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Viva Mexico! There’s music and dancing at this restaurant and it stays open until dawn. The menu starts with a cheese fondue, known as queso fundido. Carry on to a main course such as steak with avocado, beans and, yes, cheese again—the dish is called la sabana. Top the whole lot off with a dessert flamed with a tequila sauce. Main items cost about £10.
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It sometimes seems that all of Tokyo depends on sandwiches, and the search for the perfect shop of this kind goes on. Lume, a small coffee shop, opened to business on the ground floor of a large apartment building in Roppongi 1-chome a year ago. One can have a light lunch there or sit and consume sandwiches purchased at the counter. Prices are lower than those in nearby hotels. Just try it!
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Should you want to take the family out for a meal and not spend the earth—and want Western—where do you turn? Most Western restaurants in Tokyo are geared up to hit your wallet. Probably the best bargain in town is a restaurant on floor six at the main Mitsukoshi department store. You can get a hamburger or a chicken salad.
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This is authentic Korean food of the aristocratic variety, meaning it’s not served with lashings of pepper. Nankantei is tucked away in the backstreets of Ogikubo, at the end of the Marunouchi line. Get them to fax you a map. Recommended on the basis of years of sampling, the food is mild. The serving staff can tell you what’s best.
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Suppose you need a sandwich, nothing more, and you’re in the middle of Tokyo. The Royal Lounge, on the ground floor of the Palace Hotel, could be the place for you. This serves steak sandwiches and coffee or beer. The place is spacious and an occasional swan glides by on the moat outside the large plate-glass windows.
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