As I write this, Fukuden is the #2 izakaya on Tabelog’s Tokyo rankings, which cover a metropolitan area stretching from Kamakura in the south to Ome in the west, Funabashi in the east to Kasukabe in the north. It’s also the 58th-ranked restaurant overall, which is not a bad feat considering that there are almost […]
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Yanone Sushi, Kanda (矢の根寿司)
Boring post, good sushi. No, really good sushi. Great value sushi. If you know some of my proclivities, you’ll know how much I like my restaurant map. And I also really enjoy seeing it fill out over time (Shinjuku recommendations very welcome!). There’s one region of the greater office area map that’s been sadly lacking in […]
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Souvenir, Toritsu Daigaku
A deeply nostalgic trip, this, for several reasons. First, I used to do nothing restaurant-wise but look for places like this – reasonably-priced bistro French. Finding this took me back to those days (hey grandpa). Second, even though I’ve spent very very little time in France, the faux nostalgia created by a good bistro is […]
Marushige, Kanda (丸重)
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, pork. Today felt like a vegetable day, then a meat day, and finally, by the time I left the office, I knew it was going to be a Fried Meat day. And since I somewhat disdain lesser fried meats like mince-katsu, that usually means tonkatsu (not that it’s that often). After wavering a little […]
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Sasahana, Ginza (ささ花)
Sasahana is up in the northeast corner of The Ginza, behind Printemps or Marronier or Velvia (as you like). After seeing the door, I realized that I walked by right around the same time last year, picked up a brochure, and never thought any more of it. Glad I went back! It’s not a particularly […]
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Banyuls, Ginza
My friends, I am genuinely excited to inform both of you that I have found something that shatters two of my previously-held notions: 1. Spain bars have boring, ordinary food (and the food in Spain had better be better by next month, or there’ll be hell to pay) and 2. The Aux Amis group tends […]
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Muromachi Sunaba, Kanda (室町 砂場)
Kanda continues to delight this hardened area lunch-eater. Today I ventured even farther afield, getting to the limits of where I can walk and return in an hour, to visit this highly-regarded soba restaurant. If you’re wondering where I got the picture (and why it’s so sunny when that’s clearly not today), I yanked it […]
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Hongokutei, Kanda (本石亭)
It’s always Kanda. This could be a new pattern – have a bit of a stroll up there for lunch, try to go to a different place every day…oh, I’m already in that pattern. Let’s keep the streak going. Today even managed to stretch to accomodate a special request; lunch with Gita and Zone started […]
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Chok Di, Kanda (โชคดี)
With apologies to all fully and partially Thai readers, because I really love the country, did you know that in Thailand it’s polite to crap? Ugh, this is in poor taste already. But seriously, it’s very polite to say ‘crap’ after practically every sentence if you’re a man (pronounced with an almost vanishing ‘r’ and […]
Enoteca – The Lounge, Marunouchi (Yurakucho)
Do you like wine? It’s OK either way, but if you do, I think you must have been to or at least heard of the Enoteca chain. With 30 locations nationwide to serve you and 12 just in Tokyo (my favorites are the Tokyo Station’s specialty ‘champagne and half-bottles’ shop and the Marunouchi ‘Lounge’ shop […]