Bake Cheese Tart, a bakery that originated in Hokkaido, Japan, recently opened with much anticipation (by me, anyway) at the new Shinsegae Mall in Daegu. Bake, like many Japanese specialty food shops, is the type of place that focuses on perfecting and making only one thing: cheese tarts. That’s it. One type of baked good. One flavor. With a line that snaked all around the basement food court to get a taste of this delicious treat.
Just above our local grocery store and below a towering high-rise apartment building are a cropping of restaurants, shops, and cafes practically hidden from plain view. After a morning of grocery…
After an afternoon of sightseeing at Meiji Shrine, we walked to nearby Harajuku in search of "the perfect cup" of coffee.Behind the Tadao Ando-designed Omotesando Hills shopping center, through a residential…
When one of Sly's friends found out we were visiting Tokyo he insisted that we eat at Gyu-katsu Motomura, claiming it to be one of the best things he ever ate.…
After spending a few days with family, we boarded a train for Tokyo. We made sure to bring our appetites along for the ride. So far I had eaten mostly (non-Japanese)…