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Thank you Sarah from the “equally-excellent” Sarah Cooks and Sarah Discovers How to Eat, for awarding me an E for Excellent Blog Award. Sarah’s mouth watering posts often have me pining for great food and reminiscing about my recent trip to Japan (which she also did last year). I’d like to throw this award [...]
This street stall along the picturesque Miyagawa River was cooking up mouth-watering kushiyaki (skewers) of Hida beef – a local speciality of the region. Hida beef are raised in the meadows of the Hida plateau for about two years, and are known for their fatty tissue and rich flavor. The skewers [...] Written by mellie on April 25th, 2008 | Tags: Japan, street food |  3 comments |  Print This Post |  Email This Post
One of the more popular street snacks in Takayama are mitarashi-dango, skewers of grilled rice dumplings (mochi) coated in a soya based sauce. In fact, the unmistakable smell of burning vegemite will certainly lead you to their location. They are excessively salty and extraordinarily chewy, and will keep you chomping for [...] Written by mellie on April 24th, 2008 | Tags: Japan, street food |  One comment | Print This Post | Email This Post
When we were in Japan last year, we were lucky enough to coincide our visits with a number of matsuri (festivals). Our first such experience was in the township of Takayama, a quaint little village in the mountainous Hida region of the Gifu prefecture – five hours from Tokyo by train. [...] Written by mellie on April 24th, 2008 | Tags: festivals, Japan | Leave a comment | Print This Post | Email This Post25 Market Lane, MelbournePhone: 03 9650 0848 The simple things in life are often the best, such as the Kaisen Chirashi ($21.80) lunchtime set at Shoya. Fat tiles of tuna, swordfish, kingfish, salmon, arc shell (perhaps?!?), prawn, tobiko and a few other unknown piscatorial treats. All of it fresh. All of it tasting [...] Written by mellie on April 22nd, 2008 | Tags: Japanese, restaurants, Shoya | 5 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post |
  
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