Well, I’m all tired out today and can’t work up any concept for today’s post. On the other hand, I was really impressed with Kitchen Ishigaki (KI; I like to think it means ‘rock oyster’, but the kanji doesn’t appear anywhere) and would recommend it to you for lunch if it weren’t a good 10-minute […]
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Da Paulo, Marunouchi
Many’s the time I’ve been mistaken, and many times confused. And many’s the time I’ve thought of having lunch at Da Paulo, but all the seats were being used. Today Linji and I were luckier. Being 1:30 had something to do with it. Da Paulo turned out to be pretty good, but less exciting than […]
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Keisuke Gaiden Ramen, Tokyo (けいすけ外伝)
Ramen fever gripped me as I left the office today, and it was late enough that I figured the lines would be gone down at Tokyo Station’s Ramen Street. No. Still, with a few minutes of patience I was able to work my way up the pecking order and try another place. I say ‘pecking […]
The Little Bigger Place, New York
With no plans for lunch on Thursday, I took the opportunity to freestyle a different neighborhood (a really different neighborhood from Otemachi). Following my nose out of World Financial Center, across the pedestrian bridge, past Ground Zero, all the construction and the pile of gapers, I ended up walking north on West Broadway (which is […]
Otemachi Chubo, Otemachi (大手町厨房)
Late lunch filled me with desire to eat a big plate of pasta as well as a yen to knock off some more places in the neighboring Otemachi Building. It was close to 2:30 by the time I got down to the basement (these meetings get longer every week), and a lot of places were […]
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Kawatake Sushi, Niigata (河竹)
Did we do anything on this vacation except eat? Sure. A little. But mostly it involved being boiled. More on that when we get to tonight’s dinner (and an exhaustive look at the incredible onsen where we stayed). But first, it’s Niigata sushi! As I mentioned in an earlier post, sushi is viewed as a […]
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Sushi Ryubi, Niigata (柳美)
As I learned when I went to Maebashi and Morioka, there’s not a lot going on in country towns outside of the Entertainment industry. That probably means that your best bet for finding dinner, should you not have been aggressive enough to book something, is to hit those areas, ignore the clubs, and look for […]
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Hirugao Ramen, Tokyo (ひるがお)
Under Tokyo Station, all sorts of delights await. I walked it once before with little excitement, but today I enjoyed some mild exploration down the length of #1 Street (一番街, it’s on the Yaesu side). Down at the extreme south end, they have a little ‘ramen museum’ setup that opened this year. Perhaps in a […]
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Ryutan, Tokyo (龍譚, 東京駅B1)
Okinawan food remains a mystery to me, much like the sharp twang and exotic scales of the island’s music. The food is a bit better than the music though. The music mostly sounds like it was fun to play since the musicians and audience were all completely pickled on awamori, the fiery local brew. I […]
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Motoishi, Kanda (もといし)
I am not a big fan of tsukemen. The basic point of the dish is that you get cold noodles and hot, extra-thick soup, and you dip the noodles in the soup to heat them up and flavor them. You’re not supposed to drink the soup. My main gripe is that the heat of the […]