Much to the delight of colleagues, I still haven’t been to the same place twice in Marunouchi for lunch. OK, I’m more delighted about this than anyone else. Most people think it’s funny but a little…obsessive? Yup. Today was a ladies-in-black lunch, as Ponkan, Ponyo and Koala were all in mourning due to the fact […]
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Gare de Lyon, Hatchobori
You know that little area on Kajibashi Dori where you cross the bridge, go under the highway, and emerge from Takaracho into Hatchobori? Right, me either, in spite of going through there any time I took a taxi home from work (not that often). So I’ll forgive you for not seeing this place from the […]
Fukagawa Tei, Monzennakacho (深川亭)
This little place popped up a while ago, perhaps as much as a year, and it looked like the sort of simple izakaya that would deliver some fresh and tasty food. I put off going for a long time because it doesn’t look that exciting, but when I was feeling tired and just needed to […]
Eiraku, Otemachi (永楽)
This place is uncanny – how do they pack so little flavor into every bite?! I think they’ve perfected a Sino-Japanese version of FRT (Flavor Reduction Technology). Then again, I’m learning every time I visit that the JA Building is good for a laugh, in a depressing and age-yellowed way, but not a place to […]
Monsoon, Minami Funabashi
Not exactly a name to conjure with, Monsoon…for me it brings up memories of a trip to Tokyo a long, long time ago (relatively) in a distinctly weird period of my life. I had lunch with my former boss, generally known as Indian John, which is weird enough in itself – careful reflection over the […]
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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 […]
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Gyoza Bar Fei, Kayabacho
It just came to me as I was conducting the zen-like preparations to write yet another review. The bare, semi-Chinese interior of Fei reminds me quite a lot of Australia! When I lived there, it seemed like there was a tendency to make things cool by leaving the floor bare concrete and just clear-coating it, […]
Oteru, Monzennakacho (お照)
The personal email issues are almost solved, my friends. The IT team is starting to get things under control. After Ojisan and I left Hanabishi, I thougt I was going peacefully home. It was not to be, as he had his claws into me and insisted that I join him at another geisha-run place. This […]
Day Nite, Otemachi
There are always those days when it’s rainy and cold, and no one feels like going out, and you just want to stay in the building. Today wasn’t one of those days, so I’m not sure why we stayed in the building, but I got to have my first experience with the wacky cafeteria-style place […]
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Michikusa, Otemachi (道草)
まず, readers should remember that the initial impetus for EOITwJ was actually to create a Roppongi Lunches site, as suggested by Shaklee long ago. Given the coverage of expensive restaurants in many quarters, sniffing out unusual lunches around the office seemed like a more worthwhile and socially-useful function (if blogging ever is). With the move […]