Tsunamichi: Country Style Teuchi (Handmade) Soba and Udon in Kyoto

February 6, 2008 10 Comments

Tsunamichi: Country Style Teuchi (Handmade) Soba and Udon in Kyoto (綱道: 手打ちそば、手打ちうどん、うんどん)

The island of Shikoku is Udon country. And 27 years ago, a man from Shikoku quit his job as a salary man and started Tsunamichi with the intent of making the best damn handmade noodles in Kyoto.…

Toriyasu: Kyoto-style Chicken Donburi Shop

January 9, 2008 13 Comments

Toriyasu: Kyoto-style Chicken Donburi Shop (とり安丼・鳥料理)

Tori Yasu - Chicken Donburi, Kyoto Chicken Cuisine

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.…

home cooking: uni-ikura donburi (on soba-gohan)

January 1, 2008 6 Comments

home cooking: uni-ikura donburi on soba-gohan (うにいくら丼、そばごはん編)

This is a rendition of the ever popular Uni-Ikura Donburi, here we serve it on soba-gohan (rice with soba kernels).…

home cooking: Wagyu Roast Beef with Onion Shoyu Sauce Donburi

December 27, 2007 16 Comments

home cooking: Wagyu Roast Beef with Onion Shoyu Sauce Donburi (和牛ローストビーフ玉ねぎ醤油ソース丼)

Wagyu Roast Beef Donburi is a recent invention of Paku and it kicks! This novel donburi features fine wagyu (Japanese beef) roast beef, on a bed mugi genmai gohan (barley brown rice) and fresh mizuna and topped off with a shoyu based onion sauce.…

Owariya — 540 Year Old Soba Restaurant

December 11, 2007 8 Comments

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 very popular…