Thanksgiving 2012

Dining date: 11/22/12 As expected, Thanksgiving is a food-filled holiday in this household. Technically though, none of the food is consumed in our own household; we do lunch at my aunt’s (mother’s side) and dinner at my grandmother’s side (father’s). Each year the food served remains largely the same with a few new entrants –…

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Ginza Okuda (Tokyo, Japan)

Ginza Okuda Carioca Building B1 5-4-8 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061 Dining date: 11/3/12 Japanese kaiseki meals are akin to Western high-end dining in that there are typically a large number of small courses. Plating is thoughtful and intricate, and the food is highly seasonal. Like a sushi bar, counter-dining is prevalent, allowing the diner a…

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Rikyu (Sendai, Japan)

Rikyu Gyutan 4-9-7 Chuo Aoba Ward, Sendai, Miyagi 980-0021‎ Dining date: 10/26/12 Our team spent a weekend in the northern part of Japan (in the Tohoku region) doing a project in Ishinomaki, one of the cities most heavily hit in last year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami. In short, much of the area has been cleaned…

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Umi (Tokyo, Japan)

Umi 3-2-8 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 Dining date: 10/29/12 While I’ve had a fairly smooth experience dining by myself at various sushiyas around town, I’ve largely been missing out on a lot of the interaction and dialogue. It’s a key part of the experience, so I was excited to finally go to one with a…