Friday I took the day off from work to get legalized again – as they say, it’s no fun being an illegal alien, and I’m not interested in deportation. But getting legal doesn’t take very long, and the weather and my spirits were both so good that I wanted to do something nice. There are […]
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Yamaichi, Awajicho (やまいち,淡路町)
I really can’t imagine a better tonkatsu than this. Should I stop there? This is unfortunately one of those reviews that’s in the vein of “This is the best place in the world, but you’ll never go there,” but it was really good. I wish I could go back every day, but when you consider […]
- Italian
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Kitchen Ishigaki
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 […]
- French
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Bistro Marsanne, Kanda
Hey hey, drop what you’re doing and go to this place for lunch! I was really impressed. It seems to be worth a ‘top 10’ mention for area lunch options, although it would be worth another visit to confirm. Maybe next year… Lunch today was with Ding, who hasn’t slept all week (full time job […]
Shintaku, Murakami (新多久)
Sunday, after leaving the lovely onsen, we went a bit farther north and out almost to the coast and the town of Murakami. This is a good model for tourism in the time of swine flu; the town has really pulled together to maximize the interesting elements and create enough attractions for visitors to make […]
- coffee
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Hakujuji, Niigata
True, I normally make it a rule not to go to places like this – but if you look closely you’ll see that Hakujuji was established in 1946 and is a Coffee Shop for the Exclusive Man. This being the morning of my birthday, old things for exclusive men seemed to be in order. Plus […]
Ohashi, Nihonbashi (小割烹おはし,COREDO)
Today marks the 10th month of no-repeat lunching (as well as the first day of the rest of your life!). Seriously, I don’t feel any shortage of places to go, and could easily finish out the year. Remains to be seen, I guess. Including some non-repeat dinners, the blog and map now must feature close […]
- Other treats
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Denshou, Kayabacho (田昌)
November 18, 2009: Second visit confirms that this place has warm, quirky service and great food – chicken or not. Sashimi was exemplary, I still like the moutain potato tofu, and I believe firmly in electric-grilled chicken. A funny surprise was that the master was working the fish and cooked things – there was a […]
- Otemachi
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Bangkok Express, Otemachi
Raising the Boring Post indicator to Amber Alert. If we’ve ever talked about Thai food, you know how much I like the Tokyo Thai chain Tinun. Oddly, I see that I haven’t been to a branch since I started writing this blog, which is a real oversight. If you choose your branch carefully (avoid Yoyogi), […]
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Le Point Ouest, Kamakura
On the way back from Enoshima, we did the touristy thing and took the Enoden, the small, old, electric train that meanders carefully through a series of cute neighborhoods between Fujisaki and Kamakura. (Incidentally, I don’t recommend taking it to get to Enoshima. We got off the main train line at Fujisaki, as close as […]