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Kaiseki in Kanazawa
On our first night in Kanazawa, Lauren had arranged for us to enjoy a traditional Kaiseki meal at a local restaurant in old town Kanazawa. It actually turned out to…
Moon Island for Monjayaki & Pachinko
Our friend Fancy Nancy highly recommended that we make a stop on “Monja Street” for a dinner of monjayaki. What’s monjayaki you ask? You’ll find out soon enough! Since it…
Yakitori Dinner in Ginza
Our next Japanese style meal was at a place called Birdland in the Ginza Station. It rubs shoulders with the sushi restaurant owned and run by the famous Jiro which…
Tempura lunch
We had a list of different Japanese cooking styles or dishes we wanted to try while we’re here. Yesterday we had ramen while today we knocked off a couple more.…
London Restaurants
We managed to pre-select and book four great restaurants for our four nights in London. First night was Modern Pantry, which we blogged about earlier. The other three nights we…
Packing it in
We arrived at our hotel around noon and then turned around and left at about 1p. The sun sets at 4:20p, and we had to have lunch so we didn’t…
Outstanding Restaurants!
One surprise in Istanbul has been the array of outstanding restaurants available. Even the street food looks and smells delicious. We’ve had some genuinely wonderful meals here. The following are…
