Tag: tokyo

  • Shabu-gen しゃぶ玄, Akasaka 赤坂, Tokyo

    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

    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

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  • Rebel Heart tour, Madonna in Tokyo

    Rebel Heart tour, Madonna in Tokyo

    Part of the reason we went to Japan in February is this woman. She is not getting younger and we reckoned if we do not grab a chance to see her perform live on stage soon, she might retire. Hope she will be around longer than David and Prince. We are not die-hard fans but enjoyed

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  • Tokyo Food Diary part 2: beer, izakaya

    Tokyo Food Diary part 2: beer, izakaya

    This is part 2 of a series of posts which is about tasting authentic versions of Japanese food that we have been eating outside Japan – all in the one week we had in Tokyo. Part 1 is about noodles. Part 2 is about drinks and snacks. We spent half a day at Skytree with

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