restaurant reviews & travel stories
Last post on fuji (out of order I know). This is about the dinner we had at the Ryokan. First course First part of the first course. Starting from the top left, going clockwise. Jellyfish, avocado tofu, sharkfin jelly with gold foil, carrot tofu, chicken skewer. More …
This weekend a friend of a friend was in town so time to do some more touristy stuff. First up was a visit to Tsukiji market for some quiet eating. Part of the queue outside one of the famous sushi restaurants. One guy in the …
Friends in town again, so more sightseeing! While walking to Ginza, stumbled across a fire extinguisher shop! Design! Ecology! And yes of course quality. Although if I am on fire, I don’t think I would care what colour the fire-extinguisher was… Off to the imperial …
Do you know where tempura comes from? Apparently it was adopted from the Portuguese but now is something very very different. My London friends and I ended up going to some hidden tempura shop. The entrance looked like the back of some grimey (well grimey for Tokyo …
