer (some of which are even in stock!). There’s a […]

Antwerp Six, Yurakucho

Once, several years ago, I tried to go to this Spain Bar called Pero in far-west Ginza, really more Yurakucho. This was before Spain bars got all mysteriously popular (which to me remains a mysterious phenomenon). I was puzzled to see when I got there that it was full, and while putting my name on […]