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Food Report: T’s Tantan (Tōkyō)

Diego dearly loves his meat, but he’s no stranger to meatless cuisine (especially on Veg Fridays). Today, let’s have a look at one of Tōkyō’s better-known places of refuge for desperate vegetarians.

(Mini-)Food Report: Yabaton (Esca Branch, Nagoya)

Regular readers might be scratching their heads over the “mini” prefix in this post’s title, but I’ll have more to say on that later. For the moment, the task at hand is to savour one of Nagoya’s signature dishes, miso katsu.

Food Report: Ezokko (Sapporo)

Rāmen is a food for all seasons, but it takes on a special appeal when the mercury drops below freezing point. With Sapporo’s cold winter air sucking all the heat out of my tropic-reared body, is it any wonder that I was game for another steaming-hot bowl just a day after my last one?

Food Report: Baikōken (Asahikawa)

One can’t fail to be impressed by Japan’s knack for making culinary combinations that might seem daft at first – and I mean downright lunatic – yet end up working beautifully in the end. Like wasabi-flavoured Kit-Kats, for example. Or like miso-flavoured rāmen with a pat of butter and some corn thrown in.

Food Report: Lavi (ESTA Branch, Sapporo)

In terms of fun and enjoyment, the Sapporo Yuki Matsuri was certainly hot, hot, hot . . . but not even the festival atmosphere could keep the weather from being so very cold, cold, cold. I’ve never bundled myself up so thickly in my entire life, with enough layers on my person to stock aContinue reading “Food Report: Lavi (ESTA Branch, Sapporo)”

Food Report: Kameido Gyōza (Tōkyō)

When it comes to Japanese comfort food, gyōza ranks stratospherically high in my book, sitting all the way up amongst the glittering clouds of immortal fame with such luminaries as curry rice and Hakata-style ramen. I haven’t the foggiest idea if the locals would agree, but that’s what I think anyway. Fast, filling, carbohydrate-heavy: theContinue reading “Food Report: Kameido Gyōza (Tōkyō)”

Food Report: Ichiran (Atré Ueno branch, Tōkyō)

When in Japan, a proper bowl of ramen belongs firmly on every tourist’s itinerary. There are so many different regional varieties available, but if it’s Hakata-style tonkotsu ramen you’re after, this place is well worth considering.