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Spotted: Salty Butter Biscuit Ice Cream
Written on 20 Jul, 2010 at 9:00 in Blogs, Tokyo Foodspotting
If you’re a fan of salty-sweet delicacies (think chocolate-covered potato chips, or a pungent Gorgonzola cheese paired with honey), Haagen Dazs has come up with the perfect ice cream flavor: Salty Butter Biscuit. A rich milky cream base enhanced by sea salt from France with chunks of buttery shortbread, Salty Butter Biscuit is one of [...]... (Continue reading)
Spotted: Cheese Ramen
Written on 13 Jul, 2010 at 9:00 in Blogs, Tokyo Foodspotting
When I was a kid, I used to make Korean Neoguri brand ramen, a spicy ramen with red pepper broth, with less water (to make the soup more concentrated), then add milk to the cooked bowl of ramen, which resulted in a creamy, spicy ramen – quite possibly one of the most delicious culinary creations [...]... (Continue reading)
Spotted: Healthy All-Night Dining
Written on 6 Jul, 2010 at 9:00 in Blogs, Tokyo Foodspotting
Sometimes I need a healthy dose of vegetables to supplement the mainly carb and fish diet that has become de facto since living in Tokyo, and one of my favorite places to get them is Vegematto, a tiny 14-seat bar in Roppongi that happens to serve some of the best vegetable cuisine in Tokyo. The glass [...]... (Continue reading)
Spotted: Verbally Abusive Chef at Le Petit Restaurant Epi
Written on 2 Jul, 2010 at 23:00 in Blogs, Tokyo Foodspotting
Dining out is not just about the food, but the whole experience – the taste and texture of the food, the service, ambience, etc. And human interactions should generally be governed by a general rule of decency. I recently dined at Le Petit Restaurant Epi in Daikanyama and had the single worst dining experience of [...]... (Continue reading)
Spotted: Tasty Belarusian Cuisine
Written on 29 Jun, 2010 at 9:00 in Blogs, Tokyo Foodspotting
Belarusian cuisine bears familiar similarities to other Eastern European cuisines yet manages to stand apart as a distinct cuisine. Minsk, a tiny restaurant on the first floor of a residential building in Azabudai, serves up well-executed versions of Belarusian food, including a refreshing yet filling borscht and buckwheat crepes filled with chicken and topped with [...]... (Continue reading)
Spotted: Japolitan Pizza
Written on 22 Jun, 2010 at 9:00 in Blogs, Tokyo Foodspotting
Japanese + Neapolitan cuisine = Japolitan cuisine, according to Salvatore Cuomo. I’d seen Salvatore Cuomo’s restaurants all over Tokyo but only recently discovered their delicious, creative pizzas and pastas. Salvatore’s pizza crust is perfectly chewy-crispy with the tiniest hint of sweetness – the perfect base for their various pizza offerings, including D.O.C., Salvatore’s award-winning pizza [...]... (Continue reading)
Spotted: The Original Fish Waffle
Written on 15 Jun, 2010 at 9:00 in Blogs, Tokyo Foodspotting
Taiyaki, the fish-shaped street snack made by filling a cast-iron mold with batter, then stuffing with sweet azuki bean and baking until crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, was created in 1909 at Naniwa-ya, a tiny shop in Azabujuban. Naniwa-ya still makes each taiyaki one at a time in individual molds instead [...]... (Continue reading)
Spotted: Dessert Sushi
Written on 8 Jun, 2010 at 9:00 in Blogs, Tokyo Foodspotting
Living in Tokyo, I’ve had the chance to encounter exotic variations of sushi unavailable in other parts of the world – raw horse meat, cod sperm (shirako) and live, still-thrashing ebi come to mind. But sushi…dessert? That was a new one. I was recently introduced to the imaginative nigiri creations at Koi Sushi, a tiny husband-and-wife [...]... (Continue reading)
Spotted: Korean Hangover Cure
Written on 1 Jun, 2010 at 9:00 in Blogs, Tokyo Foodspotting
There’s something about rich meat broth that works wonders in both preventing and curing hangovers, which may be why ramen shops are so popular in the post-binge wee hours of the morning. A delicious and nutritious alternative to ramen is seollungtang, a popular Korean beef-bone soup that works wonders in settling your stomach after a long [...]... (Continue reading)
Spotted: Grapenut Ice Cream
Written on 25 May, 2010 at 9:00 in Blogs, Tokyo Foodspotting
I love cereal. I love ice cream. So what’s not to adore about cereal-flavored ice cream? In San Francisco, Humphry Slocombe’s best-seller is “Secret Breakfast” ice cream, made with bourbon and cornflakes. Momofuku Milk Bar in New York serves cereal milk soft serve – a rich, creamy dessert that tastes just like the leftover milk after [...]... (Continue reading)
