It’s snowing. And it’s going to snow all through the night. It’ll snow through the show I’ll be playing tonight in Asagaya. So I’m staying in until then. On my stroll back home this morning from Hatagaya, I stopped by the supermarket with a strong urge to make me up a hot bowl of soba. […]
Author Archives: Yoko Kumano
December 6, 2007
USA Bound!
(my version of Yamahomo’s post, copyright infringed) Good bye cold as hell Tokyo, HELLLLLO San Francisco Bay Area! I am going to sunny and warm California in two weeks for ten days. Fruits, cheese, fresh veggies, turkey, In n out, burritos in the Mission, Bouchon (Napa), Zachary’s pizza, mother’s cooking, Berkeley Bowl, Christmas dinner, to […]
December 2, 2007
Second House Shimokitazawa
My friend from San Francisco was visiting me here in Tokyo last weekend and to cure our 3 o’clock sweet tooth, I did what everyone in Western Tokyo should do: go to Second House in Shimokitazawa. Originally a bakery from Kyoto (never been to that one), this piece of heaven serves up delicious (both in […]
October 23, 2007
Probability Out of 10 I Will Eat this Animal Again
After hearing this NPR story about the last horse slaughterhouse in the US closing, I thought to myself ARE there such things as horse slaughterhouses in the US? Growing up in California, certain animals seem to be OFF limits, meaning, animals included in “Save the insert animal – usually a mammal with pretty eyes – […]
September 27, 2007
How One Becomes Spoiled in Tokyo
This sushi was mediocre. But you can’t expect that much from Bikkuri Sushi – a chain restaurant. There was a bit too much rice for each nigiri. However, this is relative – if I had this in the States, I would be ranting about it for weeks. My taste buds have become extremely discriminating since […]
September 18, 2007
Tokyo DisneySea Food Report
Unfortunately (fortunately maybe), I don’t have the pictures to prove it – but I ate three meals just to confirm that Disneyland and its affiliates (DisneySea in this case), regardless of which shore it’s on, serves food so mediocre that it sides on bad. I ate the following: Lunch at the Mediterranean Harbor: Potato Salmon […]
September 14, 2007
TPS Report: TGIF
I realize how slobbish I am when I am at work – self-consious that my colleagues turn away from my desk in disgust. When you pretty much live at your desk, habits are revealed, you get lazy in your own routine and bottom line, you get comfortable and think no one is looking. My worst […]
September 8, 2007
Finding Baby Creatures
Cafe Nid is a little cafe in Omotesando serving mainly Italian dishes. It’s a cozy little spot with some tasty finds. Last night – we were lucky enough to snag a seat on a Friday night (probably because of the typhoon). Anyhow, we ordered karasumi pasta among other things. It was really delicious – morsels […]
September 5, 2007
Natural Lawson Love
Up until Tuesday, I had to cross the street to go to nearest combini (convenient store) at work. In Japan, combinis are rampant – and don’t get the bad rap that convenient stores in America get. They sell a wide assortment of lunchables, drinks, magazines, etc. It’s also a great place to make an emergency […]
August 13, 2007
Adventures in Cold Noodles and Mad Turtles
It probably reached the usual 96 or so degrees F in Tokyo yesterday. On days like these, it’s hard to tear yourself away from the air conditioning vent. But at around one o’clock, this was achieved knowing that food adventures were to be experienced. Upon flipping through Brutus’ issue on parks, there was a review […]