Great deal gourmet lunches
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Originally Posted by Pickles
Noboritei. Various places. Eel restaurant, very famous.
Kanda kikukawa. Eel restaurant, in Kanda. Very old style.
Kanda kikukawa. Eel restaurant, in Kanda. Very old style.
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Originally Posted by Calcifer
Pickles, what do you think of Nodaiwa for eel? It might be a little more expensive than the two you've mentioned, but I thought the eel was wonderful (the best I've had) and I love the old building. The location isn't too bad from the Roppongi Hills area, either (on Sakurada-dori, sort of below the American Club).
You know fall in Japan is approaching when your shirt doesn't get instantly soaked in sweat when you go out at night.
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And much to this boy's pleasure, Aki Aji (by Kirin) is on the shelves for a limited time. MMMMMMMMM, slurp, belch!
Mike
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Originally Posted by Pickles
I've never been to Nodaiwa, but I hear it is good (and expensive). I should try it out while it is still steamy out. Nothing like eel to bring out the toxins and humors by soaking you silly in summer sweat.
You know fall in Japan is approaching when your shirt doesn't get instantly soaked in sweat when you go out at night.
You know fall in Japan is approaching when your shirt doesn't get instantly soaked in sweat when you go out at night.
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This year's award for the world's best paella (outside of Spain) goes to...
The Ginza Espero! - source
http://homepage2.nifty.com/ginza-espero/ has maps, menus, prices etc...
I stumbled across this surprising information whilst organising a trip for 50 people to Valencia.
Que aprovechen!
- EDIT in 2007 the Ginza Espero upped its game by competing with the best Valencian restaurants (not in the 'outside Spain' category) and got second place. A fantastic achievement!
http://homepage2.nifty.com/ginza-espero/ has maps, menus, prices etc...
I stumbled across this surprising information whilst organising a trip for 50 people to Valencia.
Que aprovechen!
- EDIT in 2007 the Ginza Espero upped its game by competing with the best Valencian restaurants (not in the 'outside Spain' category) and got second place. A fantastic achievement!
Last edited by LapLap; Dec 14, 2007 at 4:56 am
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Comprehensive list of places for lunch in Azabu Juban
Just came across this website whilst recommending the Kannichikan Korean Restaurant:
http://www.geocities.co.jp/SilkRoad/...azabulunch.htm
If like me you don't speak Japanese, you can make out most of the information with a translation tool. Within there are addresses (for most of them), photos, prices, and even a brief review (at least, the author is prepared to say whether or not they liked the food).
APOLOGIES FOR NOT MAKING THIS CLEARER! PLEASE SEE SCHOFLYER'S WISE WORDS IN THE NEXT POST:
http://www.geocities.co.jp/SilkRoad/...azabulunch.htm
If like me you don't speak Japanese, you can make out most of the information with a translation tool. Within there are addresses (for most of them), photos, prices, and even a brief review (at least, the author is prepared to say whether or not they liked the food).
APOLOGIES FOR NOT MAKING THIS CLEARER! PLEASE SEE SCHOFLYER'S WISE WORDS IN THE NEXT POST:
Last edited by LapLap; Nov 23, 2005 at 1:49 pm
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Maybe I miised it in my cursory scan of the thead, but I feel that it important to the untrained to emphazize someting here.
The reason things are cheaper at lunch is that the clientele is different.
Lunchtime is for businessmen out for a reasonable lunch. Dinner is for "going out".
I will never forget the day this hit home. After frequenting a place atop the Shinjuku Sumitomo Bldg (I worked on the 46th floor), I took my wife and a friend there for dinner.
Dinner Menu, Dinner Pricing, and we went somewhere else. Lunch is a deal in Tokyo.
Cheers,
Scho
The reason things are cheaper at lunch is that the clientele is different.
Lunchtime is for businessmen out for a reasonable lunch. Dinner is for "going out".
I will never forget the day this hit home. After frequenting a place atop the Shinjuku Sumitomo Bldg (I worked on the 46th floor), I took my wife and a friend there for dinner.
Dinner Menu, Dinner Pricing, and we went somewhere else. Lunch is a deal in Tokyo.
Cheers,
Scho
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Time for a ritual resurrection of the threads. One more to the list: Kintame (not Kintama), in Fukagawa, unchi-machi (got to beat that censor!), Monzen-Nakacho station. It is a pickle restaurant from who knows when in the Meiji era, very traditional place, all you can eat fresh pickles come with some excellent vegetarian or fish set lunches, 1200-1500 yen. Their specialty is chazuke, although their gindara is the best I've ever had.
Get there late to avoid the crowds, although they are only open, in Japanese fashion, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM.
Get there late to avoid the crowds, although they are only open, in Japanese fashion, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM.
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Originally Posted by Pickles
Time for a ritual resurrection of the threads. One more to the list: Kintame (not Kintama), in Fukagawa, unchi-machi (got to beat that censor!), Monzen-Nakacho station.
Worst Japanese pun ever:
- Hara hetta naa.
- Kintama namete minai?
- ???
- O-fukuro no aji ga suru yo!
And so this doesn't veer completely offtopic, a more serious contribution:
Izakaya Sengyouya
2-40-13 Hongo 3-chome (Marunouchi Line), Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
居酒屋 鮮魚家
文京区本郷2-40-13本郷コーポレイション2F
http://www.sengyoya.tokyo.walkerplus.com/
Famous for their half-price sashimi on Saturdays only, when a generous sampler set of 7 kinds of fish goes for ~Y1200.
Last edited by jpatokal; Jan 14, 2006 at 11:46 pm
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or just an illegal zone
I love this place! Tokyo forum.... might be last resort
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Just so I can keep a tab on it. Here's a link to another thread.
(Not cheap, can be seen as being a good deal though: )
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=520168
(Not cheap, can be seen as being a good deal though: )
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=520168
Last edited by LapLap; Jan 29, 2006 at 7:04 am
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Originally Posted by jib71
Closest station: Kagurazaka (Tozai Line) or a 10 min walk up the kagurazaka hill from Iidabashi (Chuo Line)
Restaurant Name: Akagi Tei 赤城亭
Type of food: Lunch time ochazuke or nigiri sets / after 2pm tea & cake
Link: http://www.food-stadium.com/detail/4_38.html
(Second restaurant review on the above page)
Located at the very top of Kagurazaka hill is a Shinto shrine (Akagi Jinja) with lots of red Torii gates leading up to it. Walk up the path towards the main temple building - the restaurant is in one of the first buildings on the left.
Review: You read it here first. This is a very cute place for a light lunch or snack. Highly recommended to tourists who want to explore the attractive Kagurazaka shopping and entertainment street. The restaurant/cafe opened on July 15, 2005 as part of the project to make the shrine more viable or something. It's pretty rare and funky that there should be a cafe/restaurant in an old building in the shrine complex itself.
They offer simple musubi sets and ochazuke set lunches. (We found the ochazuke to be the better option, but musubi were good too). This is not a place where you will fill your face for pennies... but an exquisite location to get a reasonable meal.
Musubi set (2 rice balls & pickles & soup) = 980 yen
Ochazuke set (chicken & other bits to pour on rice / soup & pickles) 1300 yen
Tourist idea = Take the Tozai line to Kagurazaka station. Eat lunch at this restaurant in the temple and then stroll down the hill exploring the little side streets and various stores. Finish the walk with a coffee at PoW WoW towards the bottom of the hill and then get on the train at Iidabashi station...
Restaurant Name: Akagi Tei 赤城亭
Type of food: Lunch time ochazuke or nigiri sets / after 2pm tea & cake
Link: http://www.food-stadium.com/detail/4_38.html
(Second restaurant review on the above page)
Located at the very top of Kagurazaka hill is a Shinto shrine (Akagi Jinja) with lots of red Torii gates leading up to it. Walk up the path towards the main temple building - the restaurant is in one of the first buildings on the left.
Review: You read it here first. This is a very cute place for a light lunch or snack. Highly recommended to tourists who want to explore the attractive Kagurazaka shopping and entertainment street. The restaurant/cafe opened on July 15, 2005 as part of the project to make the shrine more viable or something. It's pretty rare and funky that there should be a cafe/restaurant in an old building in the shrine complex itself.
They offer simple musubi sets and ochazuke set lunches. (We found the ochazuke to be the better option, but musubi were good too). This is not a place where you will fill your face for pennies... but an exquisite location to get a reasonable meal.
Musubi set (2 rice balls & pickles & soup) = 980 yen
Ochazuke set (chicken & other bits to pour on rice / soup & pickles) 1300 yen
Tourist idea = Take the Tozai line to Kagurazaka station. Eat lunch at this restaurant in the temple and then stroll down the hill exploring the little side streets and various stores. Finish the walk with a coffee at PoW WoW towards the bottom of the hill and then get on the train at Iidabashi station...
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Originally Posted by LapLap
Just so I can keep a tab on it. Here's a link to another thread.
(Not cheap, can be seen as being a good deal though
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=520168
(Not cheap, can be seen as being a good deal though
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=520168
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Added Asterix in Akasaka
Added Asterix in Akasaka to the list in my post on page 1 of this thread.
http://www.bento.com/rev/1457.html
http://www.bento.com/rev/1457.html
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Originally Posted by jib71
Added Asterix in Akasaka to the list in my post on page 1 of this thread.
http://www.bento.com/rev/1457.html
http://www.bento.com/rev/1457.html
It crowds up quickly at lunchtime, so get there early (before 11:45) or late, or make a reservation. Menus are in French and Japanese.
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Any chance this could be stickied or included in the master thread? I think it's a great thread.
cheers
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cheers
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