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I'll be visitng Tokyo soon. If you're on a budget, where can you get the best sushi? Thanks! Peter |
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"beeldbouwer" > wrote in message
oups.com... > I'll be visitng Tokyo soon. If you're on a budget, where can you get > the best sushi? I don't remember too much about price, but I remember the quality was outstanding... Tsukiji. I remember a few not so pleasant things as well, but it all depends on what you're willing to deal with. Here was an interesting link I found concerning just such concern. http://forum.japantoday.com/m_603848.../tm.htm#629112 As the person in the forum suggested, 6AM is a great time to go for all around freshness. Here's why. http://www.tsukiji-market.or.jp/youk..._e/24hours.htm Hope this helps a little. It has been a long time since I was in Tokyo, but I'm fairly sure not much has changed. Good luck. -Lost |
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![]() "beeldbouwer" > wrote in message oups.com... > Hi! > I'll be visitng Tokyo soon. If you're on a budget, where can you get > the best sushi? > Thanks! > Peter > Peter, I've just returned for the umpteenth time and I have a few questions. a) Where are you staying in Tokyo. The city is vast and the rail network isn't easy for the inexperienced traveller. b) Do you speak Japanese? c) How much Yen you willing to pay (remember the drink bill, too) ? d) Anything foodstuffs that you will avoid? Graeme |
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Try www.chowhound.com, international board. Use your browser's search
function. There's at least three posts from various dates asking about sushi in Tokyo. Tsukiji seems to be your best bet; freshest fish at reasonable prices, closest to the source. Daiwa seems to be the main drawer from what I read (long lines, go early). |
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![]() "beeldbouwer" > wrote in message oups.com... > Hi! > I'll be visitng Tokyo soon. If you're on a budget, where can you get > the best sushi? There are 400,000 restaurants in the Tokyo metropolitan area . . . many are sushi restaurants. If you are looking for the best possible sushi, are not with locals and money is no object, Sushi Nakata in the Imperial Hotel. Excellent sushi without being overcharged because you are a gaijin. If you are looking for sushi on a budget, try the basement levels of office buildings in Yurakucho/Marunouchi or even the food level of a department store such as Mitsukoshi (Nihonbashi) or Sogo (Yurakucho). My personal favorite . . . Chiyosei in Morishita. Small, neighborhood sushi shop with a live tank (delicious aji). Went there every Friday night for a couple of years. Owner is Ishii-san. Or if you just want to have some fun, try Kubota-san's yakitori in the "guardo-shita" section of Ginza (2 minutes from Imperial Hotel). Cheap eats, cold beer. My rule for eating out when not with locals is to never go down or up steps .. . . always eat in a shop/restaurant at street level. The list goes on and on and on. |
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D. Lutjen wrote:
> My rule for eating out when not with locals is to never go down or up > steps . . . always eat in a shop/restaurant at street level. I'm curious as to why. -- Ken Blake Please reply to the newsgroup |
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beeldbouwer:
> I'll be visitng Tokyo soon. If you're on a budget, where can you get > the best sushi? My favorite reasonably priced sushi restaurant in Tokyo is Midori Sushi. They have branches in Ginza, Shibuya, Futako Tamagawa, and Umegaoka (main). http://homepage2.nifty.com/sushi_no_midori/ Their fish is always impeccably fresh and the size of the neta is huge compared to most other places. Not only is their sushi great, but they also offer excellent side dishes, like their kaisen (seafood) salad and their maguro no binta yaki (tuna sauteed w/ garlic and soy sauce). My average bill there, including a bottle of beer, is usually about 4,000 yen. They do not take reservations, though, so expect to line up outside the restaurant for up to 30 minutes during peak hours. Also, if you enjoy sake with your sushi, Midori Sushi is a bit lacking in high-end nihonshuu. If you need directions to any of the branches except Ginza (haven't been yet), send me an email. I can also help you with recommendations for other restaurants, depending on the area and cuisine. glenn photon_lab (atmark) hotmail (dot) com |
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"Ken Blake" > wrote in message
... > D. Lutjen wrote: > > > My rule for eating out when not with locals is to never go down or up > > steps . . . always eat in a shop/restaurant at street level. > > > I'm curious as to why. > > -- > Ken Blake Me too. My best guess would be one of two reasons, or both though. 1. So you don't get beat to death. Yeah, I'm serious (okay, slightly exaggerated though). 2. So you don't pay double or triple for something they would normally throw in the garbage. -Lost |
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![]() "Ken Blake" > wrote in message ... > D. Lutjen wrote: > > > My rule for eating out when not with locals is to never go down or up > > steps . . . always eat in a shop/restaurant at street level. > > > I'm curious as to why. Two reasons: 1). You can end up paying far more than you should . . . food might be reasonably priced but that was a ¥5,000 glass of beer you just gulped down and then there is another ¥2,000 for the girl who brought it to you. And your waitress has been replaced by a Yakuza-esque bouncer. 2). Many of the buildings in Japan were built under older building codes so egress in an emergency would be difficult. Visualize narrow hallways, staircases with incredibly steep rise, 3-person elevators, etc. Some may say this is silly but I have come to close to disaster in my travels in East Asia. |
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Hi Graeme, thnx for your reply. Your questions:
a. 1-5-10 Shiba-koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo. 105-0011 (Shiba Park Hotel) b. no i don't speak Japanese c. 150 euro (75 euro per person) d. whale, dolphin Hope to hear from you! |
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D. Lutjen wrote:
> "Ken Blake" > wrote in message > ... >> D. Lutjen wrote: >> >>> My rule for eating out when not with locals is to never go down or >>> up steps . . . always eat in a shop/restaurant at street level. >> >> >> I'm curious as to why. > > Two reasons: > > 1). You can end up paying far more than you should . . . food might > be reasonably priced but that was a ¥5,000 glass of beer you just > gulped down and then there is another ¥2,000 for the girl who brought > it to you. And your waitress has been replaced by a Yakuza-esque > bouncer. > > 2). Many of the buildings in Japan were built under older building > codes so egress in an emergency would be difficult. Visualize narrow > hallways, staircases with incredibly steep rise, 3-person elevators, > etc. Some may say this is silly but I have come to close to disaster > in my travels in East Asia. OK, thanks. But you said ",,,when not with locals." I'm not sure what this (especially number 2) has to do with not being with locals. -- Ken Blake Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Beat to death? Are there areas tourists better stay away from?
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"beeldbouwer" > wrote in message
oups.com... > Beat to death? Are there areas tourists better stay away from? Again, note that was a slight exaggeration. I do mean slight, because it isn't to say it couldn't or wouldn't happen. The last time I was in Japan, I and several of my American colleagues wandered down an alley on the advice of a sharp looking little woman who told us about wondrous meals to be had. Out of six of us in all, all two of them had was a severe beating. Oddly enough, those of us who weren't "white" weren't bothered. So, my best guess and advice, would be stick with your friends and/or locals you're or have become familiar with. Stick to large open spaces and markets (worse that can happen there is pickpocketing). Bear in mind, any and all of these things can happen anywhere in the world. I just remember a lot of Japanese having a particular dislike for "gaijins". Also bear in mind, in my experience, there have been more nice places than bad. I honestly wouldn't worry about a thing unless you decide to jump in a cart with a bunch of rough looking lads and let them tell you the greatest sushi to be had is outside of town in some far off fields. -Lost |
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-Lost wrote:
> I don't remember too much about price, but I remember the quality was outstanding... > Tsukiji. I remember a few not so pleasant things as well, but it all depends on what > you're willing to deal with. Here was an interesting link I found concerning just such > concern. > > http://forum.japantoday.com/m_603848.../tm.htm#629112 > > As the person in the forum suggested, 6AM is a great time to go for all around freshness. > Here's why. > > http://www.tsukiji-market.or.jp/youk..._e/24hours.htm > > Hope this helps a little. It has been a long time since I was in Tokyo, but I'm fairly > sure not much has changed. Good luck. If you do decide to visit Tsukiji, here is a partial list of sushi restaurants in the area encapsulated by a poster on Chowhound late last year: http://www.chowhound.com/boards/intl...ges/34579.html glenn |
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