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    Japanese Food-Porn (Part 2)

    27 november 2023, Japan โ‹… ๐ŸŒง 16 ยฐC

    This is the second post of my Japanese Food-Porn series. Check out the first one if you missed it: https://findpenguins.com/6jjjgruit3szw/footprin…

    During the past weeks, I ate various delicious food here in Japan. For example, a curry ๐Ÿ› with KAWAII decoration in Tsycho Onsen. It was more like goulash and had nothing to do with Indian curry as we know it. But the obligatory foot bath ๐Ÿ˜Œ that I had during sitting at the table was definitely a highlight.
    Another highlight was my first ever Japanese tea ceremony (with matcha tea accompanied by a mochi) in Nihonmatsu which was very different from what I knew from China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ

    In Aizu-Wakamatsu I tried dango ๐Ÿก of course with matcha flavor. It’s I bit like 3 small mochis on a stick ๐Ÿ˜‹ and I ate a very good burger ๐Ÿ” (with egg, beef, bacon, tomato, cucumber, pineapple, …) at a local burger place for lunch in restaurant Aizu Burger Lucky Smile. I can definitely recommend it ๐Ÿ‘ I was also visiting the local sake brewery and took a guided tour in Aizu-Wakamatsu. I was the only attendant but the tour was only in Japanese and I have probably missed half of the information. ๐Ÿ˜… Nevertheless, the guide made an effort to convey at least the most important information. After the free tasting from 4 different bottles, I bought the one that tasted the best. Later it turned out to be plum wine ๐Ÿถ and not sake ๐Ÿ˜‚
    Before I ended my day trip to Aizu-Wakamatsu, I had another Ramen ๐Ÿœ at the train station there. It smelled and tasted fantastic with its fresh herbs and lemon.

    I also ate at several running sushi places in Japan now. The first one I visited was only a few weeks ago in Koriyama. What was a bit special there was that the Sushi ๐Ÿฃ was delivered on little model trains.

    In Kyoto I tried matcha flavored soft ice cream ๐Ÿฆfor the first time. Not too bad either ๐Ÿ˜„ And on one of the evenings I went with some fellow travelers to a small inconspicuous but very good Gyoza ๐ŸฅŸ restaurant. They basically served only 3 different kinds of gyoza. I had the coriander flavored ones and the special dish of the restaurant. Both had been excellent. ๐Ÿ˜‹

    In Osaka I tried one of the 10 yen pancakes ๐Ÿฅž that I saw people eat everywhere. It is filled with mozzarella cheese but the dough is sweet. Thank god the cheese was relatively mild but it is not really my favorite. ๐Ÿ˜’
    Many other things I ate were great (I have already material for the next part of this series) but this 10 yen pancake was not for me.
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