Lost In Translation

West Park Cafe

Eggs benedict at the West Park Cafe in Yoyogi Uehara. This is one of my favorite weekend places, because they have western style brunch, burgers, and great sandwiches. Also, this one opens up the windows (see below).

Monthly Special

"Dragon" mabu dofu don buri (spicy goodness).

Zest Premium Burger

I tried Zest Premium Burger at LaQua yesterday since I was in the area to take care of some business. I think the Garlic and Peppercorn Burger is better than your average fast food burger, but it still doesn't compare to gourmet burgers at places like Village Vangard Cafe, Air Burger, Great Burger and the like. However, they are generous with the drinks but stingy with the fries with the lunch set which was only ¥760. 

Bahrat Asian Dining and bar

Here's another little local Indian restaurant , Bharat, with great samosas.

Tachinomi, Daitabashi

Standing bar in Daitabashi, on the Keio line.

Suji tama-egg with beef and scallion in beef broth?

The Border Grill

I was happy to see a new culinary addition to he neighborhood, The Border Grill, which has well-made Tex-Mex, a good selection of American microbrew beers, and a large selection of tequilas.

So far I've tried the enchiladas (pictured above), burritos, and nachos (pictured below). Like I said reasonably priced and better than your average Japanese Mexican joint.

Truck Yatai

"Yatai" is Japanese for food stall and recently Meiji University has allowed a collective of mobile food stalls to set up shop on campus at lunch. Monday through Friday there are two different stalls everyday. Tuesday is my favorite day since they have the truck above , Meal Boxx, a Mexican food stall-they serve "tacos rice" and a fajita rice bowl. The truck next to them sells Thai food as well. Most dishes are around ¥500 (about $5). The food varieties range from Jamaican to Japanese favorites like Om-rice (an omelette filled with rice topped with ketchup!).

Beer and Gyoza

A winning combination at a local ramen shop. 

Kohinoor

One of the great things about Tokyo is that you can get great authentic food from places like India. This is a chicken curry lunch set special at Kohinoor in Meidaimae. not my favorite Indian place but pretty tasty and near school-actually not even my favorite curry-which is Keema curry.

The Lighthouse

I recently made a return visit to my friend Duncan and his sister Fleur's euro pub, The Lighthouse, the site of my 40th birthday party. It's located on the South side of Kokubunji station. At the time they were still inthe process of fixing it up, but as you can see they have it all sussed out complete with a large number of Belgian bottle imports and several European beers on tap as well as a variety of good eats on the food menu. The model below is a diorama built by Duncan's father on the bar.