Drinks in Roppongi 六本木で呑み

I went to have drinks with a friend in Roppongi.

六本木で友達と飲みに行ってきました。

Upscale Karaoke おしゃれなカラオケボックス

I went to an upscale Karaoke place in Nishiazabu called Voice. Its not your run of the mill vynil bench seat, smelly Karaoke box. This place actually has a nice sound system, with a giant flat screen TV, and the furnitue looks like some stuff out of Crate-and-Barrel or Pottery Barn. Its nice and quiet all around too. No sound leakage from other rooms.

西麻布のヴォイスって言うカラオケボックスに行ってきました。カラオケボックスって狭い部屋でビニールのベンチシートって思うでしょ？ここはぜんぜんカラオケボックスのイメージを覆すようなところです。オーディオもいいのが入ってるし、でっかい液晶テレビとないそうがいいんだ。家具とかもおしゃれで、家でカラオケをゆっくり楽しむって感じのところでした。

Bluenote Tokyo Peabo Bryson ブルーノート東京ピーボ・ブライソン

I went to Bluenote Tokyo again to go see Peabo Bryson this time. Peabo is famous for all of the Disney movie theme songs like “A whole new world” from the movie Aladdin. Hearing and seeing him live was great. He’s got a really deep and rich voice, plus he is great with the crowd. I can’t believe he actually shook everyone’s hand in the audience. What a crowd pleaser.

またまたブルーノート東京に行ってきました。今回はDisneyの映画のテーマ曲で有名なピーボ・ブライソンを聞きに行って、またまた感動！ユニークな深い声、でファンサービスがすごい。登場してきたときに全員に握手したって信じられない。

Chez Taikai シェタイカイ

Went to a Chanko-nabe place in Aoyama called Chez Taikai. I think its run by a sumo wrestler or something. His hand and foot prints were displayed at the entrance. The chanko-nabe was grubbin. Perfect for this winter season.

青山にあるシェタイカイって言うちゃんこ鍋のレストランに行ってきました。多分おすもうさんがやってるところだと思う。冬のこの寒い季節にパーフェクト。

Getting Stupid 馬鹿やってんな

On the brink of my birthday, I went to dinner with some friends and I guess because it was almost midnight, or wait I think it went way past midnight. Everyone decided to try and trash me and we all got stupid drunk. Thanks for the memories everyone

誕生日の前の日に友達たちとお食事に行って、その後12時回る前に、あれ12時過ぎたかな、馬鹿みたいに飲んでしまいました。皆さん楽しい一時ありがとう。

Ginza 銀座

After dinner I headed out to Ginza to meet up with some people in the industry. Market has been pretty bad these days so all of us needed some cheering up. So, what do we do, go have a couple of drinks with some hostess bar chicks in Ginza.

食事の後、今日は銀座に呼ばれて行ってきました。最近マーケットがぼろぼろなんで、ちょっとでもハッピー気分に盛り上げるために銀座のクラブで飲み飲み。

Restaurant Kurosawa 黒澤

I went to a restaurant called Kurosawa today in the Tsukiji area. The restaurant is themed after the legendary directory Akira Kurosawa. Serving delicacies that were favorites of the director such as Kagoshima beef and hand made Soba noodles.  The interior is designed in a manner to make you feel as if you were invited to Kurosawa’s home.

築地にあるレストラン黒澤に行ってきました。ノスタルジックな空間で楽しむ鹿児島牛の鉄板焼き、手打ちそばを料理にあわせたお酒。昔の和風の家と洋風のコラボレーションでプロデュースされた、黒澤の家に呼ばれて食事を楽しむすばらしいレストランでした。

Toriyoshi 鳥良

Went to a restaurant in Omotesando called Toriyoshi. Have been there in a while so it was great to go grub and drink there. The chicken wings are so grubbin. Reminds me of Furaibo from Nagoya. And of course during the winder season, a must is the hot pot. Specifically we ordered the Chanko-nabe, yumm….

表参道の鳥良に行ってきました。久しぶりに美味しい手羽先をたべてきました。名古屋のフウライボウに似ていて旨かった～。ビールとのマッチングが最高！それと、冬だからやっぱり鍋でしょ。はりはりちゃんこ鍋。

Dinner and Drinks with Matchan マッちゃんとおでかけ

I have this ritual with my friend Mat-chan (short for Matsubara). He only has monday and some tuesdays off, so when we go out, its quite painful. Painful in that starting out mondays with a drink-fest and trying to survive the week is tough. Tough because of the insane amount of alcohol we consume at the beginning of the week. He drinks like a fish, and I guess I get drawn by that and end up consuming about the same. This occasion was no different. We went to this restaurant in Azabujyuban called Isekan. Soo grubbin. Whole bunch of fresh seafood like, live abalone, lobster. Along with that they have Matsuzaka beef, yuummy. Afterwards if was off to Roppongi is a 475HP Lancer Evolution. Displacement raised to 2.4 Liters, with some crazy Garret turbo. It had a titanium exhaust manifold for some reason. Crazy Japanese people be spending way too much money on their cars.

今日はまたまたマッちゃんとの飲み会でした。今回は麻布十番の伊勢貫って言うお店でご飯を食べてきました。めっちゃめっちゃ美味かった！あわびのお刺身、あわびのざんこく焼き（丸ごとあわび焼いちゃう）とか、伊勢海老、松坂牛などなど、食べたいものばっかり。その後は450馬力のサンサーで六本木へ。

This is me with some freak from a hostess bar in Roppongi.　おねーちゃんとのツーショット。

Toraya とらや

Went to a Japanese confectionary place in Akasaka called Toraya to have Oshiruko (sweet red bean soup with mochi). There were a bunch of old people in the place. Guess not too many young people go eat that kinda stuff.

赤坂のとらやにおしるこを食べに行ってきました。周りには年寄りっぽい人ばっかりでして、はっは～、やっぱ和菓子を食べるのって年寄りが多いのかな？若い人って僕らだけでした。