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TOKYO FOOD FILE

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 1, 2005
Osteria La Luna Rossa: Moon shines brightly in Naka-Meguro
La Luna Rossa is one of those excellent little places that fly under the critical radar, avoiding the hyperventilation of the vernacular media but generating a deep, slow-sure buzz of appreciation among the culinary cognoscenti. In the parlance of the showbiz world, it's a sleeper.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 18, 2005
Sosaibo: Zen to warm the soul
Zen is austere and meditative. It is the practice of ascetic self-denial on the path to serenity and satori. It is the cult of monochrome and minimalism. Above all, it is serious -- and so is its food, the vegetarian tradition known as shojin ryori.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Mar 4, 2005
Casa Paradis Barcelona: Tapas and paella in Shibuya
Much like Pavlov's poor, sad, salivating dogs, we can never pass a restaurant without going inside if there's a paella pan, some empty sherry bottles and a red-and-yellow flag outside. This weakness for Spanish food often results in disappointment: mediocre tapas and the music of The Gypsy Kings can...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 18, 2005
Restaurant t.r: A 't.r iffic' little diner
One of Tokyo's unique pleasures is being able to eat out in restaurants that are no bigger -- and often considerably smaller -- than your own living room. There are thousands of places around the city with kitchens the size of closets and counters that seat less than a dozen, but which nonetheless serve...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 4, 2005
In search of the real flavor of Yokohama's Chukagai
In some quarters it's become almost knee-jerk to denigrate Yokohama's Chinatown. Too clean and tidy, they sneer, it feels like a theme park. It's just for tourists. And, the most serious charge of all, the food just isn't authentic. To which the Food File would retort: Perhaps so; not necessarily; and...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 21, 2005
Inakaya East: Performance art of the robatayaki
As you slide open the door and enter, a chorus of yells assails your ears, echoing around the room. Before you are even seated, there will be more shouts and responses unleashed by the same bevy of full-throated floor staff. And then again when you order that first drink. And so on all evening. Welcome...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 7, 2005
Ebisu Imaiya Saryou: A yakitori pavilion that rules the roost
A brave new Year of the Rooster has dawned -- so what better way to celebrate it than by eating one? On such auspicious occasions as this, naturally, only the finest fowl will do -- and it's hard to find any that taste better than the variety known as Hinai jidori.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 17, 2004
Raising a glass to the Food File's faves
The goose is getting fat and so too is your humble correspondent, after another year of gobbling his way through some of the best dining that Tokyo has to offer -- not to mention a sizable dollop of the mediocre and worse. But it's not just gluttony that keeps the Food File going, nor merely devotion...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 3, 2004
Olives Tokyo: For a night to remember
It was one of those evenings that called for -- nay, stridently demanded -- a special celebration. Not a quiet, intimate table a deux; nor some sober parade of rarified gourmet delicacies; but a full-on, self-indulgent feast in a setting to match. It was time for dinner at Olives.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Nov 19, 2004
Kizakura: Game, set and match in fashion central
Food is fashion in this city and, inevitably, food is also foreplay -- especially in the ritzier parts of town. More often than we care to recall we have found that swish furnishings and subdued lighting are danger signals, warning of meals that are self-conscious, mediocre and overpriced. How nice it...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Nov 5, 2004
Nezu Club: Closer to real soul of Tokyo
Just like stepping back in time. The soul of traditional Tokyo. Ancient Edo preserved in amber.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 15, 2004
Kitchen: S.E. Asian fare with a personal touch
Unlikely as it may seem, there's a vegetable boom sweeping the nation. And no food dovetails better with this new healthy ethos than Vietnamese -- at least the way it is eaten in its homeland.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Oct 1, 2004
Top tapas made the Tio Danjo way
Tio Danjo is not a large place, and it's hard enough at the best of times to reserve a table at short notice. At the end of last month, though, it was nigh on impossible. Owner-chef Keita Danjo had just come back from one of his regular visits to Madrid, and the word was out among regular customers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 17, 2004
Food fit for a doge on canals of Venice
Eating where the tourists eat is always a risky proposition, especially in a city like Venice, whose sole raison d'e^tre is tourism. Along the city's main arteries and tourist sites, the restaurants are often disappointing -- and sometimes even disastrous. But, as we found on a quick visit there earlier...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Sep 3, 2004
Arossa spreads Antipodean goodness
Ever since it opened, the Food File has been a major fan of Arossa, the Aussie-specialist wine bar and restaurant out on the leafy fringes of Shibuya's Shoto district. We like the modern styling, the extensive cellar of Antipodean wines and the sophisticated food menu. But there is one area in which...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 20, 2004
Chilling out with noodles in summertime
These are days of heat and tribulation. For 40 days and 40 nights we sweltered and sweated through that record heat wave -- and there's plenty more of the summer yet to come. Not surprisingly, given these almost biblical weather conditions, our main source of solace and sustenance has been noodles --...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 6, 2004
Galali: Summertime, and the grazing is easy
Tongues lolling, throats parched, energy levels flagging, taste buds shriveled . . . When the summer heat sets in, nobody feels like hefty meals. It's the time of year when you have to coax your appetite into action. This is the season for grazing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 16, 2004
Fishmarket Taproom: Chugging down the coast
The Food File does not often leave Tokyo. Why should we, when there's so much great eating to be had within the sprawling confines of this massive city? But when it comes to good drinking, that's a different story altogether. We will gladly go the extra mile (or 70) if there's a pint or two of fine ale...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 2, 2004
Pot-Bouille's recipe for success: just keep it simple
Stop me if you've heard this one before: Parisian banlieu decor; no-frills wooden tables in cozy proximity; Pernod and Lillet bottles on the shelf behind the bar; the obligatory espresso machine; a short wine list; and a menu of brasserie staples chalked on a blackboard brought round to your table by...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jun 18, 2004
Acca: Italian cucina meets 21st-century Tokyo
Twenty-five years ago the idea of mixing Japanese and Western cuisines was tantamount to heresy. A decade or so back it was cutting-edge novelty, embraced (and then almost as quickly disparaged) as "fusion." These days, in Tokyo at least, it is fast becoming the postmodern standard. And the results can...
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Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
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Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
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