Good lord, what was I thinking, missing Outback? I shudder to think of all the places I’ve been in Roppongi that I won’t be able to get back to in time to post legitimately on them before shuffling off to Buffalotemachi, but at least this one’s out of the way. After the menu revamp a […]
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Saraku, Tokyo (茶らく)
I have a feeling that I need to adjust my rating system. The lunch contained herein felt like Y1200 or even Y1500 by Roppongi standards, but was Y1100 (and the under-Y1000 lunch looked just fine too). Similarly, if every day is going to bring a new teishoku, just tagging all these entries ‘washoku’ isn’t going […]
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Hien, Roppongi
Tasty Korean takeout, most well-known for being the first floor under Cafe 8 (which is most well-known for being the Chinese place with the wacky decor…). I’ve had the chapchedon too many times. It’s something like harusame cooked in sauce, with vegetables, on rice. I had the yukedon one time; raw beef with raw egg […]
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Kushinobo, Roppongi
Squarely in the category of ‘places you’ve been to a lot of times in the last few years’, Kushinobo offers up surprising value in battered and fried items. One challenge is that you have to be a Roppongi worker, or find some other way to get a Community Passport. I guess Kushinobo is a pretty […]
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Honmura An, Roppongi
Hey, thanks Tokyo Calendar! This is one of the first times that I’ve found something really different and special for lunch as a result of my recent forays into magazine readership. There was a special feature a few months ago on soba places, and I was puzzled to discover that this one was located next […]
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Iruchi, Roppongi (Nishi Azabu)
Recently alerted to the entry of this place to the lunch scene, I fooled a friend into trekking down to Nishi Azabu for some Korean luvvin’. No, it’s not a barber shop, but it IS a tasteful and modern basement space serving chige and bibimbap that meets or exceeds expectations. The menu is a little […]
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Zenmaru, Otemachi (膳丸)
For the inaugural lunch of our Otemachi encroachment, we were shepherded into the basement of the oddly-named ‘First Square’ building and given a choice of two teishoku places (since I had ventured that I wanted to eat teishoku, being in the center of Japanese business and all that). Maruzen looked better, and turned out to […]
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Kyouzen, Roppongi (京善)
Kind of an interesting place, this. There aren’t a lot of lunch places where you can feel like you’ve stepped out of Roppongi and into an altogether more civilized and Japanese environment (Umaya comes to mind, R.I.P.). I suppose for foreigners this means Kyoto style, or at least ‘traditional’ and ‘Japanese’ and ‘the kind of […]
Seizan, Roppongi (漬山)
Stepping back to a nondescript moment in time…Seizan is “the 5th floor sushi place” that I’ve been to or had takeout from lots of times. I even struggled to remember the name for this after going there yesterday. Due to its location in my office building, it tends to get visited on rainy days. Something […]
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Oriental Princess, Roppongi
Ahhh, Oriental Princess. You know, this was the first place I ever had lunch as a Lehman Brothers employee? Thanks Scottie! Phew, that seems like a lifetime ago. I love their slogan – “Spicy Asian Diet”!The Princess is a basic Japanized Thai place. For lunch you can get a couple choices – curry plate with […]