Quale ピッツェリア クアーレ

Quale ピッツェリア クアーレ

A lovely local Italian restaurant with a homey vibe outside of Tokyo.

とんかつ 和幸 マークシティ渋谷店 Tonkatsu Kazuyuki

とんかつ 和幸 マークシティ渋谷店 Tonkatsu Kazuyuki

I met my friend for dinner at Shibuya Mark City which is accessible from Shibuya station. We went to a Tonkatsu chain she was fond of called Tonkatsu Kazuyuki とんかつ 和幸. I ordered a pork cutlet which comes with free refills of salad and miso soup.I also got a side of pumpkin tempura and their seasonal [...]

Ginza West Aoyama Garden

Ginza West Aoyama Garden

Ginza West is a  company with a couple different stores that sell a variety of treats. This one is known for it's tea room that serves giant pancakes. Opening at 11am the tea room has 52 available seats inside along with a terrace with about 16 seats. I mention this because it can get crowded [...]

Sanuki Udon Hanamaru はなまるうどん 東池袋一丁目店

Sanuki Udon Hanamaru はなまるうどん 東池袋一丁目店

When I was visiting Tokyo my friend made sure to let me know of all the cheaper places to eat, and one of them was a cafeteria style udon shop. I ordered their Oroshi-syou-yu which is soy sauce udon in a cold small size for 200 yen with the addition of a tempura sweet potato. [...]

Ootoya 大戸屋ごはん処

Ootoya 大戸屋ごはん処

Ootoya is a Japanese chain my friend loves and suggested for dessert after our dinner at Keika Ramen. It was in the basement which wasn't fun to lug my suitcase down and it was somewhat crowded making it difficult to find a good spot to store it. We ended up putting it between us at [...]

Keika Ramen 桂花ラーメン

Keika Ramen 桂花ラーメン

After spending the afternoon with Emily I retrieved my suitcase from it's locker and lugged it to Shibuya to sit near Hachikō and wait for my friend Ezzy to get off work. I didn't have to wait too long and soon we were off in search of ramen, she'd received a list of suggestions from her [...]