Thursday, February 25, 2010

February 2010-Siam Thai Cuisine


http://www.siamthaicuisinetokyo.com/

The warren of side streets around Mita station is home to one of Tokyo’s liveliest after-work scenes. Izakaya, ramen shops, yakitori stalls and karaoke bars attract salarymen from the nearby Tamachi office district and students from Keio University. So it’s something of a surprise to find Siam Thai Cuisine nestled among all these Japanese-style nightspots. This refined outpost of authentic Thai cooking would seem more at home in an upscale, international neighborhood.

January 2010-Piao Xiang



http://www.tabletguides.com/Travel-Guides/Reviews/Tokyo-Japan/Restaurants/Chinese/Piao-Xiang/42491


This bustling basement restaurant offers expertly prepared, impressively authentic Szechuan cuisine. Steamed chicken and fried tofu in sesame sauce is perfectly spicy and smoky, a soup of Szechuan pickles and bean thread noodles light and piquant. Shrimp and wontons are drizzled with fiery la-yu and encircled with thin blades of suirensai, a green vegetable reminiscent of morning glory.