Tokyofoodcast

Despite the unbearable heat, summer in Japan is the season for a lot of good stuff–including food. One thing I had wanted to do for sometime was to go to a small coastal city during the uni or sea urchin season and indulge myself. So, before going to Ichinoseki, I took a wide detour and [...]

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When I heard that the Ichinoseki area is called “the home of mochi“, I thought of New Year’s Day. Or rather, I should say New Year’s Eve when my family geared up for massive production of mochi for the whole family and extended family at the holiday. We literally spent the entire day making so [...]

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Finally, we are off the evil black list. Gee, it really felt like we did something wrong to have the tag pop up with the warning whenever our website comes up.
So, finally, we are back to business as usual. As I was reading Kyoto Foodie’s post on the kikizake event in Otsu, Shiga, although [...]

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Since we moved to Tokyo, every year around October, I plan a mystery dinner or lunch out for Te-chan’s birthday. Mystery in the sense that he has no idea where I am taking him. This year, I made a lunch reservation at Sankoin Temple in Musashi Koganei, famous for its Kyoto style shōjin ryōri and [...]

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When we returned to Kinpou Shuzo for harvesting, we stopped by at Kinpou Sakagura, an izakaya a few minutes from Koriyama station that carries sake exclusively made by Kinpou Shuzo. This was our second time here, after liking it so much in June on the way back from the rice field. Back in June, as [...]

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Go to Ratatouille for good French meals just off Kannai. This has been a favorite for Et-chan and Te-chan for several years. The people are wonderful. The dishes are simple ingredients transformed into delicious tastes. Treat yourself and someone else to a really good lunch starting at ¥1600 for the A course or ¥2200 for [...]

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Excellent pizza, other fine Italian dishes, and warm service.

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Friday night, I was treated to a fine meal at Ume no Hana: a local chain with about a dozen restaurants in the Tokyo area: Minami Aoyama, Kichijoji, Shin-Yurigaoka, Machida, and elsewhere. This kaiseki tofu restaurant lets you book your own small room for an intimate party.
Listen to the podcast review here: Ume no Hana.

UPDATE: [...]

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The Savoy
Meguro-ku, Kami-Meguro 2-7-10, t: 03-3714-5160.
*They moved to a new location and has another one in Azabu Juban.
Check out our very first podcast.

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