Hey, you’re special to me, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Just by appearing in this uncredited picture (or reading this otherwise pedestrian blog entry), you’ve done a service to humanity. So don’t think you don’t count. Everyone is special. Hiroshou is pretty special too. Who even knew there was such a thing as […]
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Kawaji, Hamacho (大衆料理 川治)
When you say ‘simple’ or ‘humble’, this is what I would think of. Not in a hundred years would it have occurred to me to go to this place if I passed it on a random walk, but through a complex chain of events, here we are. Actually the name implies “cookin’ for reggler folks”, […]
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Konomi, Ningyocho (日本酒と肴の味見バー 嗜)
What do you like? Would you describe that as your 嗜? No, you wouldn’t because no one knows that kanji. I hope I forget it. It would only be the latest in a series of eating- and drinking-related kanji that I learned when I should have been learning…I dunno, kanji that every 3rd grader would […]
Hara Donuts, Shin Yurigaoka
Keep it obsessive, that’s what I always say. I wasn’t sure where my lunch was coming from today, and I was a bit peckish after getting up at 5 as usual, so I picked up a donut in the station complex. Not just any donut, a Hara donut. It’s a funny by-and-for-girls sort of concept, […]
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Machidaya, Shin Yurigaoka
So I broke my glasses. Not completely, but enough to make you think they could break any time, and I’ve got stuff coming up where I really need to be wearing glasses. Like my life. So I walked up to the station and ordered some new ones, walked around and did some errands, and then […]
Smokey Pig BBQ, Bowling Green, KY
Not, as it turns out, the prettiest town I’ve ever seen, Bowling Green. Nor did I meet my old friend Bob. But I was passing through with my colleague Buxxx, and when we travel together, we eat barbecue. He’s even from Kaintuck, so it was a nice chance for him to fill me in on […]
Due South, Christiansburg VA
The sun dawned orange, especially with the help of Instagram. I was in the greater Roanoke, VA area for a terribly important and completely unproductive business meeting. Actually I had been there the night before too, and I made the team go out for barbecue. That’s what I do. But BBQ in Roanoke doesn’t look […]
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Karakiya, Sangenjaya (酒の唐木屋)
So I was just out for a random stroll through the nether Western regions of Sancha, … No I wasn’t. Woody told me about this place. I don’t get out so much any more, so I rely on advice. And I like Liquor and Foods, and I like nothing better than drinking away the afternoon […]
Jack’s Bar-B-Que, Nashville
We didn’t know Jack, but we kinda wanted to. So did a lot of our friends. Had to wait all the way past the bar next door, and through a line inside the premises too. Here’s the funny thing – there was plenty of seating. I mean, it was quiet and kinda empty. It’s just […]
Martin’s BBQ Joint, Nolensville (Nashville)
Research had indicated… Aww hell, I was just googling. Everyone likes to say “I deeply researched this issue” when they really mean they googled it for 2 minutes. But I spent a good 30 googling barbecue in Nashville. I felt like I could tell from the relative lack of informed discussionz that it wasn’t going […]