Seafood teppanyaki? Well, when you cross out the places on the 12th floor that are over $30 for lunch, and disregard the places with lines, you’re left with this option (aside: an hour for Maisen? I wouldn’t piss on their tonkatsu if it was on fire!). And it was pretty good! For some reason I […]
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Ten, Marunouchi (天)
I know what you’re thinking, but it’s not. This is actually a teppanyaki restaurant, not tenpura. It’s pretty good, but that’s a little secondary to the fact that The Wolf, El Lobo, Ryu-jito, Double-R, R^2, etc. is leaving us tomorrow. This was his goodbye lunch, and as such we got a good part of the […]
Usagiya, Kayabacho (うさぎ屋)
Good lord, first it was Night of the Living Zens, where I had lunch two days straight at places with Zen in the name. Now it’s the Killer Rabbits with nasty, pointy teeth. At least there are a few weeks break in between these. I love being in places that seem like they haven’t seen […]
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Teppanyaki Aoyama, Roppongi
Newish-contender in the give-me-your-lunch-dollar stakes, offering a very refined and expensive-looking environment in which to enjoy teppan lunch sets that are, I kid you not, good value for Y1400 or Y2000. In a nice building (strange narrow concrete front, tucked away down Imoraizaka, large running water feature and spiral starecase in the dark, cool lobby. […]