This has been on the target list for a long, long time – must have been July or August that I tried to go but had it rejected by my dining companion on grounds of cost. I grant you, Y1900 is not a normal lunch, but this is a good place. As we were leaving […]
lunch
- Otemachi
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Burian, Otemachi
In a weird way, I can actually recommend this place. The plates of food are positively American-sized, and based on today’s experience they don’t taste bad either. So for volume and variety, this isn’t a bad choice. Of course there are many things you might prioritize above those factors, which is why I can only […]
- Kanda
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Toki Ramen, Kanda (斗樹)
Hey, I’m feeling kinda sick today, so let me keep this to a minimum, OK? My project to enjoy tsukemen continues (there was the shared snack bowl yesterday that didn’t even make it to a post, but should have) with a Kanda location that’s right next to Y’s Ramen. Judging by the t-shirt of the […]
- French
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Ca Marche, Tamagawa
This is a puzzlement – I didn’t expect to find a decent French place right near the station in Tamagawa (not Niko-tama, the one farther south). But there it is – walk toward the river, cross the tracks, and there’s a very palatable, brick-fronted restaurant. If you live there, I’m sure you already know. The […]
- Italian
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Sabatini di Firenze, Tokyo
Being graced with the company of my good maaaaate Rin-ji, I felt like it was time for something special (besides, it was her turn to pay). Out of the choices I offered (any building with ‘Maru’ in the name) she chose Daimaru, which is largely unknown to most Otemachi dwellers. This is because it’s far […]
- Kanda
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Hanezushi, Kanda (羽ずし)
Marketing themselves as a ‘sushi izakaya’, this place may meld the best of several money-making worlds. By limiting counter space (to about 4 seats) and focusing on tables (with about 150 seats), they can streamline production (I think the fish was pre-sliced), accept larger groups, and build a more festive (drunk) atmosphere. Good call, I […]
Hong Fu Gyoza (紅虎餃子房)
Perfectly meeting the requirements of today – a place that’s a decent walk from the office, but all underground (if desirable), offering spicy noodles and fried dumplings. Yesterday’s spicy noodles got me thinking about having ‘spicy noodle week’ but I don’t think I have enough stamina to do that every day. And I missed Monday, […]
Xian, Kanda （西安刀削麺 酒楼）
Well, if you can read those kanji you’ll know that I had toushoumen for lunch today. I was pretty happy about it too – I thought this place was good. Toushoumen are a sort of performance-art food, a little like the picci that were on the menu at Il Pacioccone last Friday night. By this […]
- curry
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Farm, Tokyo
Saturday, I bought a ramen magazine that focused on recently-opened stores. Surprisingly, it had quite a few places in my general neighborhood. Disappointingly, I had been to most of them! One that I remembered looking good was in the basement of the Asahi/Nihon Building – I had been perhaps unfairly biased against it because of […]
Mikuni Marunouchi, Marunouchi
Health food is something I’ve always been suspicious of (sorry Mom). I associate ‘healthy’ with a lack of flavor, which is unfair except that it often seems to mean limiting salt to a stultifying degree and reducing cooking techniques to steaming (you may disagree on this one, but I think steamed things are boring). Mikuni, […]