Update February 17, 2010: Lunch, 3 small courses at Y1800. Salad, good grilled white fish with veg, scoop of excellent ice cream with pistachio crumbs. Service as rough as before, a touch odd. =============================================================== January 22, 2009: Lest one think that EOITwJ has descended to reviewing nothing but smoky oyaji lunch spots, here’s some genuine […]
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Onodera, Kagurazaka (おの寺)
Welcome back to another exhaustive installment of Eating Out In Tokyo. My camera was on fine form last night, so you can get a good idea of the food at the second highly-recommended washoku place I visited this weekend. Onodera is hidden in plain sight, on the fourth floor of a small building in the […]
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The Acquarium at Dunhill, Ginza
Ever since I saw a picture of this place on someone else’s site, I wanted to go. It’s not the food, as you’ll see below, but it IS the ambience and location. Similar to Harrod’s Brompton in Roppongi, this captures some refined English atmosphere in the heart of Tokyo. It’s very different; in fact the […]
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Quintessence, Shiroganedai (カンテサンス,白金台)
There’s a set of people who apparently spend a fair part of their time and money going to the world’s best restaurants. I don’t aspire to be one of them, because it’s so damn expensive, but I do enjoy reading their reviews and seeing the pictures. In that spirit, here’s what it was like to […]
Nadaman, Shinagawa (なだ万)
My friend Mayu was visiting for a weekend wedding (I only mention this because it’s funny that he’s a Sri Lankan visiting Japan and yet his name sounds fully Japanese-girl) and I wanted to take him someplace impressively Japanese (read: kaiseki), yet within easy reach of his Shinagawa hotel. This proved surprisingly difficult – there […]
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Roppongi: R.I.P.
Well, my friends, this was it – the Last Lunch in Roppongi. Did I feel a bit like Jesus, surrounded by my disciples? No, not a bit. This is a repeat post, but it’s also a sad and special occasion. It was decreed that our last lunch be a Burger. And it was subsequently put […]
Cogito, Roppongi
Let’s begin today’s post with a link to Terry’s review of the same establishment, to save him the trouble of posting the same… Cogito is a charming, cozy, warm and cluttered French outpost that nestles in a secluded mountain clearing across the street from the Grand Hyatt and barely 1 minute’s walk from Terry’s apartment. […]
Ohara et CIE, Roppongi (Nishi Azabu)
I can die happy, my friends. Along with l’Auberge au l’Ill, this was the remaining high-end French lunch I wanted to eat in Roppongi. With it out of the way, I think we can regard the Roppongi lunching experience as mainly closed (although there’s still a whole week of lunches to go, and one hopes […]
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B-Bar, Roppongi
We interrupt our regular programming to bring you a burst of vitriol… I knew how much the drinks cost before I went here. I knew what the charge was. But as I watched the bartender pour flat champagne into my glass and add blue food coloring, all I could think was “I’m being screwed.” Yes, […]
Dhaba India, Yaesu
Arriving at TY Harbor Brewery in Shinagawa expecting mediocre food, nice views, and a pleasant buzz to go home by, we were disappointed to see even from afar the sheen of white tablecloths and centerpieces. Getting closer, the presence of suited waitstaff loitering by the entrance confirmed out worst fears: wedding. Milling around, wondering where […]