First time. Yay. Now I’ve been there too. Volumic, dull Asian-global fusion with a Mexican twist. Atmosphere is kinda nice though. Granted, the review is influenced by the company.03-5485-2283
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Hiro Primo, Tokyo (キッチンストリート)
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 […]
Tsurugi, Monzen Nakacho (鶴来)
I admit, I’m not sure if that’s the right sound for the name. But it’s a nice name regardless. Reminds me of Rio’s wedding, where his grandmother sang a little of the traditional ‘Crane and Tortoise’ song as a sort of long-life blessing for the kids. Tsurugi is in the line of restaurants going south […]
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 […]
Gomaya, Monzennakacho
EOITwJ is in love, my friends. We went to see the object of our crush today (actually we didn’t know we were in love until we arrived…): Went here one time before and remembered liking it a lot; perhaps the only thing keeping us away was the fact that it’s on the other side of […]
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Shanghai Dining, Tsukuda (上海ダイニング,佃)
Geez, when the weather turns good, it brings out the dogs. And the dogs, and their owners, want to sit on cafe terraces and sip lattes, and the like. Barring that, for instance if they’re unfortunate enough to live in Tsukuda, home of huge apartment buildings and not much else (and a short walk only […]
Saigon, Otemachi
It’s no secret around the EOITwJ offices that we like ‘dad jokes’ or ‘oyaji gags’, in today’s parlance. That’s why translating the name of this place as ‘The Last Grunt’ is so amusing right now. (最後んっ.) Good to the Last Grunt? My friend J. had the fortune, I won’t say if it’s good or bad, […]
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Casa Camaron, Ginza (Velvia)
Patrick Hutter (not his real name) lived across the hall from me freshman year at Wesleyan. He was a funny character, a German who had grown up most of the time in Mexico where his father was an exec with Siemens. He had a Strat, which he played only once in a while, some odd […]
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Suginoko Udon, Tokyo (すぎのこ、東京駅キチンストリート)
Yesterday, my friends, marked the end of our three month ‘experimental’ period here at EOITwJ. For the first three months of Otemachi life, we resolved to 1) Wear no tie that we had previously worn in our old lives, but only ties that we bought over the New Year’s break and 2) Eat lunch at […]
Ogawa, Monzennakacho (緒川)
The trouble with restaurants, my friends, is that I like them too much. Even after a pleasant and satisfying Italian lunch at Chailly, there was no lack of desire to eat out for dinner…in fact it’s usually a struggle to get past all the wonderful options of Monzen Nakacho and into the grocery store. Fortunately […]