
And now for another color: yellow!


Spoiler: there is going to be a lot of food in this post! The bowl of soba noodles above was really special. In a tiny restaurant (6 seats) in the street in Kyoto where we used to live (tetsugaku no michi), a cook makes a very delicious and simple dish out of the soba noodles he makes himself. He also harvests the buckwheat they’re made of. You could see him through a window prepping the meals:


Yeah, the best soba we’ve ever eaten. And it was so nice that it was so close to our old house in Kyoto! Nostalgic and delicious.

Now over to Kyoto sandwiches! They are so good at it!! Here is an egg-sando.


Here we went to a beautiful tofu restaurant… we’ve known this restaurant since 2011 when we would walk past here to go downtown. Back then we were poor students and couldn’t afford it (we lived of 10 euro per day), but now, 13 years later, we could give it a try!

Beautiful little dishes with many different types and preparations of tofu. It was so good and such an experience!





Not all Japanese food is healthy! There is a strong salaryman culture, joints with beer and fried food. And Osaka, especially Shinsekai is THE place to experience it. We happened to have a few appointments in that area for a certain tattoo-related topic (more on that in the next and final post!), and so we went out to have some real kushikatsu!



















And guess what. There was a huge FOOD festival when we were there! XD



And from beautiful Nara, it is now time to jump into the nightlife! In Kyoto, we had an amaaaazing experience when we walked into a bar called “kingdom”, which turned out to be a rich salaryman bar with the best bartenders and cocktails and an atmosphere straight out of an anime.











I think I’ll wrap up this post with some more of those nice sunsets!



Don’t worry, the next post will be not only about food ;)
