Finally managed to visit this place again to get some pictures. I have been salivating for their beef bowls from the moment we decided to visit Tokyo again. My local friend brought me here last year and though there was a line, the food was definitely worth the wait. Red Rock uses the vending-machine system […]
Hakata Furyu
I’m generally not a big fan of ramen, however for the sake of letting my friend try something new, we went to a ramen place along Akihabara. Surprisingly enough, I found out later on that this was quite a popular ramen shop too. They use the vending-machine process, which is especially useful for non-Japanese-speaking customers […]
Zauo: Fishing Izakaya
Zauo has various restaurants across Japan and we were lucky to have one near our hotel. The restaurant’s selling point is their indoor fish pond where you have the opportunity to fish for your own dinner! Apparently each restaurant is designed a little differently, and as you can see here the one we visited had […]
Hassan: shabu-shabu and sushi specialty restaurant
My brother’s go-to shabu-shabu place in Roppongi, Tokyo. It is a nice, quiet, fine dining restaurant so you’ll need to be prepared to spend some money but it goes by all-you-can-eat style so it’s worth it (especially if you go in a group!) in my opinion. Obviously, everything is refillable and the menu you’re given […]
Ganso Kujiraya (元祖 くじら屋)
The sign out front says it all: “We are a whale meat restaurant.” The meals come in sets (like the one at the bottom) with you choosing how you want the whale meat prepared for your main dish. Left to right from the pictures we had: raw whale sashimi, whale skin (separate dish), whale steak, […]