Properly speaking, I think this place has a longer and more difficult name – 南国酒家広東炒麺. I’ve said it last week and I’ll say it again, why do these chains create one-off sub-brands? Do the guests in Tokyo Station really prefer to eat Cantonese-style fried noodles as opposed to the normal multi-disciplinary Chinese food served in […]
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Yoshida, Otemachi (生そば 吉田)
Soba!!!I’m glad it’s Friday so I can stop doing this excited one-word introduction gimmick. I’ve just been trying to something that would grab your attention. Actually this reminds me of a really funny comedy routine that my friend Fred did one time. As part of a larger show, he came out between various song-and-dance numbers […]
Espressamente Illy, Marunouchi
Coffee!!!No, not really, because I haven’t been drinking coffee much this year (good lord, the year’s almost half over). But today 鈴寺さん and I went out so I could listen to her complain about work, and we headed toward Kitchen Street again, and then I remembered the semi-outdoor place at the northwest extreme of Tokyo […]
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Vimon, Tokyo
Beef!!!! I’ve been eating too much brown rice and vegetable this week (comments about big plates of curry and burger notwithstanding. Or maybe those comments should be withstanding, and this should be themed ‘hambagu week’ at EOITwJ. This paranthetical has now completely hijacked the first paragraph, so let’s just leave it open and go about […]
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Occhiali pasta fresca, Kanda
Sausage! I love Italian sausage, and frequently bemoan the inability to source same in Tokyo. I’ve had a few good examples, but they seemed to be more made-by-the-restaurant rather than purchased, and even in Italian specialty locations, I’ve struck out on buying authentic lil’ wieners.Today featured a solitary and meditative bike ride, my friends, followed […]
Beer Chimney, Marunouchi
Go ahead, keep on-a hatin’. We’re going to continue going to the dodgy places under the railroad tracks until they’re exhausted (even if we’re exhausted first). And once in a while, they’re going to turn out to be pretty good! EOITwJ will never fully understand some things about Japan. Or possibly Japanese corporations will never […]
Vinchou, Marunouchi
Gaaarrrrh! Just when I thought it was safe to re-visit a place, circumstances conspire to extend the new-lunch-venue streak through yet another week! OK, that’s not really so frustrating. It’s a dorky point of pride. The good ship Wolf is soon bound for sunnier pastures and more mixilated metaphors after nearly 3 years in Japan. […]
Shouya, Otemachi (庄屋)
Man, I feel like writing a capsule review of this place. First day back from vacation, and hitting it hard with a plunge into the basement of the Otemachi Building and yet another new restaurant. Not intentional, I swear it. Shouya is part of the big, bad New Tokyo group, which includes about 15 brands […]
La China Poblano, Glassboro
Surprisingly, mes amis, there’s a real dearth of Mexican opportunities around Pitman (and it’s not just because of the racial bias, because the surrounding towns are weak also). Last week EOIPwJ visited a chain establishment called Moe’s that was so dull we couldn’t even get up the gumption to write about it (which you know […]
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Yaruki Chaya, Otemachi (やるき茶屋)
Much to my shame and embarassment, today I inflicted the quest on others (using first person to take responsibility for my actions). Yaruki Chaya is one of the ‘under the tracks’ places needed to complete our recent quest, and it basically lived up to expectations. Actually that’s not fair to expectations, because I expect more […]