Tag: sushi

travel: scatter my ashes at isetan…

~ My friend Tomo knows I have a hard time finding clothes that fit.  So, she took me to Isetan. Isetan is a high-end department store in Tokyo’s hyper-commercialized Shinjuku ward (the department store is located next to Shinjuku Station, the busiest train station in the world).  The leather and laces lining the walls of its shoe section, alone, […]

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travel: scatter my ashes at isetan…

~ My friend Tomo knows I have a hard time finding clothes that fit.  So, she took me to Isetan. Isetan is a high-end department store in Tokyo’s hyper-commercialized Shinjuku ward (the department store is located next to Shinjuku Station, the busiest train station in the world).  The leather and laces lining the walls of its shoe section, alone, […]

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review: diva in white mourning…

masa New York, New York Of masa, the once-most expensive restaurant in the U.S., the few I know who have eaten there have said: save your money and go to Japan instead. Having (finally) eaten at masa, I can’t say I would disagree with that advice. This tiny temple of Japanese gastronomy was the talk […]

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review: diva in white mourning…

masa New York, New York Of masa, the once-most expensive restaurant in the U.S., the few I know who have eaten there have said: save your money and go to Japan instead. Having (finally) eaten at masa, I can’t say I would disagree with that advice. This tiny temple of Japanese gastronomy was the talk […]

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review: unpalatably hip sushi…

Jewel Bako Originally uploaded by ulterior epicure Jewel Bako A few weeks ago, I had planned on having a fabulous omakase with Hideo-san at Ushiwakamaru in New York. Two days before my reservation, the restaurant called to inform me that the Department of Health had closed it down and would not plan on re-opening for […]

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review: unpalatably hip sushi…

Jewel Bako Originally uploaded by ulterior epicure Jewel Bako A few weeks ago, I had planned on having a fabulous omakase with Hideo-san at Ushiwakamaru in New York. Two days before my reservation, the restaurant called to inform me that the Department of Health had closed it down and would not plan on re-opening for […]

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