Ed’s recent post over at Tomato prompted me to proclaim “Meeee tooo!” and reveal that EG and I had also indulged in a little patisserie pleasure at the hands of Pierre Herme when in Tokyo recently. So what’s all the fuss about? Well these macarons have been lauded by the food media/blogs as [...]
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Written by mellie on December 4th, 2007 | Tags: biscuits, Japan |  13 comments |  Print This Post |  Email This Post2-14-21 Shinyokohama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-City 222-0033, Japan Tel: (81-45) 471-0503 http://www.raumen.co.jp/english My ramen obsession began when I first saw Juzo Itami’s 1985 comedy, Tampopo (Dandelion). Tagged as the first Japanese “noodle western”, this quirky film provided great insight into the importance of food in Japanese society as well as thoroughly exploring the ways in which [...] Written by ElegantGourmand on December 1st, 2007 | Tags: Japan, Ramen | 11 comments | Print This Post | Email This PostMy secret little obsession with Japanese Kit Kats was previously confessed on this blog. So you can only imagine how absolutely thrilled I was to be able to ferret out these wafery-chocolatey fingers of goodness on their home turf. Honestly, I think I damn near drove EG spare with my incessant “Kit Kat checks” [...] Written by mellie on November 26th, 2007 | Tags: Japan, Kit Kat | 26 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post1-13-11 Nishi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031 Website: http://www.gonpachi.jp/ The famous battle scene in Kill Bill is one that is not forgotten easily. Yes, Uma Thurman swanning around in her yellow jumpsuit being all scary with her big samurai sword is tres impressive, but the set also leaves it’s mark. Quentin Tarantino must have been similarly [...] Written by mellie on November 24th, 2007 | Tags: Japan | 16 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post |
  
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