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4 Comments:
Nice blog, nice articles!
Lots of Western food, eh? Looks a lot less traditional than the territory over here in Kyoto, especially on KyotoFoodie.
KFPEKOPEKO at 3:50PM on 11/06/07
I agree. Chotto heavy on the Western food for a guide to Tokyo.
Though I just skimmed the article (so maybe I missed the mention of it), I think that there is actually stuff like ramen and soba in Tokyo--as well as some off the hook yakitori under the tracks and great Korean barbeque.
Tokyo is a serious eats kind of place, if you enjoy Japanese food.
Tokyorosa at 9:57AM on 11/07/07
Nicolas wrote a comment about the Western-heavy stance:
"At some point through my job I decided to think of Tokyo as a global cosmopolitan city rather than a Japanese city. I did eat my share of Japanese food, but on the whole the city boasts food from all over so I tried to cover most styles without tilting too far in any direction."
Five our of the 12 places he mentions aren't Western so I think he made a good balance. He has other blog entries that focus on Japanese food. Hope that helps!
roboppy at 3:28PM on 11/07/07
Hmmm. At the risk of beating a dying and/or dead horse (but think of the horse sashimi!) I still think it smacks a bit of Western ethnocentrism to think of Tokyo as a "global cosmopolitan city [read: Western] rather than a Japanese city." In fact, it is a global cosmopolitan *Japanese* city. Yes, there is great Western food all over Tokyo, but I hope people are travelling to Japan to eat Japanese food. Sure you can find great Mexican there, but don't people also want to know where to find great kaiseki ryori? Great kushi-age? Great chanko-nabe?
I mean, c'mon, you wouldn't travel to Rome to eat sushi or pad Thai or burritos--and Rome is a global cosmopolitan city. And I would hope that a guide to eating in Rome would have more than 4 out of 12 Italian places!
Tokyorosa at 8:24PM on 11/07/07