The atmosphere reminds me of Japanese rural. They select the best rice carefuly and they're proud of their rice. Rice served in a small woody bowl was excellent. Also, Genmai tea and some Japanese ...
This is the second Ootoya I've ever gone to. Like all other Ootoyas, the menu items offer a wide variety to choose from at a great price, so no arguments there. You order your food at the front of t...
This is a good place to try some unpretentious and quite tasty Japanese food. The star is the rice, cooked in traditional vessels, and it didn’t disappoint. My main issue with Japanese rice is that ...
Traditional Japanese, Teishoku, Yoshoku ( Akasaka )
I was excited about Sake Kyoka, but I should have arrived earlier. I got there almost towards the end of lunch service -- at the point when I was the last customer and the kitchen staff would have com...
Hibiya park is something of an earthly paradise. There's a saying in Japan, “green is the medicine of the eyes,” and walking into the park is a renewing experience. In the middle of the park, ther...
Taking Nico's suggestion, I decided to try out the lunch menu at Dozo. I was surprised at how well this restaurant was able to combine Italian and Japanese flavors together. I ordered a plate of udo...
Japanese efficiency is put on display at this popular Teishoku restaurant. I arrived 15 minutes after they opened and there was already a line outside of the small restaurant.
While I waited I looke...
Close to the Nihonbashi station, Toyo is an excellent restaurant with a wide selection of food. The atmosphere was vibrant because it is a wide open restaurant that is quite crowded. At lunch time I w...
Otoya is a tradition Japanese tei-shoku (meal set) with a healthy twist: all items are conveniently tagged with a calorie count, and overly heavy or fatty sauces aren't used. The food was really delic...
Kirkutei serves simple, delicious plates of rice, cabbage, macaroni salad (it's actually a good combination), and your choice of pork or beef katsu. The server was one of the nicest I've had in Tokyo ...
Located on the seventh floor of the Metropolitan plaza at Ikebukuro, the Tsubame Grill is one of many restaurants clustered next to a book store and is a popular place for many seeking a good meal. Th...
One of my Japanese friends made reservations for us at Omatasetai the other night. He was raving about the croquettes. Originally, croquettes came from France, but they're one of those fusion foods th...
The oddly-named Tamaike Shokudou ("cafeteria") is a homely, Eastern-influenced French restaurant across the street from Tamaike-Sanno station. You need to go downstairs past a small sign and...
Teishoku, Yoshoku, Traditional Japanese ( Harajuku )
Harajuku is an attack on the senses, so it is hard to imagine that a mere block away from takeshita avenue you can find an oasis of quiet like Lucia. The first thing that struck me about this Japanese...
Tokyo isn't all big city glitter and glitz after all; I found one little slice of country side tucked into a basement izakaya. Ishii might be hard to spot if you can't read Japanese; the sign is small...
Traditional Japanese, Teishoku, Yoshoku ( Akasaka )
Yoshida is really easy to miss: it's located on the 3rd floor of what looks like a residential building in downtown Akasaka. Yoshida specializes in high quality fish - at lunch time you can order the ...
I ate at Ore no Hambagu ("my hamburger") during one of the rainiest days this summer. The homely restaurant looked really inviting when I found it after nearly drowning in the rain, my pants...
Organic food is one of the hottest trends, and Japan is in on it. On an average day, you see several organic restaurants in Tokyo. Sanmuru is a really fine example of Japan's take on organic cuisine. ...
Not a particularly special restaurant, but good for a cheap meal. They have promotions of certain items that run for two weeks or so. For the time I went, it was the eggplant meal set (comes with sala...
A coat of arms inside the restaurant proudly proclaims that Saint Paul was founded in 1974 and it seems that little has changed ever since, including the prices! Right next door to Rikkyo university, ...
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