What kind of place is Maebashi? One of the bigger buildings that I could see from my hotel was called Maebashi City Hall, and I’ll leave it to the katakana readers to interpret シティーホール for the rest… Honestly, the biggest remaining industry in Maebashi seems to be clubs, but even the best clubs have a […]
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Uguisu, Maebashi
DISCLAIMER: This post has very little to do with food. It’s more of a disjointed travelogue about a mediocre country town. And it’s not even much of that. But it IS long… The last post (delivered via mobile!) may have been a bit confusing if anyone was paying attention. I decided a quick overnight trip […]
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Delirium Cafe Reserve, Akasaka
My friends, do you like beer? 4 out of 5 dentists agree that men like beer, in a strictly clichéd and stereotypic way. But I like beer, and my good friend McNoonan also likes beer, and we were having a little reunion last night involving the usual lunch cast-of-characters plus McN, and we went to […]
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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, […]
Hanabishi, Monzennakacho (花菱)
EOITwJ is not dead, my friends, merely having computing problems. Thanks for your kind wishes. There is now an unfortunately huge backlog of eating out ‘experiences’ to get through, from Tuesday night, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Argh. Hanabishi turned out to be more of a history lesson than a culinary extravaganza, but since it […]
Tanta Papatoria, Monzennakacho
Many’s the time I’ve been to Papatoria, my friends, many’s the time. Usually I’ve gone to the main restaurant in Tomioka 1 as opposed to this second store in Monzennakacho 1. Some would say it’s a fine point to differentiate between similar restaurants that are only separated by 3 minutes walk, and some would say […]
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Mio Posto, Ogawamachi
Eeeeeeeeeeeyep, still a reformed man since I ate Italian for lunch and dinner last night. Seemes like there’s a whole company culture of mid-priced restaurants that are suitable destinations, because the staff at this place sure knew who we were. Mio Pasto is, to be terribly brief, a casual and mid-priced ‘old Italian’ place just […]
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Osteria Vincero, Shinjuku (三丁目)
Continuing with our neighborhood exploration theme (after the recent Kagurazaka excursions) the EOITwJ staff returned yet again to the greater Shinjuku area following the weekend’s exploration of Arakicho. At less than 20 minutes from the office, it’s not so onerous to head over here after work. On short notice, the Scheduling Team reviewed available options […]
Ryuan, Yotsuya (柳庵、荒木町)
Gotta admit it – I’m truly impressed by the vigor that Seat applies to dining out in Tokyo. And the way he or she gets to all the restaurants I want to visit, before I visit them. A while back the Pig Out Diary visited Arakichou, near Yotsuya 3-Chome, and a place called Suzunari. Lightly […]