Indeed my friends, Monzen Nakacho is a place of wonder. If you ever make it there, you’ll wonder “Why was I not informed sooner of the bounteous delights which awaited me in this lively, old-fashioned little suburb?” Seriously, you’ll be really surprised by how many places there are to eat and drink at night. It’s […]
dinner
Onodera, Kagurazaka
Given that we’ve already posted a glowing review on Onodera from our first visit, we shan’t spend too much time rehashing. In fact, we feel a little bad violating our rule about not posting multiple times on one restaurant, but this place is so good we just gotta do it…looking back, I see that a […]
- bar
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Andalucia, Yaesu
Yeeeessss, one place wasn’t enough for all the conversation we had to get through, so Preacher and I strolled around debating what to do, finding no particular place where we wanted to settle in after eating so much at Hanaya. A few blocks passed before we found ourselves in front of Kavach and the ill-starred […]
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Hanaya, Tokyo (華屋,八重洲北口)
Not that long ago, Zone and I wandered deep into the wilds of Yaesu for lunch and found buried treasure (if shabby, cheap, retro standing izakaya count as treasure!). This has been on my mind for some time and has been engendering a deep desire to explore further in this ‘deep’ neighborhood (where we take […]
Taco Derio, Shinjuku (御苑ぐらい)
The search for quality Mexican food in Tokyo, my friends, stops here. But only briefly. And then it continues on its way, sadly shaking its head from side to side. That’s an overstatement, and the tacos here were certainly not bad. The tortillas were not at all bad, but very thin in an almost rice-paper […]
- Italian
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Fujimama’s, Omotesando
First time. Yay. Now I’ve been there too. Volumic, dull Asian-global fusion with a Mexican twist. Atmosphere is kinda nice though. Granted, the review is influenced by the company.03-5485-2283
- French
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Arossa, Ginza (Velvia 8)
Central Otago. What a great place. Some of my favorite people have been Central Otagans. And when I think of it, I’m inescapably reminded of crashing Jake and Kristen’s honeymoon in Queenstown, cruising around on quad bikes in the hills outside town, and stopping off at the Cardrona Hotel for beers on the way home. […]
Tsurugi, Monzen Nakacho (鶴来)
I admit, I’m not sure if that’s the right sound for the name. But it’s a nice name regardless. Reminds me of Rio’s wedding, where his grandmother sang a little of the traditional ‘Crane and Tortoise’ song as a sort of long-life blessing for the kids. Tsurugi is in the line of restaurants going south […]
- French
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Argo, Hanzomon
EOITwJ was embarrassed. All set to go to a very nice-looking French restaurant in the decidedly odd neighborhood of Hanzomon (or Kojimachi, more picturesquely and food-related-ly) we…were late and forgot our cameras. Thus all visual correspondence herein is courtesy of GT’s keitai; excuse our shocking omission. It’s even worse because this was very lovely food […]
Bomu, Ebisu (韓国居酒屋ボム)
Well, another Friday night, another Korean diner dinner. This was unfortunately way less good (if I may use such language in your erudite company) than Wansu; I kepｔ looking at the menu in the hope of finding some of the things that I ate at the other place. No relation, so I guess it’s unrealistic, […]