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Reviews & Guides
One Perfect Day of Eating in Tokyo ︎
“It's absurd, offensive even, to eat like this. But everything is just too damn good.”
Eater

Where the Locals Eat ︎
“...what a huge percentage of salarymen spend their office hours dreaming about.”
Bon Appetit

Before You Go to Tokyo, Learn These Etiquette Tips ︎
“Just use your hands to pick the sushi up.”
Bon Appetit

A Last Meal in the Holy City
“I cuss loudly. I start dancing in the parking lot.”
Lucky Peach Magazine

Where to Get Fishy Ramen in Tokyo
“You wouldn’t be digging for ramen on level B2 if you were going to be ashamed of your choices.”
Lucky Peach, November 2016

Three Great Japanese Egg Dishes and Where to Find Them
“there won’t be many dirty dishes. Just dirty thoughts.”
Lucky Peach July 2016

Mitoya
“...if you wanted something else, you wouldn’t have come here in the first place.”
Lucky Peach Magazine

Ramen Jiro
“I wondered if this is what it felt like to be in a Matthew Barney piece”
Lucky Peach Magazine

Essays
Breaking the Yolk
“I have become a full-fledged food pervert”
Lucky Peach Magazine

There and Back Again
“I thought it was Italian food. I didn't know anything.”
RiCE Magazine

You Can’t Go Home Again
“I was still in Yeongdeungpo; I still wanted to be found.”
Far/Near

An Izakaya is a Feeling
“You are there to fill up much more than your stomach.”
Previously Unpublished 

Nobody Knows
“For the adoptee, there is almost no part of their life that has not been poisoned by it.”
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