Galerie Coupe Chou, Shinjuku

Have you read any of my rants about ‘old French’ in Tokyo? This is a term I coined soon after arriving in Japan, when I ate at Chartreuse in Roppongi. It refers to the abundant class of ‘first wave’ Japanese-French restaurants. These were opened by quirky guys who thought Europe was awesome 25 years ago and went […]

Trattoria Kantini, Kanda

There’s a series in the New York Times at the moment called ‘What You Get For…‘ The amount changes, but they always show you a house somewhere. At the moment there’s a $300k house in San Antonio that’s over 100 years old but completely remodeled. It’s also close to a entertainment area, if the article […]