Miyakawa is fantastically located – central to the happening nightspots Kayabacho, Hatchobori and Nihonbashi! This explains why it was almost fully-packed when we wandered in at 8 on a Friday, as well as why they were taking last orders at 9 and kicking us out at 9:30. Glasses of beer. Sours in any flavor you […]
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Azabu Choko (麻布長江), Roppongi (Nishi Azabu)
Hmmm, Chinese lunch. Not something that usually floats my boat, but something I’ve mentioned wanting to learn a bit more about recently. In this case we came to Azabu Choko quite by accident – wandering down the backstreet hills from Roppongi to Nishi Azabu, not settling on anything, finally getting to Gaien Nishi Dori and […]
Daruma, Monzennakacho
I was browsing a food magazine at the barber over the weekend and they had a feature on ‘Downtown Izakayas’. Since everyone thinks Monnaka is so shitamachi, there were of course a few places. Daruma is the most downtown place in Monnaka, I think. For a long time I knew it as ‘the grubby-looking place […]
Piatto Piatto, Roppongi
Being a pure-blooded American of variously mixed Russian, Irish and German heritage, and coming from the tropical southern regions of New Jersey, it makes perfect sense that my definition of comfort food should be red-sauce Italian (and miso soup, but that’s a different story). My home town is 2.3 square miles and 9,365 people, with […]
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Le Pre Verre, Omotesando
Wow, it was just last week that I found my new favorite restaurant, and whaddya know – I’ve found my new favorite restaurant! Amazingly enough, it’s a bistro-style French restaurant…who would’ve expected that from ME?! It’s always pleasant when you’re strolling around a neighborhood, taking in the sights, and your companion points to a restaurant […]
Ichidai (一代), Monzennakacho
Per earlier comments, I feel like I’ve been eating out in Tokyo for a good while now – especially in Monzen Nakacho and at French restaurants. I guess I should stop being surprised by this, but I was pretty well knocked back when I went into a tiny sushi counter a few days ago and […]
Hyakumi, Monzennakacho
Well, sometimes you just have to lash out and try a new place. This little odenya is in the category of things I’ve walked by a number of times in Monnaka’s dining alleys south of Eitai Dori without seriously considering going in. For some reason last night was it! Basically a counter, I think with […]
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Amor de Gaudi, Roppongi
In a funny little category of ‘Roppongi places I’ve been for both lunch and dinner’ is this Spain bar near Roppongi Hills (just outside Hollywood). There are half a dozen tables and a small counter in tiled / dark wood and metal faux-Spanish environment, and the food is what you might call ‘Spanish Bistro’ or, […]
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Café Singapura , Roppongi
For the regular lunch crowd, this used to be Golden Burning, variously known as’the Thai place’, ‘the Vietnamese place’, ‘the Asian place’ or ‘the red place’across from TV Asahi, at the bottom of Imoraizaka. ‘Red’ was a good description,what with the whole exterior being painted red and all. Now the red is gone(white, with a […]
Sumiyakiya, Roppongi
Frankly, a Korean restaurant in Japan staffed by Sri Lankans sounds too good to resist, doesn’t it? It’s only some of the staff, and I’m not really sure if they’re Sri Lankan, but it does feel good to say. I love diversity. For me, the two draws at this concrete-floor, bare-wood table-kind place are 1) […]