It’s natural to think that when you see garlic dishes at a restaurant, it must be an American chain. That’s what I thought when I ate at Garlic Jo’s, an American-style restaurant which offers garlic dishes. Afterall, Newport Beach had a popular Garlic Jo’s restaurant Read More …
One of the locations that is known for their Korean menu (and many other offerings) but also a restaurant/cafe that is open until 2:00 a.m. on a Friday and Saturday night is the Yellow House. We were pretty much hungry after attending KCON LA 2019 Read More …
Tokyo Coffee Festival 2019 (spring) brought 60 shops, around 14 shops from overseas and the event brought coffee roasters, cafes, those who sell coffee cups, food and items as well. While the event is free, if you want to drink coffee, you have to purchase Read More …
At the Tokyo Coffee Festival, it was a pleasure to meet Ian Williams, former Nike employee, owner of Deadstock Coffee (snob-free coffee with the mantra “Coffee Should Be Dope”) in Portland’s Old Town and the man behind Colorways, the event series focused on sneakers, streetwear Read More …
Located in Kichijoji is one of the popular coffee shops in Tokyo, Light Up Coffee. The coffee shop opened on July 31, 2014 in Kichijoji and the shop was started by two individuals (Kawano Yuma and Tamito Aihara) who didn’t like coffee, but were more Read More …
One of the popular places for people to drink something different than coffee at the Tokyo Coffee Festival is Iyoshi Cola. The popular craft cola is courtesy of Kobayashi Cola, a “cola maniac” who has traveled the world to try varieties and flavors of cola Read More …
One of the biggest attractions at the Tokyo Coffee Festival 2019 (spring) was HIGUMA Doughnuts. For those not familiar with HIGUMA Doughnuts, the main headquarters is based in Meguro, while the other location is located in Omotesando (this shop is a collaboration with Coffee Wrights). Read More …
Back in April, I had the opportunity to attend the Tokyo Coffee Festival held at United Nations University (same location as the Farmer’s Market). I went early to watch how the festival was setup, to see how the overall event was executed and to meet Read More …
If you are looking for a hip place to drink your coffee and hang out with friends or a place to have meetings, Jinnan Cafe in Shibuya is a location that is absolutely perfect for that occasion. What’s so cool about the location is the Read More …
I’ve eaten at the best pancake locations in Tokyo, and wished there was a restaurant that sold the fluffy style in California. It was a surprise to me when my brother told me there was a location in Los Angeles’ Korea Town called Souffle’s. I Read More …
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 …