Kyoto Foodie is a blog site dedicated to the culinary culture of Kyoto, Japan.
Posted in near sightseeing spot, series, shinise, wagashi on Mar 11th, 2008
Wagashi Series: Ryuen Rakuseki and Maccha Rakuseki (柳苑: 楽石・抹茶楽石)
Ryuen specializes in a simple and elegant wagashi that combines a center of candied kuri (chestnut) embedded in koshian (sweet azuki bean paste) with a coating of sugar and kuzu (arrow root starch), some with the addition of sugary green tea powder (maccha).
Ryuen’s wagashi is decidedly [...]
Wagashi Series: Sentaro Rice Flour Kasutera, Soba and Wheat Manju (仙太郎)
Sentaro’s kasutera (Castella sponge cake) is a real treat! It’s sophisticated in flavor, caramelly and very mochi-mochi (soft and chewy). Sentaro’s manju, both soba (buckwheat) and wheat are excellent and unique.
Posted in Fushimi ward (伏見区), sake, sake brewery (酒蔵), series, shinise on Feb 28th, 2008
Sake: Learning to Make Sake at Kitagawa Honke Sake Brewery in Fushimi - Part 5
Fushimi, Kyoto still has some beautiful places and offers a glimpse into what Fushimi must have been like before industrialization. I took my camera around the neighborhood and visited Okinaya, a small shop run by Kitagawa Honke. Okinaya sells Kitagawa’s Tomio [...]
Posted in Fushimi ward (伏見区), sake, sake brewery (酒蔵), series, shinise on Feb 22nd, 2008
Sake: Learning to Make Sake at Kitagawa Honke Sake Brewery in Fushimi - Part 4
I visited the Kitagawa Honke sake brewery to see the pressing of the mash for Daiginjo.
Posted in Fushimi ward (伏見区), sake, sake brewery (酒蔵), series, shinise on Feb 13th, 2008
Sake: Learning to Make Sake at Kitagawa Honke Sake Brewery in Fushimi - Part 3
I went back to the Kitagawa Honke sake brewery to check-up on the progress of lot no. 18.
Posted in Fushimi ward (伏見区), sake, sake brewery (酒蔵), series, shinise on Jan 26th, 2008
Sake: Learning to Make Sake at Kitagawa Honke Sake Brewery in Fushimi - Part 2
This morning I awoke at 5am, opened the window and looked out at Kitayama, the North Mountains of Kyoto to see everything covered in heavy, wet snow.
At 7am, amid heavy snowflakes, I was met by Yukihiro Kitagawa, outside his sake brewery, [...]
Posted in Fushimi ward (伏見区), sake, sake brewery (酒蔵), series, shinise on Jan 25th, 2008
Sake: Learning to Make Sake at Kitagawa Honke Sake Brewery in Fushimi, Kyoto - Part 1
This morning I awoke at 5:00, opened the window and looked out at Kitayama, the North Mountains of Kyoto to see everything covered in heavy snow.
At 7am, amid heavy snowflakes, I was met by Yukihiro Kitagawa, outside his sake brewery, [...]
Posted in budget, near sightseeing spot, rice dishes (ご飯類), shinise on Jan 9th, 2008
Toriyasu: Kyoto-style Chicken Donburi Shop (とり安 丼・鳥料理)
Toriyasu serves several donburi (ricebowl) dishes that are unbeatable. This tiny and charming restaurant with about 50 years of history is an offshoot of the 120 year old poulterer just next door.
Toriyasu serves three classic donburi dishes and the most famous of which is karaagedon.
Posted in machiya (町家), near sightseeing spot, noddles (麺類), rice dishes (ご飯類), shinise, soba, veg, wagashi on Dec 11th, 2007
Owariya — 540 Year Old Soba Restaurant 本家尾張屋
Owariya, a purveyor to the Imperial Household, has a history that goes back over five hundred and forty years. It is the oldest noodle shop in Kyoto.
Over the centuries, Owariya has served emperors and shoguns as well as the monks of many of the temples of Kyoto.
Owariya is [...]
Posted in Nishiki Market, near sightseeing spot, omiyage, shinise on Nov 19th, 2007
Nishiki Market - Kyoto-no-Daidokoro (Kyoto’s Kitchen) 錦市場商店街
At Nishiki Market there are many old ‘shinese‘ shops selling everything from Japanese pickles (tsukemono) to the finest Japanese cutlery, as well as a number newer and novel shops, such as tofu doughnuts. Shinise come in the form of an old shop renovated and transformed into a vegetable [...]
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Kyoto Foodie: Where and what to eat in Kyoto
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