Category: Akasaka

Ueshima

The morning sets at Ueshima Kissaten. The coffee shops are quiet spots to enjoy coffee or get some work done. I love the small fresh salad, thick toast and egg dishes. The Toranomon shop plays jazz in the background. Japanese kissaten coffee shops often have morning sets of coffee and toast and a boiled egg,…

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Onigiri

Excellent onigiri shop Konga in the basement of the Akasaka Biz Tower. The cook apprenticed at the famous Otsuka Bongo onigiri 🍙 shop. Free refill of miso soup. 🥰 It is located near Akasaka Station. Follow the signs for Akasaka Biz Tower. Konga has opened a branch at Haneda Airport. I highly recommend this new…

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Akasaka Tsutsui Yoshoku 赤坂津つ井

Yōshoku, Western-style food modified to the Japanese palate, is comfort food to many Japanese. Yōshoku, written out in Japanese is 洋食, literally, Western food. Popular yōshoku dishes include croquettes, beef stew, and omuraisu, an omelet wrapped around ketchup-flavored rice. Tsutsui is located on the back streets between Roppongi Itchome and Akasaka. I had walked by it many…

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Maison Landemaine

At the French Culinary Institute I completed the bread baking program before doing the culinary program. I love bread. Tokyo is a wonderful city for bread. There are many French boulangeries in Tokyo including Viron, Maison Kayser, and Gontran Cherrier. Add to that impressive collection Maison Landemaine from Paris. I had heard that there were long…

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Taco Rico

I don’t remember when I was so excited about a new restaurant. Taco Rico is in the Ark Hills complex in Roppongi. There are a handful of tables in the brightly lit restaurant, but most of the diners over the busy lunch hour were taking their lunches to go. The shop reminds me of Chipotle with…

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