Tag: food

Suspension bridges, Soba and Strawberries

Suspension bridges, Soba and Strawberries

With apologies for the long time between posts, I have been busy getting killed at work. But there is only one way to deal with that.  That’s right.  Eat yourself to happiness. But first you have to get there. So one fine day we walked 

Ramen Jiro

Ramen Jiro

I have to confess, before I moved to Japan I was a ramen barbarian.  I use to think that all those ramen junk food was just that, unappetising noodles in soup.  This is to no small part because when I used to starve, a “snack” was a 

Nagano – Onsen town

Nagano – Onsen town

I think I owe you a bit of an elaboration on what I was doing in this small town near Nagano. I wasn’t there just for the tea.  Although it was very welcome. It wasn’t even the roasted apples (yaki ringo) which were actually not