People are very serious about soba – buckwheat noodles – in the Kansai region and nowhere more serious than Genji Soba. Genji was founded in 1929 down at Shinsekai and…
Shopping in Japan is exhausting and it is amazing what a little green tea and a whole lot of sugar can do to recharge your enthusiasm.
While the hoards of tourists flock to teppan restaurants like Chibo and the more upmarket President Chibo, I much prefer to eat with the locals at Fukutaro in Namba. This…
I am pretty sure Hakobune means “a place to get properly drunk” because that’s what happens every time I sample from the 500+ strong sake list. This irori style restaurant…
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of eating horse and in particular basashi or horsemeat sashimi. For many years I have yearned to visit Kumamoto and dine on…
As a frequent traveller to Tokyo I have never been a big fan of the Roppongi area, however Shogo Takeda head chef of Nabura has managed to change my mind.…
As a card carrying carnivore I wouldn’t normally get excited about vegetarian food but I’ve just flown 11 hours, caught 2 trains, a cable car and a very dodgy bus,…
The locals from Osaka say the area south of Tsutenkaku Tower is full of danger. After taking a wrong turn (south) at Shin-Imamiya station I found myself in the dead…
Dinner at 3 Michelin star Chihana is in intimate affair. Run by Katsuyoshi Nagata, Chef / Restaurateur, there are 8 counter seats, a traditional tatami room and a private room…
Forever and ever – Raamen Taking international flights are all about temptation, not the sort of temptation you can easily ignore but one that takes a steely resolve to resist.…