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Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia Top Food Blogger Profile

September 6th, 2010 by Kyoto Foodie

Michael Baxter, that’s me, had the very good fortune to be profiled in the September 2010 issue of Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia! Journalist Amy Ma, who I showed around Nishiki Market and ate some Kyoto-style sushi with back earlier in the summer, profiled a number of hot foodie bloggers around Asia and KyotoFoodie got to represent Japan. The idea…

Tags: green tea, kaiseki, KyotoFoodie in the Media, sake
Category: kyotofoodie (京都フーディ) | 4 Comments »

Wagashi: Ryuen Rakuseki and Maccha Rakuseki

March 11th, 2008 by Kyoto Foodie

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 classical in…

Tags: azuki, chestnut, confection, green tea, kuri, maccha powdered green tea, wagashi (和菓子)
Category: near sightseeing spot, series, shinise (老舗), wagashi (和菓子) | 10 Comments »

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