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Welcome, farewell and other occasions

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Madame — 2 Comments ↓

If you stay in Japan long enough you will notice that within two years or so, most of foreign friends you have met here have either moved back or moved Continue Reading

Posted in Culture, Eating out, Working in Japan | Tagged bonenkai, drinking party in Japan, farewell, izakaya, nijikai, nomikai, welcome | 2 Comments ↓

Expectations, reality and the best time “to taste” Japan

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Madame — Leave a reply

Several months ago: “What is the best time to come for a visit?” “October should be perfect. It is still warm, typhoon season is over, a bit too early for Continue Reading

Posted in Eating out, Tokyo | Tagged eating out, food, Japan, October, rainy day, tokyo, visiting Japan in October | Leave a reply

The Art of Samurai cuisine and French wine

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Madame — Leave a reply

“For every dish, there is probably one perfect wine – but for most of us, life is too short to figure out what it is.”*  As true as it can Continue Reading

Posted in Culture, Eating out | Tagged Himiya Kanna, Japanese cuisine, Japanese cuisine and wine pairing, samurai, Samurai Gourmet, Sarment, wine | Leave a reply

Gotta believe in magic

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Madame — Leave a reply

Nothing is as fascinating, as irresistibly exiting or as endlessly interesting as YOU, full stop. And you deserve the best, even more so if it happens to be a special Continue Reading

Posted in Discovering, Eating out, Tokyo | Tagged magic, Mandarin Oriental Tokyo, molecular, Tapas Molecular Bar, trick | Leave a reply

Afternoon tea French way and a taste of Northern lights

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Madame — Leave a reply

“Un parfum d’aventure et de poésie s’évade à l’infini de chaque tasse de thé”* (Henri Mariage) Afternoon tea is generally associated with British tradition. French would not be French to Continue Reading

Posted in Discovering, Eating out, Tokyo | Tagged French Kitchen, French Oak Tea, Grand Hyatt Tokyo, Starry Sky Illuminations | Leave a reply

Compromises are for relationships, not wine*

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Madame — Leave a reply

“The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.” (Benjamin Franklin) Good food is nice, good food Continue Reading

Posted in Discovering, Eating out, Tokyo | Tagged theme dinner, wine, wine seminar, wine tasting Tokyo | Leave a reply

Recycling and Eating Out

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Madame — Leave a reply

What the two have in common? – you will ask. Let me explain. Traveling in Japan and living here are two completely different things. The day you get the keys Continue Reading

Posted in Discovering, Eating out | Tagged eating habits, eating out, foreigners in Japan, garbage, recycling | Leave a reply

La petite France or La vie en… rosé

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Madame — Leave a reply

In France summer is inseparable from the outdoor terraces and rosé wine. In Japan, you can hardly find rosé wine at all. The respected wine gurus believe that rosé cannot Continue Reading

Posted in Discovering, Eating out, Tokyo | Tagged Camarque, French cuisine in Tokyo, Institut français Tokyo | Leave a reply

When Orient Express reached Japan

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Madame — Leave a reply

As a child I was a big fan of Dr. Sherlock Holmes and M. Hercule Poirot and wished to travel on board the Orient Express and perhaps even solve a Continue Reading

Posted in Discovering, Eating out, Tokyo | Tagged A ta gueule, French cuisine in Tokyo, Orient Express | Leave a reply

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