Food
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Ölverk Pizza and Brewery – wood-fired pizza and fine craft beer
Located in the town of Hveragerði, Ölverk Pizza and Brewery has been brewing its own beer and firing pizzas since 2017. During a stop in southern Iceland on our way to Bru Horsefarm and Strokkur Geyser, we decided to have lunch here as it was also near the Sunnumörk shopping centre that has the continental…
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Kanazawa Curry – What is it?
The Ishikawa Prefecture sits in central/western Honshu (depending on how you divide the island). It’s capital, Kanazawa, is known for its rich tradition of handcrafted items, particularly gold leaf, and its preserved Edo-era atmosphere. In fact you can wonder around areas reminiscent of Kyoto’s Gion district without the crowds. However, something else the city is…
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Kurobuta: Kagoshima’s Special Tonkatsu (Pork Cutlet)
Kurobuta, or “black pork”, is a speciality lean pork cutlet, one of the signature dishes from Kagoshima Prefecture. Located in the southern part of Kyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture hosts a breed of pig known as the “Kagoshima Berkshire”, a species first imported from Berkshire, UK, in the 1860s. History During the Edo Period, very little “meat”…
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Historic Matsumoto: Castle Town of one of Japan’s Original Castles
Like many old castles in Japan, Matsumoto Castle (松本城) was surrounding by an old castle town, which today is known as the Historic Matsumoto Castle Town. This amazing area hosts not only the castle but many preserved streets, artisans, merchants, temples and more! If you make your way to Matsumoto, make sure you allot some…
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Tonkatsu Wakaba: Premiere Pork Loin Restaurant
Located in Fukuoka City, Tonkatsu Wakaba (とんかつわか葉, not to be confused with another small national chain with the same name that is run by Yoshimi!) is a premiere pork loin, pork cutlets and pork curry restaurant. With one of the highest ratings in Fukuoka, a city known for amazing foods, on Tabelog, a Japanese restaurant…
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Sauce Katsu from Aizu-Wakamatsu: A Review
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Minmin: Utsunomiya’s Famous Gyoza Chain Experience
Utsunomiya – the capital of gyoza in Japan – has Minmin to thank for a lot of this reputation. One of the premiere gyoza places, Minmin’s main branch is the oldest gyoza restaurant in Utsunomiya. Utsunomiya Gyoza Utsunomiya Gyoza Minmin Minmin Mets vs MinMin Station Bar Food Utsunomiya Gyoza Utsunomiya Gyoza What makes the gyoza…
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Orion Gyoza (Utsunomiya): A Review
Utsunomiya, the capital of Tochigi Prefecture located just north of Tokyo, is famous for one food in particular – gyoza! These dumplings, based on the Chinese versions that came over hundreds of years ago. Nowadays, there are over 200 shops just within the city limits itself – and many more in the surrounding towns and…
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Food in Eiheiji: Oroshi Soba and Daruma Pudding
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Enban Gyoza: Fukushima’s special dumplings
If you are in Fukushima City (i.e., the capital of Fukushima Prefecture), you must try a few things. It is famous for sauce katsu, for example, and when peach season comes around, you can get everything in peach flavour (even pizza)! However, the thing most Japanese people will say when you mention food and Fukushima…
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Kitchen Mauni + Japanese Curry
As anyone who has read probably more than one travel article on this website may know, I am somewhat of a connoisseur of Japanese curry. From my ever-increasing number of articles on the subject and having visited various restaurants and makers of recipes, it should come as no surprise that there are yet more to…
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My Wing: the best curry in Nemuro, Japan
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Sapporo Beer Museum: A Journey Through Japan’s Beer Brewing Heritage
Slightly to the east of JR Sapporo Station in Sapporo, Hokkaido, the Sapporo Beer Museum displays Hokkaido’s beer brewing history and the legacy of one of its most iconic beer brands. As the only museum in the country dedicated solely to beer, it offers visitors a unique opportunity to delve into the origins and evolution…
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Garlic Onion Chicken – another amazing Just One Cookbook recipe
Has anyone moved house recently? I did (and why there haven’t been many posts recently)! If you have moved, you know how it goes. Packing boxes, hiring a moving company, moving everything to your new place, unpacking, realising some things don’t fit in your new place, etc. There are a thousand things to do and…
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Oshi Sushi (押し寿司) – Making sushi in a box
Before coming to Japan, I wasn’t very knowledgeable about sushi. I had eaten sushi in “Japanese” restaurants (Chinese people, not Japanese people, run most of the ones in western countries). I had eaten “sushi rolls” (makizushi, 巻き寿司) and “sashimi” (nigirizushi, 握り寿司) but I couldn’t really tell you what was typical. You couldn’t expect me to…
