Category: food & drinks
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Madrid food diary: El Caldero
El Caldero is situated in a central, pedestrian-only touristy area of Madrid. It was only one block from Plaza de Santa Ana where we were staying. It was founded in 1973 and specializes in Spanish rice dishes – paella. Their signature dish is rice cooked in a cauldron (more like a bucket) as illustrated by this painting – which…
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El Asador de Aranda, Madrid
After all that Russian art that came before this post, we thought a post about a hearty meal is apt. El Asador de Aranda is a chain of steakhouse in Spain that are well-known for their suckling lamb roasted in clay oven. We went to the one in downtown Madrid on Calle de Preciados. Given…
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Tokyo Food Diary part 5: snacks
The earlier posts in this series are all about Japanese convenience/comfort foods that we have been eating some exported versions of them outside Japan (Part 1 is about noodles, part 2 about izakaya, part 3 is about grilled foods as well as tonkatsu and curry, and part 4 is about wagashi. Japanese snacks is an entire world…
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Tokyo Food Diary: wagashi 和菓子
The first three posts of the series are all about sampling the Japanese comfort/convenience food that we have been eating outside Japan (Part 1 is about noodles, Part 2 about izakaya, and in Part 3 we ate grilled foods as well as tonkatsu and curry). This post is about sweets – the traditional wagashi 和菓子. The specialist…
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Shabu-gen しゃぶ玄, Akasaka 赤坂, Tokyo
DS picked this shabu-shabu specialist in Akasaka, not far from her office. The restaurant is situated on the 5th floor of a building with a McDonald downstairs. Definitely not a easy place to find, but it was full soon after we arrived. It is unlikely that any one would stumble into this restaurant by chance.…
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Tokyo Food Diary part 3: tonkatsu and curry
This is part 3 of a series of posts which is about tasting the authentic version of Japanese comfort/convenience food that we have been eating outside Japan – all in the one week we had in Tokyo. Part 1 is about noodles, Part 2 about izakaya. Part 3 is about grilled foods (yakiniku) as well…