Another sunny day in Vancouver. Today we decided to discover the city by Philippe´s favorite means of transport: BOAT
Sometimes we are fed up with bad bread, weak filter coffee or carelessly or unimaginatively prepared food. These are the moments when a small thing can make our day. In the Orosi valley, we had a few of those moments 🙂 Almost hidden next… Continue Reading “Little joys in the Orosi Valley”
It’s very unlikely we would have known this restaurant if it wasn’t recommend by Yasuko’s friend Mayumi, a food fanatic who travels hundreds of miles for a good meal and who, unfortunately, couldn’t join us. It would have been close to impossible to find… Continue Reading “Hidden Food Heaven in Kyoto”
… again. Well, everybody has his own way to remember things. Ours seems to be food. This time in a small restaurant in a small side street of Kyoto’s Ponto-cho Dori.
Today, at the Hinode-ya restaurant near Mikuni, we had the opportunity to make our own buckwheat noodles (Soba), from the doe, to the rolling and finally the cutting. Then we ate a meal totally composed of soba, this time eaten cold, in two different… Continue Reading “Making Soba!”
This morning we hit Kanazawa station for a quick breakfast… – Long Vienna sausage France? – France Danish? Wow. Talk about multicultural food! – Maccha Green Tea Croissant – Maple Toast German French Amazing stuff. We should be paid to taste this…
The time had come: SUSHI TIME! For the first time on this trip, we had fresh sushi at Mikuni-Ko. Unforgettable! 30 plats later we rested our case and pronounced the verdict: this is THE best Sushi restaurant ever.
Another food post our followers seem to love :-). This time from the second and last Ryokan we stay at. The Kosugian is a rather remote nature place with 5 private hot spring bath tubs, two of them outdoor (Pierre’s favorite). A place where… Continue Reading “Kosugian Ryokan”