File #19 - Tomato Soup Cheese Tuke-Men

Tomato Soup Cheese Tuke-men
&
Gyu-suji Nikomi

Ryouma @ Jinbochou, Tokyo

ym: "a positive surpriser. tomato cheese soup based ramen has quietly been "the thing" for some time, but I did not expect this kind of taste. spiced up uniquely by lemon, herbs, kikurage, and several drops of garlic tabasco does the trick. very hoooking.

another one of MS's hidden gourmet spots."

File#18 - BMW F10

The unveiling New BMW 5 Series Studie, the F10

ym: "Heavy, not too roundish, vigorous, aerodynamic, luxurious,
I like your style."

File#17 - Hangin Out

liquor & muzik
with enthusiastic people

BarTrack@ Ebisu, Tokyo

Paku-Chi Bomb Salad (off menu)
secret for now @ Ebisu, Tokyo


ym: new perspectives, ideas and opinion exchange

better with liquor?

or

better without??

...i shall proceed, and continue to rock the mic...
(Proceed, The Roots)

File#16 - Adito (Cafe)

Chillout
Adito (cafe) @ Komazawa, Tokyo

ym: "Especially cozy on Saturday afternoons and Sunday evenings"

File#15 - Grappa Ornellaia

"Grappa Ornellaia"

bar @ Azabu Jyuban, Tokyo

ym: "harvested on the Ornellaia Estate in Bolgheri, Tuscany"

File#14 - Kamo Yaki & Sarashina Soba

"Kamo Yaki (top) &
Ko-Ebi Tempura Sarashina Soba(bottom)"

Souhonke Sarashina-Horii @ Azabu Jyuban, Tokyo

ym: "Sarashina means it is 100% made from only the very core part of the buckwheat,
where it contains the most sweetness. As in a normal soba, flour would be used as an addition (called tsunagi) to blend that sweetness.

Also note there are two types of soba-tsuyu (dip sauce).
According to the master, the tsuyu is where the extra investment is made,
and it uses a 10 year vintage tsuyu base.

No wonder the difference.

A soba-connoisseur would first realize that the scent of the tsuyu is different,
and then the harmony of it with the sarashina soba."

They even disclose theingredients -
which is rare for a business of such old standing (since 1789)."

Check it out:
Soba; Home Made by the Masters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Da7wceMIGI

File#13 - Seisou Tantanmen

"Seisou Tantanmen"

Lashowhan @ Kanda, Tokyo

ym: "Blend of mixed pepper and spices & noodles that the
tongue will remember for the rest of your life.

Something beyond spicy and hot."