All posts tagged "Restaurants"

  • Eggs n’ Things’ new Valentine’s day pancakes

    Eggs n’ Things, a popular Hawaiian style breakfast eatery will be offering a chocolatey type of pancake during the Valentine season. As the name suggests, Fondant Chocolate Pancake will be wrapped in chocolate fondant icing topped with...

    • Posted January 12, 2024
    • 0
  • A new burger flavor offered at J.S. Burgers Cafe in autumn

    We’re beginning to realize J.S. Burger’s cafe, although dubbed as a place for American style gourmet burgers, is quite unique in every way. As with most seasonal menu at J.S. Burgers, fillings and toppings from September 7...

    • Posted September 5, 2023
    • 0
  • Ramen De Niro’s noodles with a kick

    You’re not alone if you don’t understand the connection between Hollywood actor Robert De Niro and Ramen De Niro, a newly opened ramen shop in Shinjuku. As you might imagine, it is easy for a famous name...

    • Posted June 21, 2023
    • 0
  • I took my wife to this swanky restaurant for our anniversary.

    Let’s get real. It’s not everyday that I can afford to treat my wife to a swanky meal. But this year being our 20th anniversary (who stays married this long nowadays?), we deserve something out of the...

    • Posted March 8, 2023
    • 0
  • McDonald’s Japan puts the price of food up

      Rising inflation continues to strain the family purse strings and stubbornly high prices have especially affected those who eat out. McDonald’s Japan announced on the 6th that it will be raising the price of 80% of...

    • Posted January 7, 2023
    • 0
  • This new café inside a park serves fantastic snacks anytime of day.

    Café 33, a charming casual café opened this month right near the Imperial Palace’s Kokyo Gaien National Garden. Tucked away in the serene, lush greenery of Kitanomaru Koen (Kitanomaru Park), this low-key cafe’s green and white minimalist...

    • Posted July 18, 2022
    • 0
  • New York City’s Scarpetta Italian restaurant is coming to Tokyo.

    Twenty plus years ago, French restaurants dominated the European dining scene in Tokyo. But now, the title has gradually shifted to Italian restaurants. It’s amazing how you can go to any place in Tokyo and not find...

    • Posted July 13, 2022
    • 0
  • Conrad Tokyo’s Afternoon Delights

    Every hotel in town beckons Afternoon Tea lovers to an assortment of scrumptious treats every season. With all the other hotels competing for attention, much of the appeal of Afternoon tea specials can be attributed not only...

    • Posted July 6, 2022
    • 0
  • A great rooftop restaurant is open for Alfresco season

    If spectacular views across Tokyo is part of what you consider ‘a must’ when dining out, Pignetto’s  200-meter wide rooftop terrace won’t disappoint. Located on the 39th floor of the Four Seasons Hotel in Otemachi, this Covid-era...

    • Posted April 4, 2022
    • 0
  • Standout Japanese Beef Cutlet restaurant has just opened in Yokohama

    This week, a newish beef cutlet restaurant opened its first store in Yokohama on the 6th floor of posh Sakuragicho Colette Mare shopping mall. With more than 50 stores in Japan and no less than 20 overseas,...

    • Posted February 7, 2022
    • 0
  • This place serves Mexican burgers and all-you-can-eat fries for lunch.

    Tucked in the narrow business streets of Shiba, Minato ward, is a Cancun-style taqueria that Mexican-starved foodies will want to check out. Modern Mexican Cabos takes its name from Los Cabos, a luxury resort area in Mexico....

    • Posted October 25, 2021
    • 0
  • Grand Central Oyster Bar offers the best of the fall season.

    Modeled after one of New York city’s most spectacular restaurants with its famous vaulted ceilings, there is an unmistakable buzz to this dining place. The hustle and bustle of the New York original has been translated perfectly....

    • Posted October 20, 2021
    • 0
  • Belleville Opens store In Yokohama

    Aptly named “mille-feuille” (thousand sheets French pastry), these fluffy pancakes served in multiple layers have become Belleville’s signature offering. Belleville is a pancake shop in Osaka that has been running for 60 straight years. It has just...

    • Posted September 14, 2021
    • 0
  • The most expensive steak sandwich in Japan

    Are you ready to spend money on the most expensive sandwich available in Japan?  The “Special charcoal-grilled steak & home-grown smoked salmon” sandwich which sells for ¥10,000 (¥11,000 with tax) at Gorio luxury steak restaurant in Tsukiji,...

    • Posted January 6, 2021
    • 0
  • Starbucks’ founding member opens eclectic cafe Eric Rose in Omotesando.

    Eric Rose, a new coffee house brand, named after Starbucks’ founding member, will open on Saturday, December 12, 2020 in Tokyo’s chic Omotesando neighborhood. The star of the show will be no less than the house’s gourmet...

    • Posted December 9, 2020
    • 0
  • How to spot the real Kobe beef

    The price people pay for an authentic premium cut of Kobe steak at a Tokyo restaurant ranges anywhere between 20,000 and 40,000 yen, depending on the grade and weight. You may think that that’s too expensive. Well, ...

    • Posted November 10, 2020
    • 0
  • A place where you can have an honest-to-goodness donburi meal!

    Given the social distancing requirements at this time, families should really avoid long waits at restaurants. That doesn’t mean limiting your freedom of choice in food selection to take-out. But one that’s best eaten fresh is donburi,...

    • Posted June 13, 2020
    • 0
  • French Bistro-style restaurant opens in Kyoto

    Benoit, the longest-running French-style bistro created by celebrated French chef Alain Ducasse, opens its first restaurant in Kyoto on March 22. A bistro in France is generally a place where one can have quick and simple meals....

    • Posted March 21, 2020
    • 0
  • Cherry Blossom Lunch Buffet at the Hotel Intercontinental Tokyo Bay

    Hotel Intercontinental Tokyo Bay celebrates the season of Japan’s pink petals with a special “Ohanami Bento” offering.   The special lunch meal includes an appetizer with colorful vegetable puree, fresh salad, quiche and pasta with spring vegetables...

    • Posted February 17, 2020
    • 0
  • Collaborative cuisine: Japanese and Thai

    Too often, fusion cuisine strikes fear into even the most adventurous of palates. But the result of the latest collaboration menu between Toriyoshi, a Japanese yakitori restaurant, and Dao Thai, known for Bangkok style izakaya, has been...

    • Posted February 13, 2020
    • 0
  • New American Chef Puts A Global Twist to Tableaux Dining

    Tableaux, one of the 51 restaurants run by Global Dining Inc., has made history over the years since opening in October 1992. The high-end fashionable restaurant that continues to attract an affluent clientele in the expat-heavy neighborhood...

    • Posted April 9, 2019
    • 0
  • The new ‘Daigomi Burgers’ hopes to satisfy your cheese cravings.

    Anyone who loves a good serving of cheese in their burgers will easily be hooked on “Daigomi” burger.  Daigomi which opens a store in Yokohama on March 15, 2019,  is a home-grown Japanese burger restaurant that promises...

    • Posted March 1, 2019
    • 0
  • Chicago’s swanky restaurant Morton’s the Steakhouse opens in Marunouchi

    High-rise buildings continue to dominate the urban landscape of Tokyo and much of it is happening in the city’s  business district of Marunouchi. In 2016, shopping complex Tokyu Plaza was built followed by Ginza Five the year...

    • Posted October 25, 2018
    • 0
  • New Nintendo restaurant has cute food arrangements.

    Nintendo best known as a gaming company has diversified its business interests to include restaurants. Its first project Kirby Cafe, named after Nintendo’s  popular game series “Star Kirby”  is scheduled to open at the  Tokyo Solamachi on...

    • Posted September 11, 2018
    • 0
  • Fabulous water front terrace dining in Tokyo

    Sitting on a dock with a fabulous water front terrace dining in Higashi-Shinagawa, T.Y. Harbor Brewery is a restaurant with authentic Western dining and an environment suitable for families, friends or couples. They have a nice selection...

    • Posted August 28, 2018
    • 0
  • ¥500-a-slice NY style pizza

    When my fast growing teen boys are hungry, they always crave for pizza.  If left to their own devices, they will live off pizza, pizza and more pizza. Pizza gets a bad reputation as junk food but...

    • Posted August 19, 2018
    • 0
  • The Tokyo restaurant where you can catch your fish and eat it too

    Fishing Restaurant Zauo is one of those only-in-Japan experiences that make a welcome change to the increasingly globalized fare that we find in Tokyo. Simply put, Zauo is a seafood restaurant that lets you catch your dinner...

    • Posted August 11, 2018
    • 0
  • Awesome food, great terrace seating at Nirvana New York Tokyo

    Famed as a pioneer of modern Indian cuisine, Nirvana won the unanimous praise of foodies in the Big Apple. However, in the fickle world of restaurants, some have more staying power than the others. While the New...

    • Posted July 16, 2018
    • 0
  • Fatburger offers custom burgers at its newly opened store

    A new American hamburger joint from Los Angeles founded by a woman entrepreneur, Lovie Yancey, sets up its first Japan store in Shibuya on April 28.   Starting as a 3-stool sandwich stand in L.A.’s Western Avenue,...

    • Posted April 28, 2018
    • 0
  • Apron the Diner

    Just a 3-min walk from Kanda station (JR east exit) on the first floor of APA Hotel opened APRON The Diner restaurant. APRON adds a new dimension to nostalgic dishes like Cobb Salad, Napolitana spaghetti and the...

    • Posted March 19, 2018
    • 0