December 2, 2008: Tokyo Travel Day #10, I’m Early!, I’m Late!, and A Lesser Dessert Day

Last night’s stop on my Tokyo culinary tour was Kanda, another Michelin 3 star pick tucked away on a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it side street.  Given the luck I’d had with the local cabbies, I opted to leave a good forty-five minutes before my target time and ended up making it there with five minutes to spare.  I…

December 1, 2008: Tokyo Travel Day #9, My Big Subway Adventure, Checking out the Iron Chef’s Dark Digs, and I Take the Day Off

Yesterday, I took my very first trip on the Tokyo subway. And quite the experience it was. Having put down some 25 different desserts over the course of the day, I was feeling mighty exhausted and looked forward to a leisurely cab ride to our dinner destination - Morimoto XEX - but Jessica was having…