November 18, 2009: Second visit confirms that this place has warm, quirky service and great food – chicken or not. Sashimi was exemplary, I still like the moutain potato tofu, and I believe firmly in electric-grilled chicken. A funny surprise was that the master was working the fish and cooked things – there was a […]
Kayabacho
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! […]
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Gare de Lyon, Hatchobori
You know that little area on Kajibashi Dori where you cross the bridge, go under the highway, and emerge from Takaracho into Hatchobori? Right, me either, in spite of going through there any time I took a taxi home from work (not that often). So I’ll forgive you for not seeing this place from the […]
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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, […]
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Table d’Hote, Kayabacho
Hey, my new favorite Italian restaurant! Dangerously close to the route between home and the new office (moving date still to be determined), so could prompt frequent stops for a pasta and glass of wine on the way home. As long as I’m walking or biking, I think it’s OK! One-man restaurants are dicey. I […]
Usagiya, Kayabacho (うさぎ屋)
Good lord, first it was Night of the Living Zens, where I had lunch two days straight at places with Zen in the name. Now it’s the Killer Rabbits with nasty, pointy teeth. At least there are a few weeks break in between these. I love being in places that seem like they haven’t seen […]
Rick’s Spain Bar, Kayabacho
I’ll do my best to resist all urges to make stupid jokes. Rick’s is a Spain Bar (what is it with Spain Bars in the last year or two? Why can’t we have Italian Bars or French Bars?) mildly tucked away in Kayabacho (but near Miyakawa, and near Talo the Belgian beer place, oh and […]
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Miyakawa (宮川), Kayabacho
Miyakawa is fantastically located – central to the happening nightspots Kayabacho, Hatchobori and Nihonbashi! This explains why it was almost fully-packed when we wandered in at 8 on a Friday, as well as why they were taking last orders at 9 and kicking us out at 9:30. Glasses of beer. Sours in any flavor you […]