Enjoying Omakase Edomae Sushi by the counter / カウンターでOMAKASE江戸前寿司 Happy Friday✨ Sushi is fun anywhere, but the best is to enjoy Omakase by the counter (*a course where you just have the chef make whatever for you. If you are worried you could communicate your...
Sakana Teishoku (lunch fish set meal) & Washoku Exhibit / 最高な魚定食&和食展と Happy Tuesday✨ Last post was about my ideal Japanese breakfast, and the next one will be on my idea for very old fashioned and comforting Japanese lunch. A typical “Sakana Teishoku / grilled fish lunch meal”...
Clockwise Tsukemono – Perfect Japanese breakfast / 築地のお漬物で、最高な朝ごはん✨ Happy Monday✨ Back in Tokyo again for another few weeks, this time in Tokyo, hoping to spend more time with my parents, relatives and friends. My typical dream breakfast when in Japan— rice, miso shiru (soup),...
“Nana-kusa-gayu”Porridge with mochi & local greens / シンガポールのローカル野菜&京都のお餅で七草粥 Happy Thursday✨ Back in Singapore- though I miss my homeland Japan – so cozy and nice to be in my kitchen✨ Thank you for those who commented to my story a few days ago… correct answer...
[travel] Virtual Izakaya Tour in Kyoto – 京都の激渋居酒屋にてお会いしましょう Happy Wednesday✨ My last post around my travel (eats) in Kyoto✨Please, join me by the counter in a typical Izakaya (Japanese seasonal brasserie / pub)… they way I’d usually enjoy…Let’s meet up around 6pm-ish! 📸2: Let’s...
[travel] Food adventure in Kyoto retro eats – 京都のレトロランチ、定食屋さん Happy Tuesday✨ My second to last post on Kyoto, to share the world of casual & retro Japanese lunches, and some others. Pic 1-2 : Lovely retro “Westerm meal set”. These style was the mainstream before...
[travel] Authentic Washoku adventure in Kyoto – 京都で季節料理&お出汁のラーメン Happy Monday✨ My eats in Kyoto. I used to learn traditional fine Japanese cooking for several years in Tokyo… but I understand the whole concept of Washoku (authentic Japanese cooking) is all condensed in Kyoto, the...
[travel] Wagashi adventure in Kyoto – 老舗和菓子屋さんを巡る京都旅 Traveling Kyoto, I am just so enchanted by the world of Wagashi (Traditional Japanese confectioneries), than ever.Kyoto is like mother city for Wagashi…✨ I’ve traveled Kyoto many times, but it was much before I discovered the...
[travel] Kuidaore in Osaka & city vibes / 大阪食い倒れ&レトロ散歩 Happy Friday✨ My Osaka (big city in West Japan) highlights besides my Fugu post of yesterday.✨Now in Kyoto, crying each moment because I miss it too much…. ※Short videos available on my Instagram post (how okonomiyaki...
[travel] Fugu (Puffer Fish) experience in Osaka / てっさ・てっちり、ふぐづくし@大阪 A short trip to Osaka (a city in West Japan), for a celebration gathering. Have you heard of “Fugu”?It’s Japanese for Puffer fish- we had a whole course all about fugu😳🐡✨ As you may know, Fugu...
Wagashi- Toraya Beautiful Yokan “Mizu no Yadori / Water Haven” / 虎屋 季節の羊羹 水の宿 Waku waku (Japanese onomatopoeia for excitement)✨My souvenir from Japan this summer, wagashi (Japanese confectionary) from Toraya.This wagashi is called the “Yokan”- kind of a hard jelly bar, usually based with beans and agar. This seasonal yokan...
Beautiful “Buaiso/武相荘” – Gallery of Antique collector / 憧れの武相荘、夏展 I've always wanted to visit this site. This is a former house of Makasako Shirasu, Japanese author and collector of fine arts in early 20th century. 白洲次郎さん&正子さんご夫妻の旧邸宅、武相荘での夏展です。