The heat, my friends, makes one do stupid things. I keep having this problem where I get headaches from exercise, mainly from cycling – after 80 or 90 minutes, I start getting a headache that lasts all day. It feels like dehydration, but I drank gallons of water last time and it still didn’t work. […]
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Cul de Sac, Kanda
I set out for Kanda with the express intention of going to Cul de Sac. I didn’t know that was the name at the time, but since it opened a few months ago I’ve been meaning to go. Paris would be better, but maybe not this time of year, and it’s far away. As the […]
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Matsumi Sushi (松海)
l You can see where a guy like me would be interested in a place like this, can’t you? Looks so old and beat down, but with a quiet pride… Anyway, that romantic claptrap gets you nowhere when the subject is fish, and inside was also a little dingy, with a mild fish-and-vinegar bouquet. While […]
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Danbo Ramen, Kanda ()
Even as far back as, ooooh, 2006, I had concluded that Hakata ramen was my favorite. This was based on trips to Ippudo, when I didn’t even know that Ippudo was Hakata ramen, and thought the spicy pickles on the table were just a snack while you waited. (You put them in the soup. Along […]
Sankoen, Jimbocho
Oopsie, on the heels of Yosuko Saikan, I accidentally ended up with my colleague Mitch in another place offering cold noodles. It was less good, but they did have lice dishes on the menu, including flied lice, so the cooked food might be better. I’ll keep this short, so here’s the deal. They give you […]
Yosuko Saikan, Jimbocho (揚子江菜館)
As I keep saying, the heat makes me want to eat cold noodles, and I finally put into effect my standard methodology of using the googles to find some likely new venues. Searching out “Hiyashi Chuka Ranking” produced a few weird sites (there’s no hiyashichukadb yet, sadly), and one of them listed at the top […]
Farsi Largo!, Nihonbashi
Farsi Largo is Italian for ‘big joke’ (large farce, get it?) but there’s no joke about the cooking here. Good ingredients and good preparation, very professional. The worst thing about the place is this sign on the street, and the crummy old stairwell that leads down to it. Inside is clean and modern; it could […]
Ryouma Ramen, Jimbocho (竜馬)
A monotonous statement, this one, but I passed this place on a scouting mission several weeks ago. I think it was actually the night that I finally went to Fukumen, which was a happy night that will stay in my memory for a long time. I was struck by the dissheveled small-ramen-shop aspect it presented, […]
Kanda Haus, Kanda
You don’t expect to visit a Japanese ‘hambagu’ place and come away thinking ‘That was good!’ I don’t, at least. But this place, picked out by Zoner on a random walk around Jinbocho, was a winner in my book. The inside is minimal to the point of feeling like they didn’t want to pay for […]
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Chabuton, Minami Funabashi
Went to Ikea this weekend, which is way out in God’s country, following the curve of Tokyo Bay towards Chiba City. Turns out I went the wrong way when I went before, and with a little extra walking on the home end of the trip, the train only takes 30 minutes (not 60). When you […]