First off, I would like to state a big caveat to this review, which is that the subjectivity in this post is probably much greater than in my other posts. In fact, it’s a little strange to write a food review about a Japanese izakaya, or pub, since it is more often than not the [...]
Category > Japan
UENO METROPIA CASA [CASA上野メトロピア店] @ Ueno, Kanto Region, Japan
Ueno in my opinion, is a great place to set up base camp in any trip that centers on the Kanto region. The bullet and airport trains run through, there’s shopping around the area, there’s a nice bakery (remember to go after 9.30 p.m. for discounts!); this time round, I also discovered a nice family [...]
MANPUKU-TEI ( まんぷく亭) @ Takayama City, Hida Area, Japan
Takayama City is a place that doesn’t appear to see much activity once it hits 5 p.m. in the afternoon, which makes it a little hard to scout for a dinner venue. I did notice some hustle and bustle nearer to the eastern part of JR Takayama Station, where Takayama Jinya and several ryokan are [...]
ROEN (炉宴 ) @ Takayama City, Japan
During my time in Takayama City, in Japan’s Hida Area, I was lucky to stay in a hotel which hosted a restaurant good enough to make it into the Japanese guide books as a place specializing in charcoal-grilled cuisine. Well, I was staying at the Hida Takayama Washington Hotel Plaza, just across from JR Takayama [...]
Chinese Restaurant SUIHOU (翠鳳) @ Narita Airport, Japan
It’s a sign of the times when you walk through Japan’s Narita Airport looking for food, and half of the six restaurants you pass by are selling Chinese food. Discussions on the mass migration of people aside, I was able to locate this place called SUIHOU (翠鳳), the Japanese reading for Jade Phoenix, which [...]
