Category: Counter Dining

Bo Innovation – Hong Kong ‘ ‘X-treme Chinese’ What a way to celebrate a birthday
London born Canadian raised Alvin Leung was an engineer for 20 years before he started cooking in Bo Innoseki in 2003, he…

Gatten Sushi – Roppongi Tokyo – gone and probably forgotten
Gatten Zushi was a random stop by at Tokyo’s Roppongi’s district which is kinda like how Leicester Square is to…

Bird Land – Tokyo – Posh Yakitori
I’m no yakitori restaurant expert but after my experience of Pissing Alley the impression was that they were hole-in-the-wall type places,…

Rokurinsha – Tokyo Station – aka Tokyo Ramen Street
Rokurinsha which first opened in June 2009 on the fondly named ‘Ramen Street’ should be firmly on the slurp trail…

Yatai Ramen Takaryu – Tokyo – Ramen is also for the alcoholically impaired
Tonkotsu ramen should come with a powerful viscous broth simmered for hours from a mixture of onion, garlic, spring onions,…

Omoide Yokocho (Piss Alley) Shinjuku Tokyo
A short walk from Shinjuku station will bring you to Omoide Yokocho which translates as “Memory Lane” or as the…

Daiwa Sushi – Tsukiji Fish Market – Tokyo
Tsukiji is Tokyo’s main fish market and it’s the largest of its kind in the world, with over sixty thousand workers…

Ippudo – East Village NYC – ironically the bao blew me away
Ramen is Japan’s answer to soul food and I can get why with those delectable slowly simmered broths made from pork,…
Jewel Bako – Michelin Star NYC Sushi
Jewel Bako has been around since the turn of the century, 2001 to be exact and it’s owned by husband…

El Toro Blanco NYC – my initiation into Mexican food
New York has given me the first for many a dining experience so far, and El Toro Blanco is certainly one…
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