Hiro can’t get a break…from me at least. When I went to his Maru Biru branch (Hiro Centro; good lord, I think I didn’t write a post on this!) I found it to be over-priced and under-serviced, but such things are natural for the upper floors of the Maru Birus. Today I tried (again) to […]
lunch
Sabou Oiwake, Tokyo (茶房追分,東京駅)
Fresh from overdosing on chicken, I realized that lunch with Volleyball had been scheduled in for some time. He had overdosed on pork last night, so we set out in a healthy frame of mind. Wandering past the south-of-Eitai-dori options under the tracks, I was struck by the fact that nothing looks good there. It […]
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Tama no Hikari, Otemachi
Thus far, EOITwJ has done a pretty weak job of bringing you coverage of the 24 restaurants in the basement of the Otemachi Building (that doesn’t include Starbucks or the conbini, nor does it include the street-level places like Drunk Bears). Today we set out to change that (for a start, we counted the restaurants). […]
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No-tenki, Tokyo (呑うてんき,八重洲)
Evidently a bit of linguistic confusion on this one – the dictionary doesn’t want to admit that the titular phrase exists, and one noted expert around the office says “There’s no such word.” It’s a slight bastardization of a phrase for ‘happy-go-lucky’, which I guess is as good a phrase as any to convey the […]
Inaba Toshiro, Marunouchi (いなば十四郎、丸ビル３５階)
My friends, I’ve figured out what it is about the 35th floor of Maru Biru. It’s 35% overpriced. Everything. Aux Amis I fell for (errr, twice, but the second time wasn’t my idea); Hiro Centro I was edgy about but it was recommended (not talking to her any more); Mango Tree is patently overpriced – […]
Torahachi, Otemachi (とら八)
Our introduction to Torahachi was momentarily a bit of a worry – the overhead speakers were playing a 70’s power pop song that I like but couldn’t identify. Really an embarassment. After that it was more comprehensible, if less exciting, as we cycled through late-70’s favorites across a number of genres. The Eagles treated us […]
Sasaoka, Marunouchi (恵比寿笹岡、新丸５階)
High-end restaurants in Japan do funny things. [When I say ‘high-end’, I only mean at the plebian end of the high market, the part I can access. There’s presumably a whole world over that level that I gots no idea about.] One I’ve noticed recently is opening a larger branch store in a more glamorous […]
Bravo, Marunouchi
Bravo! Actually the praise runs out more or less right there, scotching my budding plans to make this a hilariously positive joke post. Bravo is an adequate pasta-pizza lunch spot. It’s almost the last thing in line under the train tracks leading north from Tokyo station, on the Marunouchi side. Mildly inspired by my crazy […]
Uossu, Otemachi (魚っす！、新大手町ビル)
This is one of those places that I walk by frequently and never go into. Usually I’m walking by coming from the train, when they’re not open, or going to the train, when I’d like to stop in but am trying to avoid extraneous calories when alone. Today lunch had to wait until almost 1:30, […]
Rigoletto, Marunouchi (新丸７階)
Shin-Maru’s 7th floor is an adequate late-night destination, should you not be the old, withered type who prefers to be safely tucked up in bed by 1, 2 or 3 (like me). The semi-open plan and plethora of mildly-interesting destinations, few of which EOITwJ has yet visited. The year is young… Rigoletto also has an […]