We now return to our regularly scheduled programming. Bon Monsieur is a tiny, highly recommended J-Bistro (ooh, did I just invent a term? J-ing is like e-ing, the process of making everything ‘webby’ by putting an ‘e’ in front of it.) tucked away in a deep corner of Roppongi. I admit I was lucky to […]
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- French
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All Choked Up! at Artichaut, Ebisu
Having Invited a Friend to Supper (the Curmudgeonly Old Bastard, in fact) and failed to make a reservation, I arrived fashionably late, if you, gentle reader, consider rudeness to be in fashion. After paying my respects to the pheasant hanging around (by his feet) outside the door, I found the COB comfortably ensconced in his […]
- Italian
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Per Regalo, Shiroganedai
My fake Italian friend lives in Takanawa, so Shiroganedai seemed like a nice place to meet for fake Italian food (until I remembered what a pain it is to get home). He was laid off recently, so now he’s paid contractor wages but goes home at 5 when it’s a slow day like yesterday. Errrr… […]
- Other treats
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Saji Sushi, Jiyugaoka (鮨どころ佐治)
Jiyugaoka is a nice place. Have you noticed that? Perhaps you’ve seen it featured in every magazine and food/shopping TV show in Japan? No? Then I recommend it. Lots of fun little shops, quiet backstreets, restaurants. Really good. Waaaaay down the road (walking) from the station, the feeling of being in town dies out. In […]
Ichiriki, Monzennakachououou (一力)
[Jan 2011: This closed ages ago. It’s a shame, really.] 幸せ. I’m really not sure what prevented me from going into this place over 4 years of walking by it. I have a feeling it was the lack of menu outside, which is of course a frequent problem in Japan and one that any self-respecting […]
Goroku, Monzennakacho (伍六)
It’s a hard job, being a famous food writer, and my liver bears the scars for it. But I feel a responsibility to my fan, so I keep going. Tuesday night found us shlepping home (in the royal plural sense) from work, in the rain, remembering that the new restaurant we had spotted the day […]
Kurosawa, Roppongi
Man, I really feel like I wrote this before. We’ve all been to Kurosawa, right? Shifting set of lunch options anchored by soba as well as buta-don, slightly interesting and slightly expensive dinners? Sure, we’ve all been. This is the Roppongi Kurosawa. It does that sorta ‘country Japanese’ ambience quite well, managing to feel homey […]
- Italian
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Boschetta, Shiroganedai
Boschetta will likely sound very good to you based on the following:– Located in quiet Shirokanedai, in an even-quieter back street, down at the end, just before it dead-ends at someone’s house.– Located, in fact, in what clearly used to be someone’s very expensive house. The entryway feels like an entryway. The stairs feel like […]
- Italian
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Kavach, Tokyo (カバチェ)
Well, if you’re going to have 4 work dinners in a month, some of them might as well be in decent locations. Kavach is the Yaesu branch of a 3-restaurant Italian chain specializing in reasonable-if-dull repetitions of Italian classics. In fairness, I was in a group of 30, and I think that even the best […]
- Ginza
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The Siam, Ginza (ザ サイアム)
I’m starting to feel like I chose the wrong blog as my inspiration. Eating Out In Tokyo? More like Rude About Food… 4 out of 5 dentists agree, The Siam is not a tasty restaurant. As we received one tepid dish after another (fresh spring rolls, tom yum goong, shrimp cakes, yum woon sen, green […]