料理： パスタ 方面： 西池袋 レストラン： 洋麺屋五右衛門 池袋西口店 1/5

日本でイタリア料理食べるのは初めてでした。ロンドンのイタリア料理は安くてとっても美味しいですけど、日本のがあんまり美味しくないかもしれません。このパスタはちょっと普通なんで、ロンドンのイタリア料理のほうごとっても美味しいんです。 楽しい友達と一緒に行けば、本当によかったす！

This was my first time eating Italian food in Japan. London's Italian food is cheap and of very high quality in my opinion, but Japan's may not be so good. This pasta was a bit blend and London's Italian food is definitely MUCH better. Fortunately enough I went here in good company!

Rating: 1/5

評決：
行かない方がいいと思います。

食べログ：
http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1305/A130501/13120507/ 

料理： ラーメン 方面： 西池袋 レストラン： フルル 4.5/5

 醤油ラーメン

Shouyu Ramen

 つけ面

Tsukemen

つけ面

Tsukemen

池袋はラーメンで知られています。実は昨日、つけ面ラーメンの本が池袋だと聞いて、すぐ友達に最も有名なのを見せられます。今週は食べログで一番有名なフルルと言うラーメン屋に行きました。店はハワイの店みたいで、主はとても優しくてハワイが好きだ人です。ハワイの音楽は感じをもっとよくします。

金曜日には初めてつけ面ラーメンを食べました。金曜日は特別なつけ面だけ日だそうなんです。冷たいそばがあんまり好きじゃなかったですけど、その日に食べたつけ面のおかげで大好きになりましたよ！冷たいと暑いの間にのそばは天的でものすごく美味しいと思います！最も美味しい食べたラーメンですよ！

つけ面ラーメンはとっても良かったですから、今日また行って、普通のラーメンを食べました。醤油ラーメンを食べる事にしましたけど、つけ面に比べて美味しくなかったです。残念ですけど、ものすごく美味しいつけ面を食べるためにぜひまた行きます！

Ikebukuro is quite famous for Ramen. Actually, yesterday I heard the very origin of Tsukemen Ramen is in Ikebukuro and soon a friend will take me to the most famous one. This week I got a chance to check out the most famous Ramen joint according to Tabelog, called Hululu. The shop is decorated entirely in Hawai things and the owner seems like a great, very friendly guy who's really into Hawai. He was very friendly and welcoming and the Hawai background music further adds to the great atmosphere.

The first time I went here it was Friday, which apparently meant special Tsukemen day, so I was forced to try Tsukemen Ramen, which I had never had before. Basically you get the bowl of soup and the ingredients seperately instead of mixed. This means the noodles are served cold and only warmed up a little bit when you dip them into the soup. I had never been a big fan of cold noodles, but this meal completely opened my eyes. It was absolutely heavenly and the fact the noodles were inbetween cold and warm was A W E S O M E!!! Best Ramen ever!

Because the Tsukemen was so good I decided to go back today to check out their regular bowl of Ramen. I went with Shouyu Ramen and unfortunately enough was a bit disappointed. It wasn't really bad, but it definitely wasn't great either. Now that I know this, I will be returning here quite often, but always to eat their fantastic Tsukemen.

つけ面ラーメン Rating: 4.5/5
普通のラーメン Rating: 2/5

評決：

金曜日に行って、つけ面ラーメンを食べた方がいいですよ！

食べログ：

http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1305/A130501/13136428/

料理： タイ料理 方面： 西麻布 レストラン： ライス テラス 2.5/5

友達にこのタイ風のレストランを紹介されました。一緒に色々なカレーとかパッタイなどを食べました。このレストランは食べログで見つけて、レイティングを見たら、少しびっくりしました。日本で良いタイレストランだそうですが、ロンドンのパタラと特にアムステルダムのクルアタイクラッシクに比べて特別じゃないと思います。だから、感動させなかったですけど、悪くなかったです。グリーンカレーとチキンとカシューナッツの人前は美味しかったんです。お勘定は一緒にほとんど八千円。

 グレーンカレー

Green Curry

 春巻き

Spring Rolls

 チキンとカシューナッツの人前

Chicken and cashew nuts dish

 パッタイ

Pad Thai

 赤いカレー

Red Curry

A friend introduced me to this Thai restaurant. We ate a wide variety of curries, Pad Thai and such. I was surprised at the rating that has been given to this restaurant on Tabelog. It seems like this is quite a good Thai restaurant for Japanese standards, however I used to go to Patara in London which is slightly upscale and to the absolutely fantastic Krua Thai Classic in Amsterdam. One of their starters remains the best starter I've ever had anywhere. So I personally wasn't too blown away by Rice Terrace, but it certainly wasn't bad either. Especially the Green Curry and the Chicken, Cashew Nuts dish were very tasty. The bill: almost 8000JPY for 2.

Rating: 2.5/5

評決：
アムステルダムに飛行して、クルアタイクラッシクで食べた方がいいです！

食べログ：
http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1307/A130701/13002102/

料理： うなぎ 方面： 丸の内 レストラン： 駒形 前川 新丸の内ビル店 3.5/5

同じビルのブラジルステーキ店が一杯でしたので、その代わりにはうなぎを食べる事にしました。食べたうなぎの中にはこのがぜひ一番で、味は良くて、 大変美味しかったんだのに、六千円の大きいの人前はこの写真で見られます。小さい前菜と悪くなくてちょっと普通の味噌汁の他にはうなぎ丼を頂きました。問 題はあんまり大きくなかったです。ご飯だけ少なくて、おかずも小さかったです。
この店ではうなぎが実に大変上手に作られていますが,良いバリュウではありませんので、心をこめてお勧めできません。

Since the Brazilian Steakhouse in the same building was full, I ended up eating at the Unagi restaurant instead. The Unagi was easily the best I've ever had, very tasty, very good. However, this was the so called 'big' portion coming in at about 6000JPY, this is not cheap. This would've been worth it had the 'big portion' actually been big. Sadly enough, this picture shows all the food we recieved. A tiny vegetable appetizer, an albeit not bad, simple miso soup and the Unagi don that contained very little rice. Certainly VERY tasty, but considering the bad value for money, I can't highly recommend this.

Rating: 3.5/5

評決：
お腹があんまり空いていない時には行った方が良いと思います。

食べログ：
http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1302/A130201/13038478/

Tonkatsu in Harajuku @ 福よし

This Tonkatsu restaurant is quite highly rated on tabelog. I found the food to be good, but not great. The little egg salad was a very nice addition and the Tonkatsu was good, but I was especially missing the usual Tonkatsu sauce aswell as a salad dressing. On top of that the price of 2200 Yen is quite steep for Tonkatsu.

I expected this to be really busy, but in the end I'm not surprised there was nobody in the restaurant besides me and an acquaintance and that they asked us to leave at 7:15, because they wanted to close down.

Rating: 2/5

http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1306/A130601/13001858/

Tonkatsu in Takadanobaba @ 坂井精肉店 高田馬場店

So I wanted to check out the highest ranked Tonkatsu restaurant in Tokyo this last Tuesday, but unfortunately when me and my friend arrived it turned out to be closed, so hungry for Tonkatsu, we hit up another Tonkatsu restaurant in Takadanobaba.

It looked like a pretty simple place and it was very cheap. Only about 800 yen for a fillet set menu with a massive pile of vegetables. The Tonkatsu was surprisingly good though. Very tasty and there were quite a lot of sauces to choose from plus the usual fresh lemon to sprinkle over it. All in all a great value Tonkatsu. If this was in Ikebukuro I'd be back here quite often, but probably not quite worth the trip down to Takadanobaba for me, unless I'm already in the area.

Rating: 3.5/5

http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1305/A130503/13097912/

Sushi in Ikebukuro @ 立喰 美登利 エチカ池袋店

 

I went here twice the past week and I can already say I will be coming here VERY often. The first 2 pictures are from the first time. The 2nd time I got 2 lunch menus, only one of which I photographed(2nd picture).

The sushi at this little standing sushi bar isn't the best in the world, but it's definitely well above average. The rice temperature is good and the fish quality ranges from pretty good to really good. The thing that makes this little shop so amazing is that they have a lunch menu of 8 pieces for 525 Yen!!! The pieces are not particularly small nor is the fish quality horrible. Quite to the contrary, I've eaten much worse sushi for a lot more money. How this shop is making a profit is beyond me.

If you live in Ikebukuro, like me, it'd be criminal not to have lunch here at least once a week. I reckon that during lunchtime, this is the best value meal on the planet.

Rating: 5/5

Best Piece:  かんぱち　-　Yellowtail, tasted almost like O-Toro so smooth and fatty.

Worst Piece:　あじ　-　Horse Mackerel, not a big fan of the way they serve their Mackerel.

Recommendation:　Move to Ikebukuro and eat here at least once a week!

http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1305/A130501/13131023/