Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Tokyo mexican restaurant on July 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My time at the Mexican restaurant is almost over. I’ve been serving people for about a year now, and this is my take on the customers that patronize us.
The American family
Usually seen on Saturday lunch. Looking for a taste of home and a menu they can understand. They’re afraid of how spicy the food might [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Japan, kaiseki, tomato soup, yuba on June 29, 2008 | No Comments »
“Why don’t you give it a try?”
“I don’t think I want to know.”
A was pushing me to use a little machine to test how much of my body is fat.
I already know that I’m overweight, and wasn’t entirely sure I wanted to put a figure to it.
One thing I already knew though — I want [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged pepper sauce, sea bream on June 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There are certain foods I hate eating. When I was a kid, I didn’t like onions, and especially spinach. I would literally barf whenever my mom made me eat spinach.
With time I’ve gotten rid of a lot of these dislikes, but a few still remain. Lili has been trying to convince me to eat liver [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged stockholm, Tokyo on June 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Like most people, I try to hold my farts in public. At Stockholm however, I really wanted to release a loud one, just to see if I could make the experience even more awkward for everybody in the room.
Stockholm seems to be frozen in time, but to its detriment, not a good time. Walking in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abe, Joel Robuchon, l'atelier, michelin, nakajima, nouvelle ere, sankame, Tokyo on June 15, 2008 | 6 Comments »
This is one of those asshole posts where I brag about the meals I’ve had.
One of the most popular searches at the website is for the newly starred Michelin restaurants in Tokyo. After the 2008 Tokyo Michelin guide awarded a record number of stars to the city’s eateries, there’s been a lot of interest in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged meatballs on June 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Last Wednesday as I worked the lunch service at the restaurant:
“I’m sorry but we’re out of the lunch special today,” I say to a group of five ladies in their late 30s / early 40s who walk in ten minutes before closing time.
“What was the special?”
“What do you care…you can’t have it anyway,” says one [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Japan, Joel Robuchon on June 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Lili came to visit, and unsurprisingly, the trip involved lots and lots of food. Here’s a little photo recap of some of the stuff we ate and saw. A lot of the photo credits go to Lili.
L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon (one of the most amazing meals ever). Broadbean puree with tomato salad and parmesan galette; [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged aritsugu, Japanese knife, santoku on May 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I received an amazing present from Lili — a santoku knife.
I’ll soon be moving to the United States (probably sometime in August) to start my PhD, and I knew that I wanted to get a good Japanese knife before leaving Tokyo. Lili gave me one from an amazing company — Aritsugu, which is a Kyoto-based [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Japan, shibuya on May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Saw this on a rainy day in Shibuya right next to the busiest crossing ever (the one that always shows up in scenes of modern Japan). Who forgot this in the middle of the street??
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blowfish, fugu, Japanese food on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I ended up by chance watching a chef dismember a poisonous blowfish. I walked into the restaurant thinking it was a seafood place, and only found out halfway through my meal that the head chef was a certified blowfish handler.
It was a bit creepy when I first walked in, since Kakashika is located in a [...]
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