Episode 28: Tokyo Fixing with Shinji Nohara
Legendary Tokyo food journalist and fixer Shinji Nohara locates the perfect 7 a.m. breakfast at Haneda Airport: stellar ramen and cold beer. The conversation with Nathan Thornburgh covers Anthony Bourdain’s first show, the scourge of the gastronaut, and what makes Tokyo such a deeply good eating city.
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Show Notes
Shinji Nohara has been making good things happen for visitors to Tokyo for almost two decades—ever since a lanky camera-shy writer named Anthony Bourdain arrived with Lydia Tenaglia and Chris Collins to shoot their first television episode ever. Shinji was the fixer for that episode. First, he found out what Tony’s food-kinks were, and then he delivered those deepest desires in one single sizzling experience that, by Tony’s own admission, changed his life. That’s Shinji’s job, and nobody does it better than him. So of course, on a layover from Bangkok earlier this month, I asked Shinji to jury-rig two hours of wish fulfillment for me. In this case, it was a layup for the man: a bowl of Setagaya ramen, an extremely cold and fresh beer, and a deep conversation with Shinji in Haneda airport’s new terminal is, to be totally honest, my dream breakfast.
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