Tokyo must eats?
#18
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota,USA
Programs: UA, NW
Posts: 3,752
If you want high-quality sushi and don't care about the name recognition of the source, go to the fish department of a major department store. There is almost always a little sushi bar tucked away in a corner, and the quality tends to be high.
#19
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 259
If you like cheap kaitenzushi go to Uobei in Shibuya. You order on a tablet and your food comes on an automated tray that stops in front of your seat. Popular with tourists. If I have visitors I always take them there. Can get crowded around dinner time but the line moves quickly.
#20
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: HIO
Programs: AS MVPG 75K (Pure AS)
Posts: 194
The chef-owner and his wife (who is the anchor of the front of the house) were wonderfully hospitable, and coincidentally, I had just read about him in a magazine-sponsored culinary competition on the plane to NRT. He hadn't seen the issue yet because it hadn't made it to Japan! It was a nice entry point to conversation, and both of them were very open about their experiences.
The food, too, was interesting and tasty (not necessarily in that order ). Is it hard to book? Probably, although our concierge didn't seem to have trouble. I don't think you need to be a pretentious twit (or however "foodie" is being implicitly defined about) to eat there, though (and it probably would dull your experience there, too).
To your original request: must eat? I dunno. Highly recommended, for sure. But to answer the initial query, I'd want to know more about your food priorities. You can get world-class food from so many cuisines in Tokyo (and even from so many Japanese culinary specialties, too, like ramen, tempura, sushi, etc). Is your priority specifically these kinds of Japanese dishes? If so, Takazawa might not make the 'must eat' list. If not, it would be under consideration for me.
#21
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 13
Wow. I thought no one was going to post in my thread.
I've been to Takazawa and it was great. I love Maru for a local vibe. But I just stumbled across this gem of a place, Yakumo Saryo. it's invitation only for dinner (I have an in) and open for lunch without.
I've been to Takazawa and it was great. I love Maru for a local vibe. But I just stumbled across this gem of a place, Yakumo Saryo. it's invitation only for dinner (I have an in) and open for lunch without.