Last Monday was Mewby's birthday and every year, on her birthday, I take her out to a restaurant that must fit two criteria: it must be somewhere new (for us) and it must be super posh! This year it was Épice, a French restaurant in an old wooden machiya townhouse not far from the Imperial Palace Park. It's a pleasant spot, and the food could best be described as … [Read more...]
La Table de Thierry
UPDATE January 2012: Sad to say, but this fine restaurant has now closed. I wanted to take Mewby somewhere a little bit posh for her birthday, so I asked my friend Helen B. if she could recommend a nice place. She always has the best recommendations and she didn't disappoint me this time either. La Table de Thierry is a gorgeous French restaurant on the 9th floor of the … [Read more...]
In Search of… Vinyl
I have previously written about the record shop Prototype, managed by my good friend Yoshida-kun but I've been thinking it's time I added a few more Kyoto record shops to the list. I asked friend and collector Nana H. (that's her on the left spinning discs at Joao) to give me some pointers and she recommended the following stores. Bootsy's A pure, minimalist store without … [Read more...]
