There’s one problem with Kyoto – the transportation system is more like that of a a medium-sized Japanese city (which it is) than that of a world-class tourist destination (which it is). That means you can get into weird situations where despite just going from one temple to another, you’re kinda far from anything and it’s […]
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Edomae Miso Ramen, Monzennakacho (江戸前味噌ラーメン)
I say unto you, all of you, it’s nice to have friends, and even better when they call you on a lazy Sunday to say “We’re at your station. Howzaboutit?” “It” in this case was lunch, with noodles being the request. Perfect opportunity to hit the, er, new ramen place on MZNC’s main street (probably […]
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Gochiso, Kanda (ご馳走)
Hunh, I’ve never seen the traditional meal closing ‘gochiso’ (‘treats’, as in ‘that sure was a treat!’) written in kanji. Now I have. Pity the food isn’t much of a treat, more a middling way to spend lunch hour. Unfortunately this is just down an alley by the much-beloved Bistro Marsanne (and when I say […]
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Rose and Crown, Otemachi
Somehow I had planned my schedule weeks ago so as to have lunch with Zoner on this, my first day back at work. To compound the insult of being back in the office, he suggested walking or to Yaesu and trying RosandCrown and Goldmansachs Are Dead, or something to that effect. These guys run a […]
Grumpy’s Bar-B-Que Roadhouse, Allentown
Road trip, boys, road trip. Here we are out on the highway, in the rain, peering around Big Gay Ed’s Big Gay Head as he drives too close to other cars for comfort. This picture doesn’t show the worst of it. Sheesh. Slow down, dude. Why were we out there? Well, I think ‘CF Martin’ […]
El Marichi Loco, Hammonton
Good Mexican is pretty much a requirement for any trip to America as far as I’m concerned. One time I went to Napa Valley for a business trip, an offsite. I got to the resort about 5 hours before I needed to attend the first event and, reasoning that good Mexican is available anywhere in […]
Five Points Diner, Deptford
Late night dining in Tokyo might mean chain izakaya, possibly sushi, or ramen, but definitely family restaurant. While your ‘fami-res’ choices in Japan are limited to Denny’s, Jonathan’s and a very few others, New Jersey is wonderful in that it’s still packed with late-night diners. The Seven Stars Diner is one such, residing as it […]
Mood’s Farm Market, Mullica Hill
When I was but a young pup, piloting my Centurion Ironman Dave Scott (and I’m deeply sorry that the best picture I can find of this frame in my rigorous 30 seconds of googling is one that’s built up as a fixed-gear, but mine too has been a fixed-gear since about 1994) around the wilds […]
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Attilio’s Pizza, Blackwood
There are people who will tell you the best pizza in New Jersey lurks within these unimposing confines. I had lunch with one of them a couple weeks ago, and I went for pizza today with two more of them. I can certainly recommend it; this is the pizza I grew up on (in part […]
Cheesesteak Factory, Glassboro
Surely you all know that cheesesteaks are one of the staple foods of South Jersey living? I am firmly of the camp that cheesesteaks are not available outside the Philadelphia area, and also that any place advertising their product as ‘Philly Steaks’ should be avoided like it’s on fire (South Jersey is in the PhilaPA […]