Category Archives: Food & Drink

Dining Out: One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Bluefish

Posted on February 10, 2007 by tokyofox

Sometime during the 1990s I watched a dramatic TV show that brought me close to tears as I thought a much loved character was about to be killed off. What is surprising is that that show was the second series of … Continue reading →

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MekkusaCuppaGreenTeaMiDuck

Posted on January 28, 2007 by tokyofox

Never thought it would happen to me but I’ve started regularly drinking green tea. It started off a while back at the Kaiten-Zushi (conveyor-belt sushi) as something to quench my thirst and has developed from there into buying teabags and drinking … Continue reading →

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Dining Out: Catch Of The Day!

Posted on November 23, 2006 by tokyofox

Had a day off on Wednesday so my girlfriend and I went for a quick wander around Shinjuku Gyoen (garden) which features three garden types: England, France and Japan itself. However it was still a bit too early to see a big change in … Continue reading →

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Dining Out: Yokohama Ramen Museum

Posted on November 14, 2006 by tokyofox

Some of you may have noticed a lot of food related entries here lately with most of them involving ramen which is kind of the unofficial national dish here living in the shadows of sushi. For those who still don’t … Continue reading →

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Dining Out: Umemoto In Zoshigaya

Posted on October 31, 2006 by tokyofox

Yet another food story I’m afraid. Since I started jogging (over 3 months now and counting!) I have seen a lot more of my local area and on the days when I have ran in daylight I have often been past a tiny little … Continue reading →

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Dining Out: A Sparrow In The Works!

Posted on October 29, 2006 by tokyofox

On Saturday night I went to an early 20th century Japanese themed izakaya here in Ikebukuro which was full of many cheap dishes including some more unusual ones such as frog which I sampled. No problem eating this and it just tasted … Continue reading →

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Beating The Queues

Posted on October 29, 2006 by tokyofox

I have talked before about how Japanese people are prepared to queue up outside restaurants for long times if it means getting good quality food. As one who has not much sense of taste when it comes to food I … Continue reading →

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A Lot Of Dieting Is Wishful Shrinking!!

Posted on August 3, 2006 by tokyofox

The recent World Cup resulted in me consuming more beer than usual as well as irregular eating and sleeping habits. On top of that I haven’t really done any regular exercise since I stopped playing indoor football on the graveyard … Continue reading →

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Dining Out: A Pizza Non-Japanese Food For Me

Posted on July 18, 2006 by tokyofox

Many of my students seem to live in a world where they think us ‘gaijin‘ only use knifes and forks and don’t eat Japanese food. This is so untrue and a little annoying for most of us but maybe they … Continue reading →

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Food For Thought

Posted on June 4, 2006 by tokyofox

Its a fact that Asian people are far more obsessed by food than their European counterparts and it took me a while to realise when I got to Japan as I was so often asked about Japanese food by students … Continue reading →

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