I’ll spare you the suspense, the last meal in Japan was great. Stumbling past On Yasai we descended the stairs and decided to eat there. We were shown to a booth (western style seating) on the side of the room, read more…
The Tsukijij Fishmarket is a must see in Tokyo and what do you get for breakfast afterwards ? A bagel and a Starbucks Lappucino, if you’re a real tourist. Less adventurous people will have some Sushi at 06:00 in the read more…
I’ve really come to enjoy Yakitori, a typical japanese dish. One of the best know places is the Yakitori Alley in Tokyo, where different skewers of chicken bits and vegetables are grilled for you over binchotan, some Japanese white coal. read more…
Okonomiyaki is a type of Omelette which (among others) is a staple of Hiroshima local cuisine. There’s actually a building dedicated to this dish, with every restaurant serving it. We sat down at a teppan (table / cooking plate) where read more…
Okunoyu Ryokan really is in the middle of nowhere in Japan. As always a traditional Kaiseki meal is served and this one was my best one in Japan. You could really taste that this Ryokan is adapting it’s food to read more…
Finding smaller restaurants in side alleys is a bit tricky in Japan. Even the iPhone and Google Maps doesn’t help. Finally we found Morita-Ya after walking through a butcher store. Morita Ya specialises in Sukiyaki. Meat, noodles and vegetables are read more…
Some things I just need to try out even though I know they’re wrong. This also applies to food. In the middle of Matsushima there’s an American hot dog stand. Since it’s already been 30 minutes since breakfast and my read more…
Travelling through Japan, you’re bound to stay at a Ryokan sooner or later. Hagi Takayama Ryokan is a classic Ryokan, which means that it is a traditional Japanese hotel. You sleep on futons on the floor and you dine on read more…
Japanese railway stations are a great place to grab some food. I’m assuming that eating on the go has a longer tradition. In every (small and big) railstation you can buy a bento box. Even though it looks like wood read more…
Before dining in new cities, seasoned diners do meticolous research and come up with a selection of must try restaurants. I didn’t and ended up wandering around Tokyo. I walked past an interesting place and decided to eat there, I read more…