Japan Festival in MelbourneSunday 18th May 2008 - Box Hill Town Hall & Tafehttp://www.jcv.org.au/japanfestival/
I’ll take a little break from my Japan posts to report on…er…the Melbourne Japan Festival. Held last Sunday at the Box Hill Town Hall and TAFE, it is an annual celebration of all things Japanese. Amidst displays of bonsai, ikebana, taiko drumming, [...]
1-50-30, Sowamachi, Takayama-shi, Gifu-kenWebsite http://hida-yado.net/yado/sosuke/english.htm
Here are the pics and thoughts from our last dinner at Sosuke - what a way to go out!
Crisp vegetable tempura; shitake, yam, shiso, kabocha (pumpkin) and potato. A little patty cake foil contained a seasoned salt, which I liberally sprinkled over my veggies. The shiso especially was a great [...]
1-50-30, Sowamachi, Takayama-shi, Gifu-kenWebsite http://hida-yado.net/yado/sosuke/english.htm
Dinner on the second night was just as fantastic as the first.
This local river fish had been smoked and salted, and I just about picked the bones clean it was so moreish (we had seen these cooking on a walk around the market earlier that morning). On the side was was [...]
1-50-30, Sowamachi, Takayama-shi, Gifu-kenWebsite http://hida-yado.net/yado/sosuke/english.htm
Just like the breakfasts written about previously, the dinners at Sosuke Minshuku were just as impressive. The theme of traditional home style dining prevailed, and we were able to sample further specialities of the region including Hida beef and yomogi udon.
We were also treated to a little something extra on our [...]
1-50-30, Sowamachi, Takayama-shi, Gifu-kenWebsite http://hida-yado.net/yado/sosuke/english.htm
We stayed at the most wonderful minshuku (family run guest house) in Takayama called Sosuke. Part of what made it so wonderful was the food; traditional Japanese breakfasts and dinners served in Sosuke’s tatami‘d dining room. I’ll blog the dinners shortly, but following are three breakfasts we had the pleasure [...]
1-6-18 Dotombori Chuo-ku
6211 8975
http://www.douraku.co.jp/kansai/shop/honten.html (Japanese only)
Osaka’s Dotombori area is full of giant neon billboards, many of which advertise a restaurant’s particular specialisation. There are giant blowfish (for fugu) and giant octopus (for takoyaki). And of course, there has to be a giant mechanical crab, glaringly proclaiming the bill of fare of the institutional Kani Doraku [...]
We purchased these cute little bottles of Hida milk in Takayama for AU$1. How delightful is the old-style packaging, sealed with waxed cardboard and protected with cellophane? As I pulled back the top I smiled - the milk was non-homogenised and a thick layer of buttercup yellow cream sat delectably on top, the milk itself, [...]
