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Legendary sushiya in Tokyo. Excellent otsumami and nigiris. I like the high acidity of the shari. Some of the netas are just extraordinary. The first maguro was beyond believe.
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- Gerhard Huber added a new meal Lunch at 神泉いちのや at Ichinoya
Famous Kanto unagi place. In Kanto Style the eel is slit down its back and butterflied before being grilled for the first time. Then it is steamed to get rid of excess fat, then grilled again. The result is a tender, flaky eel.
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- Gerhard Huber added a new restaurant list Five best pizza places in Tokyo according to the Japan Times
Once upon a time, you would probably have been laughed out of the room for trying to compare any pizza in Japan to those from the dish’s homeland. Now, Tokyo plays ready challenger, with enough great options to make writing a list of top pizza restaurants genuinely difficult.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2020/05/23/food/top-5-best-pizza-tokyo/... More
Once upon a time, you would probably have been laughed out of the room for trying to compare any pizza in Japan to those from the dish’s homeland. Now, Tokyo plays ready challenger, with enough great options to make writing a list of top pizza restaurants genuinely difficult.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2020/05/23/food/top-5-best-pizza-tokyo/ Less
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- Gerhard Huber added a new meal Dinner at Ten-you (点邑) at Ten-you
Local tempura, interesting building, it looks old but has a very modern structure like exposed concrete.
The food is seasonal with some very nice ingredients. Sitting in a private room has the disadvantage of getting multiple tempuras at the same time. This leads obviously to some execution problems like an slightly overcooked fish.
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Local tempura, interesting building, it looks old but has a very modern structure like exposed concrete.
The food is seasonal with some very nice ingredients. Sitting in a private room has the disadvantage of getting multiple tempuras at the same time. This leads obviously to some execution problems like an slightly overcooked fish.
Nevertheless for ¥16,000 a very good meal. Less
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Lokal Izakaya, great food, good prices and possibility to order a la carte.
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- Gerhard Huber added a new meal Dinner at megriva(メグリヴァ) at Megriva
Great food, grumpy Chef. This is the only way to describe this place. One man show in a very casual settting. Some of the dishes are extraordinary, like his version of tripe. Served in a sour soup it has the best texture and taste I have ever had. Similarly great was the veal heart. Excellent food, and the Chef comes as side show.
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- Gerhard Huber added a new meal Dinner at Ankyu (安久) at Ankyu (安久)
Casual Kaiseki in Kyoto. Delicious food with some excellent seasonal dishes. White asparagus with sesame cream, shiro amadai (white horsehead) being the outstanding dishes of the menu.
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- Gerhard Huber added a new meal Lunch at Washokuharu at Washokuharu
Another Wakuden disciple, Harutoshi Kitsukawa. However he decided to forgo the high end dining scenes and opened in 2015 a very casual Izakaya, serving superb casual fare which changes daily.
Go there, look at the daily hand written menu and order as much as you possibly can eat. Everything will taste delicious and not one dish will set you back more... More
Another Wakuden disciple, Harutoshi Kitsukawa. However he decided to forgo the high end dining scenes and opened in 2015 a very casual Izakaya, serving superb casual fare which changes daily.
Go there, look at the daily hand written menu and order as much as you possibly can eat. Everything will taste delicious and not one dish will set you back more than one macha latte at Starbucks. Less
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Back at Horai, since it was the second meal we stuck to the raw offerings. All great, well seasoned and flavoured. Interesting sashimi at Katsuo (bonito) with whale and Shirasu tempura.
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