Category Archives: Food & Drink

Dining Out: Wan Love At A Tokyo Dog Cafe

Posted on July 14, 2013 by tokyofox

When you’ve lived in Tokyo for a while you kind of get used to seeing quirky things and they often just don’t even register in your mind as being unusual. This type of cafe was one such example and is … Continue reading →

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Feel The Force: Star Wars x Glico Products

Posted on July 12, 2013 by tokyofox

I got a tip-off the other day that some Convenience Stores had just become stocked full of snacks and drinks with some kind of Star Wars tie-in. Now, of course this sort of thing is nothing new for just about … Continue reading →

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Dining Out: The Jordanian Restaurant in Tokyo Named After a Song

Posted on July 1, 2013 by tokyofox

One of the most common questions I get asked (usually in broken or bad English!) is what’s the best country I’ve ever visited and it’s kind of impossible to answer as how can one really truthfully compare two fairly random countries. … Continue reading →

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Dining Out: A Big Japanese M-eel At Last!

Posted on June 23, 2013 by tokyofox

A common gripe amongst foreigners living in Japan is that the portions just aren’t big enough. Sure, the fast food chains come up with the occasional mega sized special but short of eating 20 dishes at the kaiten-zushi (conveyor belt … Continue reading →

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Dining Out: Caravan Sarai (Afghanistan)

Posted on May 30, 2013 by tokyofox

“Dictation being forced in Afghanistan…” is the opening lyric to the Pet Shop Boys 1988 hit ‘It’s Alright‘ (video still below) and the first time I’d really ever heard of the place not that I would have been able to … Continue reading →

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Vietnam 2013 Pt I: Dining Out In Hanoi

Posted on April 29, 2013 by tokyofox

Vietnam is a deceptively big country – over one and a half thousand kilometres from north to south, although only around 50km wide at its narrowest point. With these long distances in mind, I could only ever get round the … Continue reading →

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Dining Out: Ayung Teras (Indonesia)

Posted on April 8, 2013 by tokyofox

Indonesia was on the brain the other week when I was in an area of Shibuya where there are a couple of Indonesian restaurants and I thought I’d get in on the action. My first choice (based purely on the … Continue reading →

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Shanghai 2013 Pt II: Eating And Sightseeing

Posted on March 24, 2013 by tokyofox

Shanghai is said to be home to the best and most authentic xialongbao (dumplings) and the number one place to sample such a delicacy has to be Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant in the Yuyuan Bazaar area which has been around … Continue reading →

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Shanghai 2013 Pt I: Meeting Up With My Mate Michael

Posted on March 22, 2013 by tokyofox

It may be one of the shortest, easiest places to fly to from Tokyo but I had never visited Shanghai until this last weekend when I spent three nights across the pond in China’s most modern city. I don’t really … Continue reading →

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Dining Out: IKEA (Sweden)

Posted on February 27, 2013 by tokyofox

No sooner had I dined out at this Swedish retail giant and it was in the news headlines for the very thing that I ate in its restaurant. It was reported in the British media that traces of horse meat … Continue reading →

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