Category: Food
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Okonomiyaki – Hiroshima Style
This dish, originally began in Kyoto and is a little different there. In Hiroshima it began as a way to cook whatever you had after the bombing when food was scarce. they start with a very thin layer of batter like a crepe. Then the load it with cabbage or green onions, we got one…
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7-11 in Japan
There are 7-11 convenience stores everywhere here and they are full of quick foods. Our favorite is the egg salad sandwich on the yummy white bread. But there are so many crazy things to try. We got some wild stuff, like a chicken salad bar. Egg salad breakfast.
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Dinner in Kawaguchiko
Aris found us the best reviewed restaurant in the area and we walked through back alleys and past immaculate vegetable gardens full of perfect corn to get to this restaurant. We were concerned that the reviews were all bots or something because there so glowing. The place was quite trendy looking. Bar seating and 2…
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Tenoshima
Our experience at a 3 Michelin star restaurant. There was seating for a maximum 16 people here. There was one other family next to us with 2 kids, vastly younger than our 2 kids, and a couple seated at the bar behind David and Daya. by the end of the night the two kids at…
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Tully’s Breakfast
Apparently Tully’s is pretty big here. Who knew? There’s one near our first hotel, and we don’t want to waste a bunch of time on a sit down breakfast, so we’ve been there when they open grabbing something quick. They have a Honey Milk Latte, that if just sweet enough and a coffee frappachino style…
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Fuku Sushi
Dinner last night. Traditional sushi in a neighborhood outside the tourist areas. We sat on cushions at a low table, criss-cross applesauce. The sushi chef spoke no English, his wife, our server, spoke only a couple words in English. We were the only people in the restaurant at that time. Payment was cash only. The…
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Breakfast
Eva has a friend with goats who makes goat cheese. She made all of these different varieties of cheeses. They were so good, but there were so many we couldn’t try them all in one day.
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Katimama’s Party
Katimama threw a party in our honor. Hungarian homes are usually fully fenced in with private landscaped front yard and backyard all within the fenced area. This is the front yard of their house. I got a tour of the house which is all on one floor. The homes generally have tile floors, small kitchens,…
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Flammekueche
Let’s talk a little bit about this overlooked area of German food culture. We ate it twice, bit you only get one photo because I’m way better at eating the food than I am at taking photos I of it. It’s basically their own version of a thin crust pizza. It’s generally with white sauce…
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Bratislava, Slovakia
One afternoon in Bratislava is all we could fit in, but it was great. Strolling down tree lined pedestrian streets. Playful statues peaking out here and there. Fountains is public squares. And we tried as much tradition food as possible. Very goat cheese focused society, my people. Wine is cheaper than water I think. They…
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