During our short visit to Japan, we made sure to spend some time with my gourmet sister, so she can show us all the great spots for food and drinks! One of the places she took us was a local bar, specializing in craft beers from all over Japan. It had a small storefront, where […]
Category: Tokyo
Manneken @ Ginza
While we were in Japan, my gourmet sister took us around to a few delicious places around Ginza. One of the places we went was a small waffle shop, not a café but take-out only kind of shop. We went late one evening on weeknight, and it was not busy. My sister told us they […]
Tsukiji Sushi Say @ Tokyo Station
Before we went to Japan, we saw a TV clip of this place in Tokyo Station. We really, really wanted to go there, so made sure that we will be in Tokyo station one morning. I heard that they get lines in the morning, even before they open up at 7am. We didn’t go quite […]
Food on Plane: JAL 2017
One of the thing that everyone gets curious about when traveling via plane is, what kind of food are they serving on the plane? Well, at least I do. I wrote about the food on plane of All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) in 2015 (you can read about it here: http://www.foodlovergirl.com/food-on-plane-ana-jal/ ). It […]
Bohemian Nishiazabu #2
One of my favorite Japanese restaurants in NYC is Bohemian. (You can read about it here: http://www.foodlovergirl.com/bohemian/ and here: http://www.foodlovergirl.com/bohemian-2/ ). After I first visited Bohemian several years ago, I got connected to Bohemian Nishiazabu in Japan. When we finally got to visit Bohemian Nishiazabu (You can read about it here: http://www.foodlovergirl.com/bohemian-nishiazabu/). We went back for the […]
Straw Hat Café @ Ghibli Museum
During our visit to Japan, one of the top places we wanted to go was Ghibli Museum, and dine at their Straw Hat Café. We are a big fan of their animated films, and I heard such great things about this museum from my family. The admission ticket is not easy to get, so we […]
Seven Eleven @ Japan
I talked about how rice balls or onigiri is getting popular in NYC, and they have some fancy rice balls for high price tags. At the Hanamizuki Café, the small fancy rice balls can cost you around $4 – $5 each (you can read about it here: http://www.foodlovergirl.com/hanamizuki-cafe/). At Omusubi Gonbei inside Mitsuwa Market Place […]
Reissue
One of the spots that my hubby really wanted to go while we were in Japan was this cafe called Reissue. It is located on a second floor of a concrete building on a narrow street. Even though it is very close to the center of Harajuku with crazy amount of people and store, it […]
KitKat Chocolatory @ Takashimaya
One thing Japanese people do so much better than anyone else (in my opinion) is how they elevate desserts and sweets to the next level. They even make a simple snack, KitKat to something fancy and elegant! We went to visit one of their KitKat “Chocolatory” locations in Tokyo. The store was decorated like some […]
Sushi Hide
One of the best thing about Japan is the accessibility to super fresh, high quality, delicious sushi. Not some sushi joint that is owned and operated by non-Japanese staff, who might have received their sushi “certification” at some two-week sushi making course. We got to visit really nice sushi spot in Tokyo. They had interesting […]