Open faced smoked salmon sandwich. Homemade cocktail sauce on the bread, lettuce, smoked salmon, sliced onion, sprinkle of sesame seeds. Delicious. 18 hours ago

Mash half an avocado with salsa, scramble in one egg and cook. Green eggs but no ham. It’s healthier that way. A banana is nice too. 2 days ago

is often late for his 6:30 PM class, in which case, he takes me out to dinner. Last night was to a Russian restaurant in Kichijoj. This first shot is a mixed cold plate. The only one I remember is the red one. It had potato on the bottom, herring and cabbage, shredded beet, and sour cream on top. The name translated into Herring in a Fur Coat. (See other shots). 4 weeks ago

Her choice was a high class izakaya. (Food in comments) 4 weeks ago

A student gave me a box of wagashi. These are a very old style of Japanese sweet, often included in tea ceremony. The outside may be mochi or a cake like substance, but inside will usually be anko. Anko is sweet bean paste. Inside these were three types of anko: red, from azuki beans; white, from lima beans; and black, from black soy beans. All are boiled, mashed, and sweetened with sugar. Wagashi are works of art and take a food artist a lot of time to create. They’re quite expensive. I kind of feel bad eating such beauty. 1 month ago

The yellow cakes on the left are tamago. Then, top row is maguro, buri, kampachi, shirogai, and kazunoko. Second row: ebi, ikura, uni (my favorite), and kani. 1 month ago

Down the street from me where town center begins is a small Spanish tapas restaurant. I started out on Spanish wine, but soon switched to a Cali old vine zin. (Shots of food in comments) 1 month ago

SYL’s cuz Yuka was staying with us for a few days. We took her out to dinner last night to Yurei (ghost). Here’s the entrance. See more shots. 1 month ago

Most of you know what onigiri are, but have you ever tried yaki onigiri? Minus the nori wrap, and no filler, the nigiri is brushed with shoyu and grilled till golden brown. It gets a bit crispy on the outside. This one came with a broth. 1 month ago

I took home a couple of Margarita pizzas for lunch to SYL and J2 (who got home at 7 AM after a night of partying and karaoke with her friends). 1 month ago

J2, Ikuko the Strange, and T (Chika to join later) at another Kichijoji izakaya (See more boring pictures of food in comments) 1 month ago

She always makes plenty, and this was so good, I had it for lunch again today. 2 months ago

Chu toro (tuna belly), all for me. Comes with little packets of wasabi, shoyu, and sliced pickled ginger. 2 months ago

Last night we went for Thai food at Peppermint Cafe. Here is a favorite, Pad Thai (noodles with veggies and crushed peanuts). Add a little fish sauce and hot pepper vinegar. (more) 2 months ago

Hit the cheap izakaya. Every item, including drinks, is only 280 yen. (see pics) 2 months ago

Tendon (tempura donburi) with misoshiru, pickles and tea 2 months ago

A lot more veggies than egg. Spinach, tomato, onion, mushroom, avocado, and of course sesame seeds. 2 months ago

4 of us met at Mother’s for a couple or three before heading out for dinner. Here’s Mother’s daughter, Haruna, looking good in her kimono. (See comments) 2 months ago

I had to escort SYL to Shibuya to Meet J2 after she got off work. They hopped an all night bus to the north country to visit Tsugi the Baba. I got back to Kichi late and headed for an okonomiyaki restaurant. I guess you could think of it as a Japanese pizza. They had many to choose from. I went for seafood (squid, octopus, salmon, shrimp). They bring a bowl with all the ingredients (including batter, cabbage and raw egg) to your table. You mix it all up and pour it on your built-in griddle. (2 more shots) 2 months ago

Coconut chicken and vegetables. Mix coconut milk with spices (I used dashes of pepper, garlic powder, garam masaly, curry powder, and about three dashes of basil), add sesame seeds and a pinch of salt. Put chicken breast and veggies on a sheet of aluminum foil. Pour on the coconut mix. Seal the foil and bake (Can also use fish). 2 months ago

We found a high class Izakaya (I usually go to cheap dives). This first dish is Jellyfish. It’s like crunchy noodles and takes on the taste of the dressing. Some seaweed in there too. (See comments) 2 months ago

Korean nori is thinner and crispier than Japanese nori. This one has mentaiko (spiced cod roe) rubbed on it. A typical way to eat nori is nori maki. Put a sheet on top of your rice. Press down on both sides with your hashi and squeeze together. There’s your nori maki. 2 months ago

“Ue o muite aruko.” (No, not the song, the food.) A few necessities: beef, tofu, leek, shungiku (like chrysanthemum leaves), tare (cooking sauce). We also added tamba shimeji (mushrooms from Kyoto) and yellow zucchini. Then, of course, there’s the raw egg dip and rice. 2 months ago

Mixed veggies,tofu,udon noodles, salmon, cod, chicken balls and sardine balls,all dipped in ponzu. 2 months ago

This is death between buns. The price of over $50 is one thing, but how do you hold it, and how do you get your mouth around it? 3 months ago

We went to Budoya, the most expensive yakiniku restaurant in Kichijoji. Their claim to fame is President Clinton ate here. Wine and beer, then the first plate, duck, arrived (See comments). 3 months ago

Maguro, ika, negitoro, ebi, tamago, shake. 3 months ago

This is sliced lotus root with chicken burger and hot mustard to spice it up. (Comments) 3 months ago

I had a craving for chili dogs, but the ingredients couldn’t be found all in one place. The weenies and buns I found in Seyu supermarket. The chili was at Kaldi imports, and the jalapenos were at Carnival imports. The cheddar and onion, I had at home. Don’t they look good? Yeah, they were. 3 months ago

It may be outgrowing its name of raw egg on rice. It seems every time I make it I add something new. Today’s ingredients were: raw egg, 1/2 packet of natto (fermented soy beans), chopped tama negi (round onion), chopped nira (chives), a dab of karashi (hot mustard), flaked shake (salmon), katsuobushi (dried and shaved bonito), goma (sesame seeds), 1/4 tsp goma abura (Sesame oil), 1/2 tsp shoyu (soy sauce). Stir it all up and pour over a bowl of rice. Mix that all together, then rip up some nori (seaweed paper) and mix it in. If the nori is added with all the other stuff, it tends to lump together, so do it last. Tasty, healthy, and filling. Give it a try. 3 months ago