Bakeries in Nagoya
Nagoya has plenty of good bakeries too, but a lot of them are a bit far to reach on a short trip. That is exactly why the bakeries in the Takashimaya department store, connected straight to Nagoya Station, are…
Nagoya has plenty of good bakeries too, but a lot of them are a bit far to reach on a short trip. That is exactly why the bakeries in the Takashimaya department store, connected straight to Nagoya Station, are…
Nagoya has its famous things. An-butter toast (sweet red bean paste and butter on toast), for instance. Honestly, I suspect people who actually live in Nagoya could not care less about it, but I am a tourist, …
Marrons glaces Lotte really seems to have a knack for these seasonal releases. Somehow it genuinely tastes close to real marrons glaces. It’s like chocolate with chestnut and brandy mixed in, and for th…
Search for Yaizu and the Yaizu Sakana Center always comes up. Yaizu has a fairly sizeable port, and all kinds of fish are landed there – tuna, sakura shrimp, shirasu and so on. The entrance It is big. L…
I heard there was a famous bakery in Fujieda, near Yaizu in Shizuoka, so off I went. One thing I definitely feel, though, is that getting around rural Japan without a car is not easy. This time I just walked i…
In the Fujieda and Yaizu area of Shizuoka there is a local ramen style called Shida-kei. The defining feature, apparently, is eating a hot ramen and a cold ramen at the same time, first thing in the morning. I…
Place Mange and Tatsunoko Ramen are close to each other, so I always visit the two as a set. Bread Gateau macaron and tarte banane The cakes The drink menu I always just get takeout, so I have never actual…
Tatsunoko Ramen is a place I like so much that I keep going back. Corn ramen They use fresh corn rather than the canned kind. I think that’s why it tasted even better. Moyashi ramen A clean shoyu-based…
I had a meal at Yabaton right after landing. Miso katsu It’s the most basic thing on the menu. The inside The fat level is just right so it’s easy to eat, but the miso sauce is sweet after all an…
These days I go back and forth between Incheon and Nagoya almost on a fixed schedule, so I’m running out of things to post.. Still, here are a few small bits of info. The duty free, now with Helinox in i…
Just posting the odds and ends of photos I have left over. Chocolate from Gateau Festa Harada A friend gave it to me as a gift, and it is pretty good. It is sweet, though. These days I have been avoiding anyt…
I’m not sure why, but there are quite a few gimbap places with a queue outside around Bangbae-dong. This Haenam Wonjo Gimbap is one of them. A place like this Maybe because it’s so popular, the st…