tokyo food journal
Finding good food is a top priority when Ben and I travel. It puts you in touch with the country’s culture and connects you with its people. I, unfortunately, don’t read or speak any Japanese (except for a handful of vocabulary) but Ben buckled down a couple of months before our trip and learned enough to get us around comfortably, order food, and even ask for recommendations. Here’s a collection of some of our favorite meals in Tokyo.
first dinner in Tokyo
curry dog taiyaki -- better than it sounds
my favorite thing we ate -- New Year's ozoni
we searched hard for this one -- ichigo mochi
grilled buns with various fillings
New Year's festival food -- candied strawberry
not just any old steamed potato
street cart okinomiyaki
5am breakfast at Tsukiji Fish Market -- uni, toro, and tamago
still warm sweet potato mochi in kawagoe
the best salmon onigiri I've ever eaten
second breakfast of the day -- strawberry and chestnut mochi
one of many, many crepes
our last lunch -- pretty and delicious
These meals anchor all the good memories we made in Tokyo. We’ve always had great food experiences while traveling in Japan, and this trip was no different.
January 17th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
The $6 per slice cake!
Lol. I recently watched a Jdrama and one of the characters ate a strawberry daifuku and he commented that it was a great invention! I was wondering how it tasted. Was it good???
January 18th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
wasn’t it $8 per slice? either way, totally worth it.
the daifuku mochi was incredible… i’d been wanting to try it for years and it was everything i expected it to be! you would’ve loved it, sus.
June 11th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
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