Noodles Mess With My Head

A ramen shop destroyed a dream today. Ramen Jiro is one of Tokyo’s more famous ramen chains. The original shop is just a few minutes away from my apartment, but I have never gone in the year and half we’ve lived here. I never wanted to wait in the shop’s long line, so I did [...]

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My Phone is Full of Noodles

Or alternatively titled, All Ramen are Not Created Equal.  Found on my phone: Tomato ramen, otherwise known as spaghetti soup.  OK, maybe only I call it that. Black ramen, burnt to a crisp. 4 am ramen.  At that hour, taste doesn’t even matter.

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Snack

Sometimes a girl just needs to post a picture of her ramen. I was really in it for the corn, which I scooped out with my special slotted spoon.  Sweet.

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An Afternoon Stroll

On Saturday Dan and I took a stroll to Nippori in search of Yanaka Ginza.  We recently purchased a new camera and thought the quaint shopping street would be perfect for some practice shots. But first, no afternoon stroll through Tokyo can begin without ramen: We didn’t even make it to the train station before [...]

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A Day of Eating

I’d like to invite you along on a day of gluttonous behavior. Last weekend Dan and I explored Kichijoji, hip place for living 15 minutes west of Shinjuku on the Chūō line.  Our plan was to take a walk, find some lunch, and perhaps do a little window shopping.  We really didn’t get too far [...]

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Quarter Pounder With Noodles

What’s your million dollar idea? You know the one. The thing that occupies your mind when you’re scraping mangled receipts and Post-it note reminders out of a washing machine lint trap.

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Food Porn

In preparation for the Azabu Juban Noryo festival happening in our neighborhood this weekend, where I plan to eat my way from street-to-street for 3 straight days, I thought I’d clear some space on my camera and share a few food pics I’ve had in the vault. I’m not sure our hurry-and-take-the-photo-so-I-can-shove-this-in-my-mouth photography really deserves the label “food porn,” but in any case, I thought these few photos were worth sharing. Itadakimasu!

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Mothra has landed.

We finally made it to Tokyo!  Dan and I arrived in Tokyo on Saturday afternoon, after a smooth and quiet trip across the northern hemisphere.  We saw some beautiful scenery out the window as we flew over the mountains in Alaska.  I think I’ll put that on my list of places to visit.  But back [...]

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