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Kakoiya, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
We had a table at Kakoiya Shinjuku (かこいや 新宿店) for our ice-breaking ski group dinner of about 14-15 of us. I didn’t know pretty much all of them until I met them for the first time at the station, but most of them already knew one another from previous ski trips. After a lot of…
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Tsukiji Tama Sushi, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Tsukiji Tama Sushi (築地玉寿司) is located on the 13th floor of the Shinjuku Takashimiya (新宿高島屋) department store building. We weren’t sure what to have for lunch at first, but I immediately voted for the restaurant when I saw the all-you-can-eat (食べ放題) menu on the front door. They charge different prices for male and female customers:…
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Ippudo, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
We regrouped for dinner at Ginza after we got our ski gear from Kanda. There was an Ippudo in the district, and since the brother’s friends were fans of the Hong Kong branches, they decided to try the restaurant for comparison. Eating ramen in Japan? I think so, yes! Ippudo Ginza (一風堂 銀座店) is located…
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Coco Ichibanya, Okachimachi Kasuga-Dori, Tokyo, Japan
It was our first night in Japan; it’s winter; it’s pouring; we got up at some ridiculous hours for our flight earlier in the morning. By the time we settled down after the long trip from the airport lugging our suitcases up and down and left and right, the brother and I were reasonably cold,…
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Wanya Japanese Restaurant, Central, Hong Kong
The family wanted to have a special dinner out because I’ll be leaving Hong Kong soon and won’t be returning for who knows how long. The last time I went back we tried this all-you-can-eat Japanese restaurant that we liked, so we decided to do it again — which is funny, because the brother and…
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Crust Pizza Merrylands
Felt like pizza again but Domino’s discontinued their low carb base and the local store wasn’t opened for the day (it’s Boxing Day!), so I guess it’s time for me to try something a little different this time. I searched for whatever pizza stores still delivered, found Crust at Merrylands, grumbled about their price and…
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Birthday Dinner at Sokyo, Pyrmont
It’s my birthday soon so good friends and colleagues Yuzhong and Ali took me to Sokyo to celebrate. We booked a table and got there early enough when the place still wasn’t very packed. It did get quite noisy later in the night after the rest of the tables filled up. Yuzhong and Ali knew…