Kaiseki drama at Nanzan GiroGiro

At the new kaiseki restaurant Nanzan GiroGiro, offering dinner as theatrical experience, a seven-course meal started with this green bean chawanmushi with uni and bonito gelee with dab of wasabi. It was my second favorite dish. My favorite wasn't photographed because I devoured it too fast. It was smoky grilled eggplant gelee in a crunchy sauce of pulverized dried shrimp frequently used in Chinese cooking, topped with okra. My review.

Line up for food

I was in front of a line to get into Jin Din Rou. The crowd was much bigger, but there's no wide angle or fisheye on an iPhone.

Flexing his muscle

At Ni Hao restaurant, a noodle maker puts on a show.

Dinner at Le Bistro included this Penn Cove mussel and Manila clam fricassee.