
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Feb 20, 2021
Freeman Shokudo: Backyard barbecue defies convention
by Robbie Swinnerton
Pitmaster Jeremy Freeman brings “Brooklyn backyard BBQ” to Tokyo — well-spiced and with more than one twist.
Freeman Shokudo: Backyard barbecue defies convention
Pitmaster Jeremy Freeman brings “Brooklyn backyard BBQ” to Tokyo — well-spiced and with more than one twist.
White Smoke: Upping the game for Japanese barbecue
Opportunity, preparedness and luck took entrepreneur Craig White from a single restaurant in Tokyo to a growing barbecue empire in Japan.
Brazilian food culture is the fragrant heart of Nagoya
Nikkei Brazilian culture manifests in food, and its growing popularity suggests recognition of Japan as a multiethnic country may be on the horizon.
What's Japan's next food trend? It might finally be pulled pork
Barbecue pulled pork might not have taken off in Japan just yet, but thanks to restaurants like Fatz's The San Franciscan, which aserve up the real slow-smoked deal, that might be about to change.
Tokyo barbecue joints to get summer sizzling
Grabbing your own grill and heading out to your preferred park or public space is the traditional way to approach barbecuing but in recent years, new spaces to barbecue in Tokyo and its surrounding areas have popped up for people of all grilling levels.
BBQPit: All the party without the worry
So you're in the mood for a nice little barbecue evening with a few pals. Not the low 'n' slow, long-time-smoking, American roots type of 'cue, but a "throw a shrimp on the barbie" type affair, maybe with some prime scallops, jidori chicken wings and ...
Barbecue in Japan: What's a devotee of low and slow to do?
In conversation with Bashamichi Taproom, Smokehouse and Hatos Bar, three of the OGs of Japan's barbecue scene.
Kakigoya: Oyster huts home to Fukuoka Prefecture's winter treat
Kakigoya are a winter phenomenon of Fukuoka Prefecture, temporary restaurants that usually spring up at some point in November and last to the end of the oyster season in March. The vast majority of the huts are located on the long, sandy coastline of ...
Halloween barbecue site is an inferno for all the family
Looking for a way to indulge in the glorious fall weather and Halloween festivities, my 3-year-old daughter and I ventured out to meet one of her friends at Toyosu on Sunday afternoon. Our destination of the day was The Third Park, an American barbecue spot ...
The great American barbecue comes to town
The end of August is nigh, but that doesn't mean that the hot days are over. Rather than wait for fall inside air-conditioned rooms, why not enjoy the last of the heat at the American Festival 2014. Held in a breezy area of Tokyo's Odaiba ...