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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 [...] Written by mellie on May 2nd, 2008 | Tags: Japan |  Leave a comment |  Print This Post |  Email This Post
You may have noticed a particular penchant in some of my posts – a penchant for the sweeter things in life. Not that I am a big cake eater. But give me a cute little macaron, a delicate pastry, a luscious truffle, some choux filled with custard, or a sweet yeasty [...] Written by mellie on April 29th, 2008 | Tags: Japan, street food |  11 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post
I just fell in love with this happy chappy, the purveyor of owara tamaten, little cubes of grilled honey-flavoured meringuey/marshmallowy goodness. His cheeky chuckle brought a smile to our faces as I held up two fingers and said “owara tamaten o futatsu kudasai” (“I’ll have two please”).
A delightful [...] Written by mellie on April 28th, 2008 | Tags: Japan, street food | 10 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post
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 |
  
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