There was a lot of snow this winter, and I’d been holed up in the house for a long time. But I saw a break in the weather and went out for a walk around Higashiyama. The usual scene felt a little different from usual, almost supernatural. The temperature was very low, so there weren’t・・・
The chef and the maître d’ are the same as before, but many years have passed An older couple sits at the window table with the best view of the harbor. Candles are placed on all the tables, just as before. They surely had dinner at the same table when they were young. The candlelight・・・
Many Katamachi restaurants are closed on Sundays. I recommend the Spanish restaurant, Arosu, and the okonomiyaki restaurant, Kona. Arosu’s owner-chef studied in the kitchens of Spain, and his restaurant’s character is not your usual Japanese restaurant. It’s a popular place that will entertain you not only with food but also with talk and performances. If・・・
Imported wine in Japan is pretty expensive. I’m grateful that my friends from Europe know the situation here and sometimes send me wine. Recently I received six bottles of wine from a friend in Belgium. The cost for air transportation was 47€, and the special packing material was an extra 6€, so it cost 53€・・・
As we age, we think more about the journey called life. “Don’t criticise the children coming up the road. Don’t laugh at the old people going down the road.” In Japanese it’s a well-turned phrase that means: unless you know the road ahead, you can’t help your seniors; if you don’t know the road behind,・・・
Gourmet websites want to help you find good restaurants while you’re on the road, but websites are also profit-making businesses, so you need to be aware. Restaurants may be paying a fee to gourmet websites to promote services and attract attention. Such mutually beneficial relationships have the potential not only to help users but also・・・
In the Owari-cho area there used to be no Chinese restaurants, and that absence was noticed. Last year, Mei Mei, Marichou-K, and other authentic Chinese restaurants opened one after another. That’s good news for us all. Even so, I often go to the Japanese-style Izakaya Musashi for my Chinese food. Izakaya Musashi offers many other・・・
Bistro Ryomon thinks it’s fine if you show up late and make demands of the chef. He will readily consent if you order a pasta dish with two different kinds of pasta. You can try just a taste of a certain wine or ask for the fancy, special order fried potatoes — maybe you want・・・
Today I found myself in Owaricho having dinner with a group of community leaders at a Chinese restaurant called Malichou-K. Owaricho also boasts a much larger Chinese restaurant called Mei Mei, but today we were at the smaller Malichou-K. We ordered the “gomoku ankake” ramen, which is not on the menu. The noodles are straight・・・
