The real sharks

I read today that sharks have killed 81 people in the last 30 years. I also happen to know that people kill an estimated 100 million sharks a year. And then they say that sharks are dangerous.

I am back

Got rid of all my sites and came back to this one. From now on I intend to post here fairly often because, even though most of my work is for Wikipedia, I found I need to do something more personal.

Soon on this blog

Dharmasagara

South Indian restaurants are rare. Dharmasagara isn’t the only one near Ginza (there’s also Dhaba India in Kyobashi, see review), and isn’t the cheapest or the best either. Still …

Address: Chuo-ku, Ginza 4-14-6 Ginza Eight Building 2 FL

Map: see Dharmasagara’s site

Tel. (03) 3545-5588

Las Totoritas, Peruvian, Gotanda

The Daily Yomiuri reviews Las Totoritas, a Peruvian restaurant in Gotanda.
Shoraku Building 4th Fl., 2-2-2 Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo. Open 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Closed most Sundays and national holidays. (03) 3448-0449

L’Abeille

Letter from a friend. Note that, when these people were in charge, La Dinette was a first class budget-French restaurant.

I said I’d send you the name of the place that the couple who ran La Dinnette now run. It’s called L’Abeille and it is in Ichigaya. I don’t know the husband’s name (he was the cook) but the wife was called Noriko. I did a very quick google search but I didn’t come up with a phone number.
I certainly felt that, while the new management have kept the low price formula, [La Dinette] lacked something (not just customers) when we ate there last week.

L’Abeille. Here is a map

Chiyoda-ku, Kudanminami 3-8-2 Lion’s Mansion 1 Fl.

Tel. 3230-2580

Le Jardin Gaulois

Recently I discovered accidentally that a year ago Richard, the owner of Brin de Muguet in Ogikubo (see review on DOiT) has opened a French food take-out shop near Ogikubo station’s south exit called Le Jardin Gaulois. The place is open all day and closes on Monday. It serves crepes, sandwiches, cakes, and more. I haven’t eaten there, yet, but I am told its food is quite good.

Tel. 090-6167-5245
Address: Suginami-ku, Ogikubo 5-23-13

Finding it is easy. Get out of Ogikubo station and walk straight. The shop is on a corner of the left side of the street about 500 m away.

Tibetan Restaurant In Waseda

I found on the Net the address of a Nepalese/Tibetan restaurant in Waseda (the post even carries the Tibetan flag => ). I am very curious, and I will go there soon.

The name is Old Bazar
Map
518-1 Waseda Tsurumaki-cho、Shinjuku-ku
Tel. 03-3207-8882

Another Turkish restaurant in Takadanobaba

There’s a Turkish restaurant on Sakae Dori called Deniz. I knew Marmara (which is OK, but no more: tel. 03-3227-5940). It seems it was opened a while back by staff formerly at Anatolia (Tel. 03-3486-7499, see review on DOiT) in Shibuya. A friend whose tastes I trust was there and liked it.
Here is a site (in Japanese) with a map, but the place is easy to find: it’s on the left side of Sakae Dori coming from the station.

Address: 3-4-19 Takadanobaba、Shinjuku-ku
Tel. 03-5386-6030
Open from 11 to 15 and 17 to 23:30.

Ganesha Ghar

At first sight Ganesha Ghar looks like something special: there are five Indian cooks in the kitchen, all busy at work. But the curries are not all that great and, with Ama (see the review on my main site) around the corner or Curry House Sai (ditto) nearby, I doubt they will see me back soon. It’s right on the Kita Ginza Shotengai, on the right side of the street.
Tel. 5382-9441

Ganesha Ghar has no site of its own, but the Nishiogi Goulmet (sic) Map has a page (in Japanese) dedicated to it, with address, map and everything else you may need.

Thai groceries in Takadanobaba

The same chain that owns Takadanobaba’s excellent Thai restaurant Kao Tai (see the review in DOiT’s main site) has a well-stocked Thai grocery store, also in Takadanobaba. I buy there my Jasmine rice in 5 kg bags.
Where it is:
Walk from Takadanobaba station towards Waseda and after 300 m turn right into the small alley in front of the Wendy’s. The shop is on the right side of the street, about 50 m after the Billy Barew Beer Bar.