Aurora Lounge, located on the 45th floor of the Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku, is one of the most non-drinker friendly places in Tokyo. Its 45 Refresh! Non Alcohol Cocktail menu has as many cocktails as floors that the lounge is from the ground.
Review excerpt: Mensho San Francisco goes full circle by reverse-importing its ramen for its new Shinjuku branch.
Owner Satoshi Ikuta is not just a pizza enthusiast, he is an Italophile to the umpteenth degree. He's the guy with the goatee beard and tractor driver's baseball cap whom you see toiling away in front of that fiery furnace. His passion is not, ...
Review excerpt: Squeezed in under the Koshu Kaido overpass just a short stroll from JR Shinjuku Station’s South Exit, Sanagi Shinjuku, this bright, colorful food court (plus event and exhibition area) offers a pan-Asian food selection with outdoor seating.
Review excerpt: The fiery flavors launch a full-on assault on your palate at Somtum Der, no matter how much the chilies are toned down. It’s not a recipe for faint hearts or sensitive palates.
Even at lunchtime, Tsuji pulls out all the stops. There are six courses (plus coffee and sweet tidbits at the end), a slow-food feast that unfolds over a span of two hours or more.
Review excerpt: Spacious, calm, stylish but casual, Know by Moto is nothing like a typical izakaya tavern, more a chic cafe devoted to high-end nihonshu.
Review excerpt: The menu at Okinawa Paradise is neither extensive nor sophisticated. As at most Okinawa restaurants, the “simple is best” approach rules.
Sasajima won his reputation on the strength of the very Japanese touches he gives his Italian dishes. But at code kurkku, he dials back on the inflections of shojin temple cuisine (much as he does at Il Ghiottone Cucineria, his more casual second restaurant ...
Pride of place in the kitchen -- and on the menu -- goes to the meat course. This is Shimizu's specialty.
