Comments on: Setsubun Ehomaki, Mame-maki and Grilled Sardine

By: Setsubun Foodie Customs: Kyoto Hisagozushi ‘Onimaki’ Ehomaki | Kyoto Foodie: Where and what to eat in Kyoto

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:47:05 +0000

[...] Eat it quietly and don’t stop eating, think about what you want in the coming year. (see this KyotoFoodie How to Eat Ehomaki and How to Eat Ehomaki article for more) Eat Beans: Eat the same number of roasted soybeans as your age, plus one. This will keep [...]

By: Peko-P

Peko-P — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:47:54 +0000

Hello gaga, Yes, a real lunker. I really wish the Miwa would let me put up the photo of her on the floor, KOed from eating that maki in one go.

Hi jp, Thanks, your site is impressive too.

Hello david, That sounds like yatsuhashi, did it look like this?

http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/1e/a0/90725f8da26761aa6189cc3bad0e18b3.jpg

Also, did it have a bit of cinnamon flavor? (Some do, some don’t.)

By: david

david — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:33:33 +0000

Hi again from San Francsico! On my last visit to Kyoto we brought back for friends some of those black mochi triangles. Do those have a special name? I know they are specific to Kyoto. Do you know of anyone who sends those to the US?

thanks,
david

By: jp

jp — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:36:03 +0000

Amazing, learned a bunch.

My thanks to you!

By: gaga

gaga — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:17:03 +0000

Whoa, that’s one big sushi roll! Looks delicious!