We had beef for lunch. Then we wanted beef again for dinner. No regrets. My husband and I had been eyeing Gyukatsu Motomura for ages, and their Shibuya branch sits at a ridiculous 4.9 stars across 16.5k Google reviews. That’s not a typo. So off we went to find out whether the hype holds up. […]
I used to be a medium-doneness person. Always. Steak came to the table and I’d ask for it cooked through enough that nothing looked too pink, let alone red. Then Japan happened. One rare roast beef bowl at Red Rock later, and my whole stance collapsed. Now I’m chasing that soft, blushing pink beef everywhere […]
Cold weather does strange things to me. One minute I’m fine, the next I’ve got the sniffles and I’m craving a hot bowl of noodles with an intensity that borders on unreasonable. We’d been out all day and crawled back to the hotel late. A quick Google search for anything still open near Sotetsu Grand […]
After soaking in those jaw-dropping 360-degree skyline views at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, we hopped over to our dinner spot just a stone’s throw away — Tempura Shinjuku Tsunahachi Tsunohazuan. Hubby had prepaid the reservation via Pocket Concierge (an AMEX-owned platform for booking Japan’s finer dining spots), putting his AMEX Platinum Charge dining credits […]
Our shinkansen pulled into Tokyo from Nagano right on schedule, and we hauled our luggage to the hotel by 1pm. Problem was, official check-in wasn’t until 3pm, and we weren’t about to fork out a surcharge for the sake of two hours. So we dumped our bags and headed out, absolutely starving. Beef had been […]
