March 3, 2007
Maybe it’s an ominous sign that my first blog entry as the Tokyo correspondent for Umami Mart is about being unsuccessful on my first assignment – write a review on Matsuya.There are a slew of other teishoku (set meal) chain stores like Matsuya – i.e. Yoshinoya, ã™ã家, etc. These are establishments that serve set meals […]
March 1, 2007
looks like a slew of japanese food companies and the tourism agency are putting on a Japanese Restaurant Week from sunday 3/4-monday 3/12 (odd dates, but i’ll take it). not quite sure what the prices will be like or what kind of “discount” it will end up being- i’m guessing they will all differ, seeing […]
February 28, 2007
what can i say, i was wrong about Frank. i didn’t think he had the balls to respond to Chodorow, but clearly he’s gone flaunting his balls all around town. Frank’s review this week in the Times was possibly the most hilarious piece i’ve read by him since his tell-all play-by-play as an undercover waiter […]