“Crillon’s Castle”, or words to that effect, is tucked high in a mountain aerie where only eagles and brave or foolhardy men tread. Errr, flap and alight. And peck. Or something. Actually it’s just on Oazo’s 5th floor next to Amalfi Moderna, and its tablecloths share the same slightly vomitous shade of green. I was […]
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Kushihan, Otemachi (Tokyo Station)
Tokyo station has a wealth of dining options, my friends, and is well within your purview if you’re one of the lucky, elite few that work in Otemachi (Or Tokyo. Or Nihonbashi. Or Marunouchi. They’re all so close that it’s almost pointless to differentiate. What a great city!) Outside the station are the Sapia and […]
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Wolfgang Puck Express, Otemachi
10 minutes of dithering about which place to visit on Thursday led us past a succession of mediocre-looking washoku places and eventually to Puck’s. I think everyone has been to a Puck’s outlet once; the notable one is surely the cafe right at the top of Takeshita Dori in Harajuku (also known as ‘cosplay street’, […]
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Taverna Messina, Jiyugaoka
My friends, I’ve figured out what I think of Jiyugaoka. This is not to say that I don’t like it, but the plethora of cute cafes, homewares stores and clothing boutiques says nothing to me so much as ‘rich housewives’. Perhaps in the same way that Sugamo is Obaa chan’s Harajuku, Jiyugaoka is a housewifve’s […]
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Nenohi, Otemachi (ねのひ, Oazo 6th)
Someone wiser than myself once said “You get what you pay for”. This has been repeated ad naseum but still holds water, as recent Otemachi dining experience has shown. Fortunately there are still gradations within the spectrum of getting what you pay for, and today’s lunch was a good example of paying a healthy amount […]
Yuboku, Marunouchi (遊牧, Shin Maru 5)
My friends, I believe I have uncovered the secret of receiving a good and worthwhile lunch in the Otemachi Metro Area (OMA, not to be confused with 鮪で有名な大間市). It is a simple secret, but one that has been known to man since the beginning of time. Pay for it. You get what you pay for. […]
Mizuki Sushi (水喜), Monzennakacho
One of my colleagues was looking at the map-and-pin system last week and said “So, you don’t have any recommended sushi places?” The reason for this is more a result of Google’s functionality than anything else; I didn’t see a suitable icon for recommended sushi. But to a certain extent I didn’t have any sushi […]
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Aji-Ichii, Otemachi (櫟)
Cleverly exploiting the advantages of Otemachi (The Underground City) to avoid pissing rain and the general malaise on the streets, Lin-ji and I migrated through the long, marbled halls of the Otemachi building, finding no open seats in restaurants, but only lines of hopeful patrons longer even than this sentence. We ended up confused and […]
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Osteria Vincero, Shinjuku (三丁目)
Continuing with our neighborhood exploration theme (after the recent Kagurazaka excursions) the EOITwJ staff returned yet again to the greater Shinjuku area following the weekend’s exploration of Arakicho. At less than 20 minutes from the office, it’s not so onerous to head over here after work. On short notice, the Scheduling Team reviewed available options […]
Ryuan, Yotsuya (柳庵、荒木町)
Gotta admit it – I’m truly impressed by the vigor that Seat applies to dining out in Tokyo. And the way he or she gets to all the restaurants I want to visit, before I visit them. A while back the Pig Out Diary visited Arakichou, near Yotsuya 3-Chome, and a place called Suzunari. Lightly […]