Two top Tokyo izakaya

Because izakaya are my second home

Hey lovely readers, it’s been a while.

Izakaya are my favourite places to dine, but my least favourite places to define. English translations often peg them as “gastropubs,” which, to my British mind, conjures up an image of a countryside inn that has food above “fresh from the freezer” quality. So I always start by describing izakaya as like a Japanese …