Mr Rabbit had to make a couple of business trips to Japan last year. Both times he had dinner with his Japanese cousin (MRJC) at her favorite sushi bar– Nigi-Nigi in Nishi-Ogikubo (near Nishi-Ogikubo station on the JR Chuo line, contact info at botton). MRJC calls Nigi-Nigi the “stand-up sushi bar” because there are no […]
Posted on January 11th, 2009 by admin
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The General Rule:Japanese restaurants are all about specialization. In noodle restaurants there will be noodles, tempura places serve tempura, sushi restaurants offer sushi, yakitori bars serve yakitori. Mr. Rabbit had a business dinner at a miso restaurant where every course involved miso, and the same came be said of tofu.
Posted on December 16th, 2007 by rabbit
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Yakitori is often a quick and dirty snack eaten on the fly at some busy Tokyo train station. We’re told the general rule is that as long as you’re still eating and drinking, you can stay, but that most of these tiny establishments push you out the door as soon as you’ve finished chewing.
Posted on December 9th, 2007 by rabbit
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Mr Rabbit guest review!
The Rabbitz spent the weekend after Thanksgiving in Kyoto, touring temples and taking in the fall foliage with about half the population of Japan. Mr Rabbit’s Japanese Cousin (MRJC) joined us on Saturday in time for dinner. MRJC had booked us at Matsu, a restaurant specializing in Kyo-ryori (Kyoto Cuisine). Apparently this […]
Posted on December 1st, 2007 by admin
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Whenever I thought I was going to eat something “normal” in Japan, there was always some kind of twist…
After a grueling day of temple-touring, Mr Rabbit’s Japanese Cousin (MRJC) arranged for us to have dinner at Imahan, a very swishy sukiyaki restaurant in Shinjuku. Sukiyaki is a Japanese specialty. It is cooked tableside in a […]
Posted on November 30th, 2007 by rabbit
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Rabbit is reporting from Japan, where there are lots of very interesting things to eat.
Posted on November 28th, 2007 by rabbit
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