This post was written in 2011. Shop details and prices may have changed since then.
Mornings at an onsen ryokan have something special about them too. Just like the night before, a lady in a kimono helped us with every little thing.
The breakfast tray
A plain, unfussy Japanese breakfast.
Steamed egg custard
It had gone cold, so it was a bit ordinary.
Sardine
Apparently they catch a lot of them these days. Nutritionally I know I should eat them, but they weren’t especially tasty.
Side dishes and yama-tororo
The one on the right is the tororo. It’s grated mountain yam with a sticky, gooey texture, and you put it on rice, udon or soba.
I made tororo gohan.
It wasn’t all that sticky, and I really liked the way it made the rice chewy. With tororo like this, I’d eat it every day.
Yudofu
It took a while to heat up, so I had it last of all. You scoop it out with the strainer and dip it in the soy sauce. Tofu really is best eaten warm. A very satisfying meal, both for the taste and for the nutrition. It would be nice to make it like this at home too.
Other visits to this place