Food & Drink Oct 24, 2020
Top 5: Tokyo’s best soba restaurants
Soba noodles are Tokyo’s original fast food, simple and filling. Whether you prefer them hot or cold, here’s five soba shops worth a trek across town.
Robbie Swinnerton
Robbie Swinnerton has been living, eating and writing about food in Tokyo for over 30 years. His column, Tokyo Food File, has run in The Japan Times since 1998.
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Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Oct 17, 2020
At Bistro Nemot, a L’Effervescence alum spreads his wings
Norihito Nemoto’s upscale bistro fare makes his laid-back restaurant one of the highlights of the still new and vibrant Eat Play Works complex.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Oct 17, 2020
Whether in curry or gelato, Kalpasi’s spice blends are aromatic — and intriguing
Curry has been Tokyo’s go-to comfort food this summer, and Curry Spice Gelateria Kalpasi’s low-key June arrival hit the moment.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Oct 3, 2020
Denkushiflori: Den and Florilege collaboration drives Tokyo’s hottest opening
Two of Tokyo’s hottest chefs. A menu tethering contemporary Japanese to modern French cuisine. Tokyo has never seen an opening like Denkushiflori.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Sep 19, 2020
Sincere Blue makes the case for sustainable seafood
Sincere Blue is Shinsuke Ishii’s way of demonstrating that a French restaurant can offer seafood dishes that are sustainable, delicious and affordable.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Sep 19, 2020
Noodle Stand Tokyo: ‘Ethical ramen’ in a freshly fashionable setting
The new Jingumae Comichi yokochō is an alluring space to while away the hours after work or on weekends.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Sep 5, 2020
Rise & Win: A victory for beer lovers (and sustainability)
Rise & Win beer is brewed in the zero-waste town of Kamikatsu, and that philosophy is built into the foundation of its brewery and Tokyo taproom.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Sep 5, 2020
Hasegawa Saketen Gransta: A sake lover's boon beneath Tokyo Station
Hasegawa Saketen’s reborn Tokyo Station branch is larger, sleeker and even better stocked. It even boasts a new in-house sake microbrewery.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Aug 29, 2020
Elegies and excitement in Tokyo’s dining landscape
Tokyo Food File wraps up summer 2020 with a look at how Tokyo’s dining scene is shaping up in Year One of COVID-19.
DEEP DIVE Aug 19, 2020
Episode 61: Tough times for Tokyo, the world's dining capital
With more Michelin stars than any other city in the world, Tokyo is something of a dining mecca. But in 2020, the coronavirus pandemic has turned Tokyo's restaurant and hospitality industry on its head.