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My plate of negi miso rosu arrived with the pork drenched in thick black miso and topped with a big handful of roughly chopped leeks. It seems like a waste to drown the fried pork in sauce, but the meat was hearty enough to stand up to the miso, especially with the well-distributed pockets of fat that come with a good cut of rosu.

So this is what hundred year old sukiyaki tastes like

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November 20, 2020July 13, 2022 Alvin Lee 1 comment

Asakusa is where you find many traditional Japanese restaurants, and Imahan is as traditional as it gets. The next time you’re in the neighbourhood visiting the Tokyo Skytree and Sensoji Temple, make sure to have lunch at Asakusa Imahan, for the unforgettable taste of hundred year old sukiyaki.

Winter Illumination 2017 - Tokyo Midtown

They say that winters are beautiful in Tokyo

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November 16, 2020November 26, 2022 Alvin Lee 2 comments

For every snowflake that Tokyo loses out on, she makes up for it in lightbulbs. Colourful and dazzling lights in the form of winter illuminations.

Work travel is a necessary evil, but at least you get to eat well

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October 10, 2020October 5, 2023 Alvin Lee

I used to travel quite a fair bit for work and during a four-year period from 2015 to 2019, I had made 26 round-trip flights to Tokyo for an average of one trip every two months. Here are some of the memorable meals that I’ve had during the four years when I was commuting to Tokyo.