Man, I’ve been thinking of going to this place for weeks now and it turned out to be lame. Actually that’s not true – the food was every bit as lame as expected, while the retro atmosphere was about as cool as expected (marginally). That leaves us right around expectations, and strangely unfulfilled. The attraction […]
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Sagami, Tokyo (さがみ)
The second floor of Tokyo Station has its own personality – a bit flabby, graying at the temples, and somewhat grumpy. However it’s also a solid source of big dining hall-style places with big trays of mixed food. Once in a while it’s OK. Today was one of those days, and I visited with Zoner […]
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Kassen Ichiba, Otemachi
I know what you’re thinking – you already went to a Kassen Ichiba in Otemachi under the tracks, on [ ], with Volleyball. You’re so right. But they’ve closed that branch, and anyway they always had this other one. The food was distressingly similar. They offer two basic things – raw fish or fried goods. […]
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 […]
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Minatoya, Kanda (みなと屋)
You knew this week had three holidays in it, right? That’s why there haven’t been any boring lunches until this one (and presumably Friday’s also). Kanda is really a habit with me. I just like the 10-15 minute walk up there and then the feeling that I’m somewhere else in Japan. It’s kinda peaceful and […]
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Sozaiya, Otemachi
This will be a boring post – for some of us. If I’m not careful, I’ll finish going to all the restaurants in the basement of the neighboring Shin Otemachi building. They’re somewhat lackluster, but that’s Otemachi for you. I hope you’ve gotten that theme as it recurred over the past 8 months and over […]
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Kakoiya, Otemachi (かこいや)
It’s great to see things through other people’s eyes – today’s lunch featured some overseas guests, and the most normal things on the plate were suddenly strange and bizarre. And fishy. I got the sense that their overriding sense was a sense of fishiness. They were right, all those things did have fish in them. […]
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Gyosai Tozai, Kanda (魚采東西)
After a brief respite, Kanda lunches resumed today with this recommendation from Waka-pon, herself resuming in the office after a short trip to the country. I do love it when people recommend places, especially when they’re new to me, and even more when they help to fill in areas on the map that are somewhat […]
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Kidori, Tokyo (紀どり,東京駅北町ほろよい通り)
Today I was thinking of Italian, but Zoner said ‘Fish’, and this popped into mind after I had seen it just yesterday. I may be re-calculating my remarks about the relative sadness of this 2nd-floor area of Tokyo Station, because the shops seems to be OK (if a little sad. Ooops, there I go again!) […]
Kita no Maru, Otemachi (北の丸、新大手町ビル)
There’s a weird ‘network’ concept going on in Marunouchi. All of the buildings above a certain size seem to belong to a sort of neighborhood association for mutual benefit. Nothing sinister, of course – here in Japan even the mafia aren’t sinister. But they cross-promote each other through magazines, video screens and takeaway pamphlets in […]