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.
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.
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.
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.
Reivew excerpt: Chef Susumu Shimizu slowly, patiently rests the meat for hours over a low heat, adjusting the position and temperature with the expertise of a true master. The results at Restaurant Anis are spectacular: tender but still rare, with all the flavor and ...
This down-home little diner on the fringes of Yoyogi has a radically different approach to curry. Instead of the usual lake of mystery gloop ladled over a plain of white starch, you get a huge mountain of vegetables. And it's not just the boring ...
HaruKor aims to re-create a cozy cise (traditional Ainu thatched house), decorated with wooden carvings, weaving and embroidery.
Piman feels different from most of the health-conscious cafes popping up recently. There's a tried and tested, worn-in vibe here that's exceptionally comfortable. A stoic confidence is in the air -- staff dress in black and wear a polite but somewhat indifferent expression as ...
