On my trip to Tokyo in September, I happened to stumble upon a courtyard full of roses and sparkling lights.
Posts Tagged ‘銀座’
The Expat Chef’s Culinary Tour of Tokyo: The Pantry
Posted in Culture, Restaurant Reviews, Tokyo, Travel, tagged パントリー, 銀座, Ginza, Homework, Marunouchi, Pantry, ShinTokyo Building, Tokyo, turkey, 新東京ビル, 東京, 七面鳥, 丸の内 on 2010/10/19| Leave a Comment »
Part 4: Turkey and Vegetarian Sandwiches in Marunouchi
I love turkey, and I don’t just mean for Thanksgiving. I don’t think I realized just how much turkey I used to eat in the States until I moved here. Sure, I could make chicken sandwiches, provided I get the right kind of bread at the store (ha). But nothing is like going to the nice grocery store by my old apartment and getting a quarter-pound of hand-sliced Michigan-raised turkey to make turkey sandwiches with real cheese and real bread.
Sigh.
I was back in the US briefly last week, and I think I managed to eat turkey almost once a day, including some very nice turkey my mother roasted and sliced up herself.
I won’t be ordering a turkey on the Foreign Buyers’ Club this year, for fear that a 4-lb bird will not fit in my oven range. (Never mind that I have never cooked a whole bird.) However, I did find a sandwich shop in Marunouchi, Tokyo, that serves not only turkey “burgers” but also a decent selection of vegetarian sandwiches.
The Expat Chef’s Culinary Tour of Tokyo: The Beat Diner
Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Tokyo, Travel, tagged ザ・ビート・ダイナー, 銀座, Ginza, Hibiya, Takarazuka, The Beat Diner, Tokyo, yurakucho, 座, 日比谷, 有楽町 on 2010/10/04| Leave a Comment »
Part 3: Hamburgers near Hibiya
Despite all the lovely tofu, Japan certainly doesn’t lack for meat. As I’ve written before, you can get all the McDonalds and “hamburg steaks” (ハムバーグ) you want here, but finding a hamburger on a bun with toppings and vegetables is somewhat of a trick. (And no, they don’t sell hamburger buns at the store.)
I first read about the Beat Diner in The Japan Times when it ran a special on gourmet hamburgers in Tokyo. (more…)