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  • Imahan – Tokyo, Japan

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    The place I am sharing with you today is truly special. A very unique experience, outstanding food and a real insight into Japanese culture. Ready? Let’s go! Imahan specialities are sukiyaki and shabushabu. Both cooking methods involve preparing the food at the table. Sukiyaki means that the food is fried in a pan, and shabushabu is…

  • Toritake – Tokyo, Japan

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    A stone’s throw from the busy and world-famous Shibuya crossing, Toritake is a perfect place for a lunch break. Their speciality?  Yakitori ! Yakitori is a cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which meat is skewered and grilled on charcoal fire. Fun fact, yakitori in Japanese means ‘burned chicken’. From the outside you wouldn’t even notice Toritake. It is in…

  • Ichiran – Tokyo, Japan

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    Our first ramen experience in Japan was at Ichiran in Tokyo. We went to their Shinjuku branch as it was the closest to our hotel. I call it an ‘experience’ as it couldn’t have been further away to any restaurant experiences you may have in the western world. In the centre of the vibrant Shinjuku…

  • Back from Japan!

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    I am back beautiful people! Landed yesterday evening in London after 2 amazing weeks in the land of the Rising Sun. Japan was beautiful! I loved every minute of it and I am having a serious case of holiday blues as I type this post at 5 am (jet lag!) on this rainy morning day…