Kyoto Foodie: The Culinary Culture of Kyoto
Posted in Japanese culture, home cooking/recipes, sake on Apr 8th, 2008
Hanami Sake: Sake and Sakura Blossoms (花見酒)
Sake flavored with cherry blossoms is a wonderful spring treat in Japan. The sakura bloom only last a few days, so this fleeting pleasure of life must be sought out and enjoyed!
Posted in home cooking/recipes, noddles (麺類), series, udon, veg on Apr 4th, 2008
Sakura Hiyashi Udon Tsukemen (さくら冷やしうどんつけめん)
The sakura zensen, or ‘Cherry Blossom Front’ is moving up Japan from south to north and is now passing through the center of the country where Kyoto is located. The delicate sakura blossoms don’t last long though, just a few days. It has already begun ‘raining’ cherry petals here and tomorrow [...]
Posted in Japanese culture, omiyage, rice dishes (ご飯類), veg on Mar 29th, 2008
Train Food and Seasonal Everything in Japan: Sakura Onigiri, Nanohana Tempura Onigiri (さくらおにぎり・菜の花天婦羅おにぎり)
Just before catching a bullet back to Kyoto, I ducked into the omiyage/gourmet food court at Shinagawa Shinkansen Station (in Tokyo) to get some omiyage for Paku and some ‘bento’ for my two and a half hour train ride back to ‘old’ Japan.
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Kyoto Foodie: Where and what to eat in Kyoto
Kyoto Foodie: The Culinary Culture of Kyoto
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