Lunch at Ishiguro is wonderful. Unfortunately, passers-by are not all that likely to stop in because there aren’t any big signs or flags outside. Again today, just as yesterday and the day before, only regular customers come in. The lunch menu changes every day, so you never know what to expect. Actually, that’s kind of・・・
“A friend arrives from afar. There is no greater pleasure” 🦀🦀🦀 For customers coming from outside the prefecture, the only thing on the menu is the winter snow crab. Since the master of Sekitoba is also in charge of shopping at the fish market, the seafood is always fresh and inexpensive. This time of year,・・・
A friend from work said he wanted some really spicy food, so we decided to go to Mei Mei in Owari-cho. The marquee dish here is Peking Duck, but there are many choices in Sichuan-style. My spice-loving colleague ordered the “tan-tan” noodles (Sichuan hot chili style). I got the lunch-of-the-day, “yu-lin-chi” (spicy chicken). Then I・・・
Snow crab season is here. Every year in Hokuriku, crab season opens on November 6, and the next day it goes on sale. No matter the day of the week, I always reserve November 7 for the snow crab. This year the market’s first sales were supposed to be on Wednesday, but that’s the regular・・・
A businessman acquaintance of mine who recently moved here from Tokyo really likes the soba restaurant, “Matsumoto.” I think it’s because the taste is close to the soba restaurant he was used to in his Tokyo neighborhood. The donburi and soba set my friend ordered comes with two small bowls of tasty extras that make・・・
I have a regular get-together with my neighbors. We usually go over to Izakaya Musashi, but this time one of the older guys says, “Why don’t we have a pre-get-together get-together? So we did — over at the new Emblem Social Bar Kanazawa. Happy hour’s before 6 o’clock, drinks half price. That means a draft・・・
There are many strange things in this world. The master of Sekitoba used to be a motorcycle rider from downtown Yokohama, and occasionally he would hang out in my Tokyo neighborhood. And I would occasionally make an appearance in downtown Yokohama. Of course, the two of us have a lot of experiences and memories in・・・
On the way from Musashi headed toward Hashiba, off the big street, down one of the side streets, in a quiet residential area, you’ll find the Emblem Social Bar. It’s a joint project by the team that runs Emblem Stay Kanazawa, an overnight accommodation visited by travelers from all over the world. When it first・・・
