I like Thai food. I really like Thai food. I could mostly eat just Thai and Japanese and French food every day, with perhaps a little Mexican, American, and Italian thrown in for variety. But only those. A Thai buffet is therefore an awfully tempting proposition, especially if it also includes some Japanese and French […]
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Uotei, Monzennakacho
I’m a little unsure what Uotei is supposed to be – izakaya? Sushi? Just a fish specialist? [As the first of many asides that I assume I’ll write soon, I’ve spent most of the last 4 years thinking it was called Sakana Tei, and only just learned from the web page that it’s actually Uotei. […]
L’Osteria, Roppongi
UPDATE 11/14/08:Had the Pranzo A for the first time. Y2600 seems like good value for the following. I’m not quite as rhapsodic as the same deal at Provinage, however…– Appetizer: small leaf salad with fresh crab (delicious), small portion of roasted vegetables in olive oil with orange accent (a little weird but tasty)– Pasta: Small […]
Kawakami (川かみ), Takayama (Gifu ken)
Hey, how do you like to eat your high-class local beef? Dipped in squid guts and seared within an inch of its life on a piece of hot rock recently extracted from the gates of hell? What a coincidence! Me too! This is the place for you! Kawakami is a little out of the way […]
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Reims Yanagidate, Aoyama
It’s cool when you ask for a glass of champagne to start things off and the waiter says ‘white or rose, sir?’ I suppose you might expect that when the restaurant is named after the capital of Champagne (and still a word that my crappy French accent can’t negotiate). But it still set a nice […]
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Michiba , Ginza
Those with Iron Chef fetishes will be well-served here despite the absence of Roku-chan himself from the kitchen (I can call him that because I saw a documentary on him one time and his 80-year old older sisters were calling him ‘Roku-chan’). The three times I’ve been have all ranged from impressive to extraordinary (maybe […]
Au Gout du Jour Nouvelle Ere, Marunouchi
[July 5, 2011: Amusingly, my farewell lunch with my boss today turns out to be three years to the day after I went here for the first time. I can’t even remember who I went with in 2008, so I’d have to guess she was un-amusing. What I said below is substantially correct based on […]
Sushitokoro Nao, Roppongi
Definitely among the best sushi I’ve had, but far, far from the cheapest. Sort of a nice atmosphere (counter, salarymen, hostesses), convenient to Roppongi Crossing on the Akasaka side (if such things are convenient to you), and very good fish in generous (if a bit thick) slices. The one drawback is unfortunately Nao himself, who […]