Food
The food options around Monument Valley are a bit lacking since it’s rather remote. So we opted to head northeast to one of the nearby towns to the Comb Ridge Eat and Drink to get some good food.
There are many delicious snacks, meals, and desserts to be had at Tokyo DisneySea! Michelle did some research, made a list, and here’s what we tried!
There are many delicious snacks, meals, and desserts to be had at Tokyo Disneyland! Michelle did some research, made a list, and here’s what we tried!
On our first trip to Tokyo we got reservations at Sushi Tokami, a Michelin star restaurant in Ginza, where we were introduced to high end sushi. With the last day of our trip, we wanted to cap our time in Japan with a truly great meal. We managed to get reservations at Sushi Tokami after a recommendation and some help from the concierge at the Park Hotel.
Ringo is a chain of small bakery shops that serve one delicious treat: small custard cream apple pies! The location we visited was in a large shopping mall in the Tokyo Midtown Hibiya building in Chiyoda City. When we approached the bakery, we could already see the line that wrapped around the side of the store.
After seeing many scrumptious-looking photos of elaborate Japanese parfait desserts, we were determined to try some for ourselves. We chose to try them at Fruits de Saison, a cute cafe on a quiet side street in Akihabara. We were led to a table on the second floor, as the tables on the first floor had already filled with patrons.
Unagi is one of our favorite Japanese foods, and we’ve had plenty of it from many restaurants both in Japan and outside of it. While in Tokyo, we wanted to go to a high-quality unagi restaurant and came across a Michelin-star rated unagi restaurant called Nodaiwa. We were not surprised that a restaurant that was established in 1850 would earn such a prestigious accolade.
While in Tokyo, we wanted to have kushikatsu again, and when trying to find a restaurant we managed to come across Shinjuku Tatsukichi. Our first experience with kushikatsu was an inexpensive restaurant with a menu of about 20 different options. The food there was still amazing, but we wanted to try out what a higher end kushikatsu restaurant would be like. Shinjuku Tatsukichi is a moderately priced kushikatsu restaurant and the meal we had was one of the best we had our entire time in Tokyo.
Down a side street off Chou Dori and in the basement beneath a ninja cafe is Roast Beef Ohno. This unique restaurant specializes in creating wagyu roast beef mountains that are supposed to resemble Mount Fuji. It might look weird, but it is definitely worth checking out if you want to eat something unique.
Okonomiyaki is a savory pancake where the batter is mixed with whatever veggies or meat you like! It’s highly customizable, and great comfort food. We went to Sometaro, an okonomiyaki restaurant near Senso-Ji Temple in Asakusa. The restaurant is in a very old wood building sandwiched in between newer buildings.
We’ve been to many traditional and modern styled restaurants in Japan, so we thought we should go to a fun themed restaurant. We decided to eat at Itamae Sushi Edo, where we had some great sushi while enjoying the atmosphere.
After walking around Sensoji and the Nakamise Shopping Street, we were quite hungry. We weren’t quite sure what we wanted to eat since we wanted to pretty much eat everything we had seen since we got in the country. Fortunately, there was a shabu shabu and sukiyaki restaurant nestled behind a few stores near the end of the Nakamise Shopping Street.
After having watched an episode of Ugly Delicious on Netflix about pizza, we decided we should check out Seirinkan while in Tokyo. During our time exploring southern Tokyo we planned to make sure we ate here. Pizza wasn't something we had thought of even eating in Japan, but we're definitely glad we did.
In the middle of Page, Arizona we found a restaurant that specializes in fried chicken. It’s an odd location, but it’s a place that easily rivals the popular chicken chains.