What wacky innovation will those industrious Japanese boffins come up with next? “Space Beer” apparently. Japanese brewery Sapporo has announced it’s planning to brew a beer made from third generation barley grains that have spent five months on the International Space Station in 2006.
It’s supposedly not being created to allow space station inhabitants to go […]
After a lovely food tour of Tokyo it’s time to get back on the London based Japanese restaurant horse in the form of Wakaba.
Wakaba’s on Finchley Road , quite close to the tube station. It’s got slightly odd frosted windows which at first glance might make you think it’s closed.
The main draw […]
Obachi’s Jacket Lunch Box is quite possibly the best food website on the internet.
Obachi is a Japanese designer who got bored of making himself standard bento boxes (Japanese lunch box) everyday so decided to mix things up a bit by using his bento ingredients to recreate famous album covers.
Here’s Nirvana’s In Utero constructed from rice, […]
2. Tsukiji Fish Market
The business end of the list starts with Tsukiji Fish Market. Not actually a restaurant but a collection of restaurants and the biggest wholesale fish market in the world. If you like sushi and you’re in Tokyo you’d be a bit of a fool not to come here.
I’m told the market itself […]
A fortnight night holiday in Japan can send you to the poor house if your not careful. However you don’t need to go rummaging around bins for food or restricting yourself to MOS burgers to avoid this. Fortunately some quality restaurants in Japan have some real bargains at lunch.
4. Kisoji
Kisoji in Shinjuku’s specialty is […]
6. Ninja Akasaka
If you want to have your food served to you by a bloke dressed up as ninja, there are not too many options. Thankfully Ninja in Akasaka fits the bill. Normally I wouldn’t go in for this themed restaurant malarkey but unlike other themed restaurants in Tokyo the food is really good, and […]