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Kagura: Refined traditional dining minus the airs and graces

Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Jun 3, 2014

Kagura: Refined traditional dining minus the airs and graces

by Robbie Swinnerton

Akasaka's restaurants are an eclectic mix. Cheek-by-jowl with the raucous pubs, ramen counters and Korean kimchee kitchens, you find inscrutable anonymous facades, many of them exclusive ryōtei (traditional restaurants) reserved for politicians and captains of industry. Kagura does not operate at that rarefied level. But ...

Pining for the communal flavor of Israeli cuisine

Food & Drink | A TASTE OF HOME Apr 1, 2014

Pining for the communal flavor of Israeli cuisine

by Rebecca Milner

I thought I missed hummus. By which I mean: I missed being able to pick up a tub at the supermarket. But to hear an Israeli acquaintance talk of it is to learn that there is so much more to miss. "Eating hummus reminds me ...

Eating Hawaiian in Japan, with or without the pancakes

Food & Drink | A TASTE OF HOME Feb 4, 2014

Eating Hawaiian in Japan, with or without the pancakes

by Rebecca Milner

Something newsworthy has happened (well, newsworthy if you follow dining micro-trends): A new restaurant from Hawaii has opened in Tokyo and it doesn’t serve pancakes.

Akasaka Tantei: A taste of Kyoto-style Okinawa in Tokyo

Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Jul 18, 2013

Akasaka Tantei: A taste of Kyoto-style Okinawa in Tokyo

by Robbie Swinnerton

Okinawan food is — for me at least — the food of summer. When the days are short and chill, I have little interest in the flavors of Japan's southwestern isles. But when the heat and humidity build like a thunderhead, that is the ...

In search of a steamed morsel or two of Hong Kong fare

Food & Drink | A TASTE OF HOME Jun 21, 2013

In search of a steamed morsel or two of Hong Kong fare

by Rebecca Milner

Bamboo baskets of steaming dumplings, fluffy buns stuffed with sweet-and-savory barbecued pork, crisp spring rolls and endless pots of jasmine tea ... Dim sum (or yum cha), that Hong Kong tradition, is a staple of Chinatowns the world over. Except, it seems, in Japan. ...

Akasaka Kikunoi: Tastes of old Kyoto in Tokyo's bustling heart

Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Apr 5, 2013

Akasaka Kikunoi: Tastes of old Kyoto in Tokyo's bustling heart

by Robbie Swinnerton

A pair of ornamental cherry trees stand like attendants by a sturdy wooden gateway. A narrow flagstone path lined with bamboo and maples curves out of sight in the mid-distance.

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