Let’s hear it for lunch. Long, leisurely sessions at the table, with multiple courses and an equal number of wines to go with them. And then at the end, lingering over coffee and conversation. That’s the way it happens every Saturday at Chic Peut-etre. In truth, you are always going ...
“Sometimes people say you shouldn’t make your hobby into your job,” says Masahiro Onishi, the 28-year-old owner of Meguro roastery and coffee stand Switch Coffee. “I was concerned about that.” He’s recalling the decision he made to move to Australia a few years ago ...
Untouchable Toffee opened its first store in Hamamatsu back in 2013, but the candy company didn’t launch a second branch until late last year when it settled in the hipper neighborhood of Harajuku. The smaller outpost (4-26-5 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) serves up five varieties ...
Great news: Chef Yoshiaki Takazawa has opened a bar. This is fantastic for all those who know the beautiful bijou, high-end restaurant in Akasaka that bears his name. Revered by visiting gourmets, it is one of the hardest tables in town to book. Now, ...
Some Swedish delicacies, such as lutefisk (dried cod treated with lye), attract comments that are less than flattering. And when I say less than flattering, I mean downright slanderous. “Reminiscent of the afterbirth of a dog, or the world’s largest chunk of phlegm,” is ...
In December 2013, when UNESCO formally recognized washoku (traditional Japanese cuisine) as part of the World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage, the reaction here was mixed. On the one hand there was jubilation and national pride. On the other, dismay that the world at large knew ...
Coffee has become big bucks for convenience stores as customers have embraced a cheap brews. Seven-Eleven, the chain responsible for kicking off the craze, now wants groggy morning workers to eat something with their cup of joe. They’ve rolled out — and heavily promoted ...
Osaka has been going through a minor boom in craft beer bars over the past few years. This is undoubtedly good news for drinkers who want more than what’s on offer from the big four brewers of Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo and Suntory. Craft Beer ...
Highway FM is possibly the worst radio station ever, unless you like your music country and each song laced with messages of patriotism, a work hard, play hard mantra or neighborly love. Sometimes a bit too much love. At Buff, a steak restaurant near ...
While it’s easy to trust that almost every Indian restaurant will have plenty for a vegetarian to eat — and you can often ask for an all-vegetarian meal by request — it’s an incomparable delight when the menu is entirely made up of vegetarian ...
Sushi rice (or shari) is subtly sour, sweet and salty with a boost of umami. It isn’t just a foil for the gu, the ingredients that are mixed in, placed on top or wrapped around it. If the rice is not right, the whole ...
Gleaming white tableware, understated decor and not a single dragon or red lantern in sight: Masa’s Kitchen 47 boldly defies the stereotype for Chinese restaurants in Tokyo. Which is just as it should be. So does the food. Owner-chef Masahito Namazue doesn’t turn out ...
Blink and you might miss it, but tucked away on a side street, off the old-school shōtengai (shopping street) in Tokyo’s Koenji neighborhood, is Baby King Kitchen, an establishment where even adults eat off the kid’s menu. Not entirely sure what to expect on ...
