Japan has a special affinity towards French bakeries especially respectful chefs and Jean Franscois (Meilleur Ouvrier de France) is one of them. Jean Francois can be in a picture frame at the Tokyo locations which include Jean Francois Shibuya Marks City in Dogenzaka, Viennoiserie Jean Read More …
I have written about the late Yamagishi Kazuo, “The God of Ramen” and how he was responsible for tsukemen (cold noodles and hot broth) and how he made sure his techniques were not lost by bringing in apprentices at his Higashi-Ikebukuro ramen restaurant Taishoken (1, Read More …
Not far from JR Kanda Station (about a ten minute walk) is an Izakaya/pub known as Public House THE OLD ROCK. The pub/restaurant has a feeling of a western pub with its red decoir and once inside, you can watch sports, drink a beer or Read More …
Greetings everyone. I am back from KCON LA 2019 and was able to have an excellent time in the Los Angeles area. I did something which I don’t usually do and that’s to go to a fast food restaurant but for the sake of a Read More …
In Japan, there is a burger shop that brings the American dining concept to the Takadanobaba neighborhood of Shinjuku. And it’s known as homeys American Dining. Voted for Tabelog’s 100 restaurants for three consecutive years (2017-2019) for their burgers, needless to say the location has Read More …
Are you an omurice fan? In Nihonbashi (Chuo ward) is a restaurant well-known for serving omurice and the restaurant’s name is Taimeiken. The restaurant is probably popular for its Tampopo Omurice, a dish in which Itami Juzo’s famous 1985 film “Tampopo”, the name was inspired Read More …
Right off of Omotesando (located in Kita-Aoyama, Minato City) is a burger stand that attracts many people and some consider it as one of the best burger restaurants in Tokyo and that’s Fellows. Fellows is closed on Monday but from Tuesday through Saturday, their hours Read More …
I had to file a report at the police station and file a report with train staff after my phone was taken in Ikebukuro and I was able to track the movement of my phone to Shinjuku Station via GPS (I’ll probably blog about this Read More …
For anyone who is looking for convenient dining in Daikanyama, especially one located right at the Daikanyama T-Site, will want to try Ivy Place. Ran by the TYSONS & COMPANY known for restaurants such as Shinagawa harbor restaurant T.Y. Harbor, Cat St. coffee shop The Read More …
Currently in Japan, the tapioca balls (a.k.a. boba) has become a huge trend. While other countries remember how popular the trend was over a decade ago, in Japan, where many trends are started, this is one where the trend took awhile to build up full Read More …
In Japan, The Cream of the Crop and Company is a company known for importing and exporting Pierre Marcolini chocolates to Tokyo. The popular Belgian chocolatier is known for creating luxurious chocolate and the Cream of the Crop and Company made sure his chocolate was Read More …
Yamagishi Kazuo “God of Ramen” knew that in order to keep his famous ramen/tsukemen continuing into the future, he would need to teach others his technique and these others became his apprentice. Yamagishi trained over a hundred apprentices and he looked at his apprentices as Read More …
When it comes to “Ramen Heads” (hardcore ramen fans), ramendb.com is the bible for all things ramen. And while so much attention is received by Tomita Ramen in Matsudo, Chiba (and a film titled “Ramen Heads” featured the restaurant and has been #1 on the Read More …
Located on Ninenzaka, close to Kiyomizudera Temple is the Starbucks that many people from all over the world travel to see. Why so popular? Aside from being a Starbucks coffee shop, it’s one of the few concept stores of the company. In this case, it’s Read More …
In the Shinkai Makoto animated film “Tenki no Ko”, there is a scene when characters Morishima Hodaka and Amano Hina are sitting together and eating “Norishio Sugomori Chahan” (a fried rice dish with onions, grated ginger, bean sprouts, egg yolk and Calbee seaweed salted potato Read More …
The next burger place I wanted to try in Tokyo was a restaurant called Whoopi Goldburger (W.P.G.B.) in Shibuya. Obviously a name parody on the comedian but all the other burgers are similar to certain celebrities. And immediately reading about this made me think about Read More …
It’s true that early morning breakfast at a restaurant is a concept that has not been fully embraced by Japanese just yet but there are a few restaurants that are popping up or are established in Tokyo in the past few years. Especially knowing that Read More …
When it comes to vegan restaurants, a restaurant chain that many people always feel confident in are AIN SOPH. restaurants. AIN SOPH. is celebrating their 10th year anniversary in December 2019 and each restaurant offers different style and meal offerings. With the main vegan restaurant Read More …
I have written about the best burgers in Tokyo and shared the lists of other recommendations of best burger locations of other publications. One location that has no doubt has a strong following that people are willing to wait an hour to eat at is Read More …