You’d be for given for thinking I’d sneezed in some spectacular way,what with the length and glottal spasming of that name. But no, that’s what they call it! The first part is something like ‘side-dish seller’, and that’s a pretty accurate capsule review here – great side dishes, lackluster mains. (I feel unusually compelled to […]
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Osainotame, Tokyo (為御菜,東京駅キチンストリート)
Old-time food? Well, that’s what the man said. You pay your money and you take your chances. I enjoyed this place, in a healthful and cleansing sort of way that seemed appropriate after a long weekend of eating. In some way they’re trying to recreate Edo food. I think. They also make you getcher shoes […]
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Kamekichi, Kanda (亀吉)
I know what you’re thinking. OK, I actually don’t, because no one ever really knows what someone else is thinking. But what I’M thinking right now is “Why isn’t this place called Kameyoshi?” I’m not even sure about the name, but The Googles seem to think it’s Kamekichi (except for the sites who write the […]
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Yoshida, Otemachi (生そば 吉田)
Soba!!!I’m glad it’s Friday so I can stop doing this excited one-word introduction gimmick. I’ve just been trying to something that would grab your attention. Actually this reminds me of a really funny comedy routine that my friend Fred did one time. As part of a larger show, he came out between various song-and-dance numbers […]
Beer Chimney, Marunouchi
Go ahead, keep on-a hatin’. We’re going to continue going to the dodgy places under the railroad tracks until they’re exhausted (even if we’re exhausted first). And once in a while, they’re going to turn out to be pretty good! EOITwJ will never fully understand some things about Japan. Or possibly Japanese corporations will never […]
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Yaruki Chaya, Otemachi (やるき茶屋)
Much to my shame and embarassment, today I inflicted the quest on others (using first person to take responsibility for my actions). Yaruki Chaya is one of the ‘under the tracks’ places needed to complete our recent quest, and it basically lived up to expectations. Actually that’s not fair to expectations, because I expect more […]
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Tama no Hikari, Otemachi
Thus far, EOITwJ has done a pretty weak job of bringing you coverage of the 24 restaurants in the basement of the Otemachi Building (that doesn’t include Starbucks or the conbini, nor does it include the street-level places like Drunk Bears). Today we set out to change that (for a start, we counted the restaurants). […]
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Yuru-Yura, Kanda (日本橋本石町)
This is a bit of a genre unto itself, isn’t it? By that I mean not the ‘Kyo Banzai’ that Yuru and Yura specialize in, but rather “Dark wood bar with good snacks run by women and playing reggae”. The food’s good, the atmosphere is pleasant in a weird ‘tropical Kyoto’ way, and it seems […]
Kaku-uchi, Tokyo (角打)
Accidents will happen, especially in the current global climate. Bearing this in mind, we at EOITwJ try to remain open to happy accidents, especially when they involve the happy accident of finding a cheap yet tasty lunch locale in Greater Otemachi. Clearly this policy is going to result in some unhappy accidents as well; despite […]
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Rui, Otemachi
My friends, the Sankei Building still has a few tricks left to surprise and delight us even after lo these many months of unbroken newness in our daily lunch quest.Well, maybe not ‘delight’ so much. Surprise…sure, let’s give ’em the benefit of the doubt. Respecting the wishes of Joey, Dee Dee, et al, I had […]