Word of Mouth

Even Goldilocks and the three bears would be able to find the right portions at Akiba Curry Kojo (4-8 Kanda Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku; www.akiba-curry.com). Rice sizes go by milli (180g), regular (300g), mega (450g), and giga (600g), with 13 curries including sweetened allergen-free children’s curry (¥500) and dynamic curry (¥2,500)—a mound of tera-rice topped with prawn, tonkatsu, crab cream korokke, chicken cutlet, sausage, and a sunny-side-up egg.

By: Margarita | Jan 6, 2012 | No Comments | 366 views

word-mouth

Support new opportunities for differently-abled people at Hinatabokko (4-31-23 Honcho, Funabashi-shi, Chiba; www.meturl.com/hinatabokko). This friendly café, one of a slew of initiatives by advocates from charity organization Chiba MD Econet, offers you a curry set with coffee (¥650-1,500), made by people who would be unlikely to find such work elsewhere. The sets come in colorful boxes on bookshelves for you to pick your favorite.

By: Margarita | Jan 6, 2012 | No Comments | 212 views

word-mouth

Push for your favorite K-food at Kanryu Gourmet Festa (Yoyogi Park Event Square, Jan 7, 9am-8pm; Jan 8, 9am-5pm; www.hangfes.com), a two-day festival to elect the best Korean food in Japan. A hundred food stalls will peddle their signature dishes, with thousands of visitors casting their vote on the premises online to decide the Grand Prix dish. Plenty of non-foodie booths will sell other goods and there will be a program of shows, too.

By: Margarita | Jan 5, 2012 | No Comments | 402 views

word-mouth

Ever had a Christmas feast in pitch darkness? Blindfold dining event Kurayami Shokudo, previously reviewed by Metropolis (http://meturl.com/rr917), returns Dec 9-23 at Tanger (1-5-48 Takanawa, Minato-ku). Upon entering the world without light, surrender to the poetic narration guiding your full course meal with wine (¥9,860). Some Japanese is preferred, but curiosity and hunger for inspiration is the key. See http://meturl.com/xmasblindfold for dates and times.

By: Margarita | Dec 1, 2011 | No Comments | 326 views

word-mouth

Eat seasonal botan nabe (boar hot pot) in Mejiro at Anzai (3-1-1 Shimo-Ochiai, Shinjuku-ku; www.gibier-anzai.com), a house-turned-restaurant where the hunter/chef only serves one group (four to ten) per day. Aside from the boar, the full course (¥6,000-¥7,000 pp) includes low-pesticide veg, noodles to cook in the rich broth, and sweets. Lucky punters can try boar liver, spare ribs, sautéed deer meat, etc (¥1,500-2,500). Reserve online.

By: Margarita | Dec 1, 2011 | No Comments | 154 views

See all Word of Mouth