Los barbados — Restaurant in Tokyo

This hidden away restaurant is not a place you'd stumble upon. However it's definitely worth a visit! Mostly African cuisine, and a few Middle Eastern dishes too. It has vegetarian, vegan and carnivorous options. It's one of the few places outside of Tanzania I've found Konyagi (Tanzanian alcohol). The couple who run the place prepare the dishes while you sit at the bar listening to lingala and mbaqanga. This also means you might be better off sharing food as we got one dish at a time. The restaurant has seven or eight seats so it's not a place for big groups. Tasty food! African cuisine might be a bit unusual to some, but there are 'safe'...

I was slightly intimidated walking in given the small space and total language barrier. Fortunately, the menu has clear English descriptions, and the selections are colour-coded based on whether they're vegan, vegetarian, or not. The food was prepared behind the bar in front of us, and served quickly. Please keep in mind that you must order a drink with your order, and they're not inexpensive.

The food was great and packed with flavours. The Persian lentil dish warns patrons about having spice, but it really isn't intolerable. It was enjoyable! I really enjoyed the side, so if your dish has a choice of starches, and fufu is one of...

I really wanted to like this restaurant, but they were cooking so much food with plastic wrap in the microwave. For example, one of the dishes was a rice dish, and they just placed a ball of rice into a sheet of plastic wrap, closed the wrap tightly not allowing steam to escape, and microwaved it for two minutes. After witnessing this lack of proper food treatment especially for old rice, I couldn’t even eat the dish. Also I saw them washing the plates and then wrapped every single clean plate with plastic wrap, which makes it seem like they must have some major cleanliness or bug issues in the tiny restaurant. It’s really not...