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 […]
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Yonemura, Ginza (よねむら)
Kick. Ass. Food. Granted, EOITwJ doesn’t write about a lot of it, but here it is. Yonemura doesn’t show up convincingly on radar – you won’t find a lot of reviews other than these, and the web site is weak (I especially like how the first review mentions that it’s the writer’s first time to […]
Igrek, Marunouchi
Man, the hits keep on coming. Today saw us down in Shin Maru, ticking off a place that’s crossed the radar any number of times but always come up short for either fullness (it gets that way at lunch) or theoretic cost performance (I dunno, the dinners just look a touch…hmmm.). For lunch, the quality […]
Mikawa, Kayabacho
The cause of much trepidation, my friends, this tempura expedition. The staff at EOITwJ has been thinking for ages that there’s probably more to tempura than lunch teishoku or the very occasional tendon from Tenya (although their conveyor-belt frying system is pretty sweet). Last night we put it to the test, with very good results! […]
Menosou, Kagurazaka (目乃想)
Kagurazaka is a little…bewitching. It’s the small, dark alleys, packed with the promise of exclusive Japanese-style dining where you need an introduction and a 3rd-generation fortune to get in. For the rest of us, there are plenty of interesting places tucked away off the main street (both behind and above). You just have to work […]
Artist Cafe, Korakuen
This sounds like a great idea – live jazz every night with stunning views from the 43rd floor of Tokyo Dome Hotel. In practice, it’s a little less impressive than that… The decor and menu are a little on the family-restaurant side. I know they’d be pizzed to read that, but it’s true. The names […]
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Enoteca Pinchiorri, Ginza
We all have our maxims for life (whether we realize it or not, I think). Let’s not talk just now about what mine are, but my good friend Greg told me last year that one of his is ‘you get what you pay for’. This will make sense presently. Enoteca Pinchiorri is one of the […]
Aquavit, Gaienmae
Lest anyone think that EOITwJ is strictly an OL-style lunch blog liberally peppered with snarky comments and random musical asides, here’s some genuine fine dining. Aquavit hit my radar through the glossy pages of Tokyo Calendar, where it featured in one of the ‘style’ posts – models lounging around the restaurant, little to no food […]
Ohmiya, Marunouchi (新丸５階)
My friends, we are indeed on a tear with Shin Maru. I’m finding the walk down there from the office sorta pleasant, and the shot of mid-day glamor is most welcome when the rest of the day is a monotony of worn carpet, uncomfortable chair, and interminable passage of time. Ohmiya delivered a strange and […]
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Richart, Ginza
My friends, the whole editorial team here at EOITwJ has been feeling a bit overwhelmed by the amount of eating we’ve been doing, as well as the precarious nature of the world economy and its follow-on effects for our earning and saving potential. As a result we’re on a self-imposed vegetarian, no-alcohol, no restaurants kick […]