Posted in Japan, Japanese, Kyoto, dining out, food, food & travel, noodles, restaurant review, restaurants, sushi, travel, travel tips, traveleating, vegetarian on Nov 29th, 2009
After travelling to see the Jigokudani snow monkeys (see Snow Monkeys and Soba Noodles) in the Japan Alps, we returned to Yokohama to repack our bags before leaving early the next morning for Kyoto, Japan’s old imperial capital.
Planning the three days was harder than I thought. I had to drop many of the items on [...]
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Background:
Sushi-Hiro is a popular destination for Japanese diners, West London locals and all sushi lovers willing to trek across London for some of the freshest sushi and sashimi. One of my Japanese friends is always reminding me that it’s her favourite in the city for sushi. So when another friend (who lives locally and [...]
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Background:
After missing Japanese restaurant Tsuru’s sake tasting because of a cold, I was instead invited for a complimentary dinner. Accompanying me was my little brother, who makes a good dining companion because he doesn’t dine out as much as I do and therefore his judgement of what he eats is often clearer than mine. Tsuru [...]
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Background:
This review of Japanese restaurant Tomoe is based on two visits, a dinner in December and lunch a couple of weeks ago. Diners have raved about it on Chowhound, where I first read about it last year. Unfortunately I only have photos from lunch, as I didn’t have my camera with me on the first [...]
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Maki sushi or sushi rolls can be a fun and creative way to eat healthily, as you can make plenty with children (not the cutting part!) or with friends, and fill them with anything you like. There are a million and one recipes for these online, but here’s how I made them, based on instructions [...]
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