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Spied in downtown Osaka

Osaka and Melbourne became sister cities in 1978, which was our towns first sister-city relationship.  So I probably shouldn’t have been surprised to stumble across Melbourne House restaurant in downtown Osaka (right next to the Aquarium and Ferris Wheel). Specialities of the house included Australian Beef, and they even had VB!  Impressive.

On a side note, be sure [...]

Written by mellie on August 19th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | One comment | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Meiji Hokkaido Tasty Crunch

 

Meiji has once again provided a worthy candidate for my peculiar obsession with kooky Japanese sweets. Tasty Crunch are nuggets of Hokkaido milk chocolate studded with (the packaging doesn’t lie) salted french fry potato chips. And to be honest, they’re actually not that half bad!

I spotted this snack in the Great Eastern (Russell [...]

Written by mellie on June 30th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | 14 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Takayama Morning Market

Two morning markets are held in Takayama daily, the Jinya-mae and the Miyagawa market held along the Miyagawa River in the old part of town. They started in the Edo period and sell everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to pickles, fish, flowers and crafts.

You can sample most of the food too, which [...]

Written by mellie on June 8th, 2008 | Tags: , , | 14 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Takayama Ramen

Hands down, one of the best bowls of ramen I had in Japan had to be the hia chuka in Takayama (EG may well disagree on this point though). The soup itself was shoyu based, which was simple, flavoursome and seasoned just right. The chashu (sliced pork) was lean and tender and [...]

Written by mellie on June 7th, 2008 | Tags: | 2 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Takayama Street Food: Various

There was a real carnival atmosphere on the streets of Takayama, with many stall fronts offering a myriad of food for hungry festival-goers. It was an interesting mix of the traditional and the not-so-traditional (as this post will capture). I always find fascinating what people eat during celebrations.

These conch [...]

Written by mellie on June 6th, 2008 | Tags: , , | 3 comments | Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post
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