Stepping back to a nondescript moment in time…Seizan is “the 5th floor sushi place” that I’ve been to or had takeout from lots of times. I even struggled to remember the name for this after going there yesterday. Due to its location in my office building, it tends to get visited on rainy days. Something […]
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Huit, Nakameguro
Cafe Life (in capitals) appeals to me, but I’ve never been able to relax for hours in cafes. It’s always something – the chairs are too hard, or too soft, or there’s not enough to read…and I can’t just sit and stare. The police told me that if I get picked up for that again, […]
Chugoku Hanten, Roppongi (中国飯店)
It’s funny, when I went to Shanghai Dream a few weeks ago, it was because we were told there wasn’t smoked seating available at Chugoku Hanten. Now that I’ve been to the Hanten Honten, I’ve realized that Shanghai Dream is really a chain ten. There you go! The food was pretty similar – Chinese lunch […]
La Loggia, Roppongi
Ahhh, La Loggia. Just the name conjures up visions of centuries-old houses, quaint streets, shady corners, authentic pizza, espresso counters, naan and curry. La Loggia used to be a very mediocre Italian restaurant behind Roppongi Hills, near Aladdin or Cafe Eight or Gato Nero, depending on your perspective. It was mildly famous in my mind […]
Del Sole, Roppongi
Del Sole is a pretty standard Italian place near the end of Imoraizaka (also near Asahi TV and the old Golden Burning). It has two nice points – the spacious patio with umbrellas, which is great on a nice day (like today!), and the store-made gelato, which comes included in the lunch sets. Mysteriously, the […]
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Kyutoku, Roppongi
There’s a whole raft of restaurants in Roppongi Hills that I haven’t been to recently and thus haven’t written about. Now that I’ve been to it recently, here’s one of ’em. Kyutoku is commonly known as ‘the three-bowls’ place, because the normal lunch is three varieties of udon (or donburi) chosen from 10 or 12, […]
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Ostrea, Roppongi
Coming out of the office after work and trying to think of a place to go (that wasn’t Heartland) we were greeted by the puzzling sight of a new and attractive-looking restaurant where previously there was only…I’m not even sure, but it sure wasn’t an oyster bar with a big beverage selection. Almost directly across […]
Shanghai Dream, Roppongi
Inspired by my last visit to Hutong and realization that I don’t know enough about Chinese lunches, I maneuvered today’s lunch into a trip to Shanghai Dream, known (to me) as ‘the orange-fronted place’. This is on Roppongi Dori’s south side, on the way to Nishi Azabu (near the horrible Charleston Cafe, or the quite […]
Lescure, Roppongi
Well, I went to Lescure for lunch in the Winter of 2007, so it’s perhaps unfair to review it now (especially since I didn’t like it!). On the other hand, in checking for the web site now, I’ve learned that it’s closing down tomorrow. Insert smug comment here. The name on the web site itself […]
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Antwerp Six, Yurakucho
Once, several years ago, I tried to go to this Spain Bar called Pero in far-west Ginza, really more Yurakucho. This was before Spain bars got all mysteriously popular (which to me remains a mysterious phenomenon). I was puzzled to see when I got there that it was full, and while putting my name on […]