Things I ate in Seorae Village
Just a rough round-up of what I ate in Seorae Village. Chinese hickory nuts They are something like wild walnuts. Apparently people eat these as a snack. Inside the jar They are a pain to shell, and yet I ke…
Just a rough round-up of what I ate in Seorae Village. Chinese hickory nuts They are something like wild walnuts. Apparently people eat these as a snack. Inside the jar They are a pain to shell, and yet I ke…
Cup oden It’s the convenience store kind, so you can’t think too hard about value for money, but it’s an easy thing to eat. Beniharuka sticks These mostly used to come cut into rounds, but …
Posting a bunch of different things. Chinese hawthorn sweets This one mixes strawberry with hawthorn, and it was pretty good. In real life it’s darker than the picture on the bag, so it doesn’t lo…
These days I go through Nagoya Airport regularly, but I go so often that there isn’t much left to see… Sigh… On the way Scenery Scenery I snapped these on the way there. Nagoya sits on a p…
Yakitate no Karubi means “freshly grilled kalbi”, and it’s a chain that has been doing really well lately. The place It seems to be popular all over the country. The entrance Pretty flashy….
Kouya no Ramen is a ramen shop with a Wild West theme. It’s one of the popular ninja-style ramen shops around Hamamatsu. The place You can spot the sign from far away. The other side They really commit…
L’atelier Tempo is a bakery… up on a mountain. It sits halfway up a hillside, in the kind of spot where you wonder what on earth could be out here, as a bakery and cafe in one. A place like this E…
Place Monge is a French bakery I visit often. The taste is a sure thing. Breads I used to think you had to go to a big city to see this level of quality, but the good shops out in the regions are really good …
I’d been to Saizeriya before and enjoyed it, so this time I went back for a revenge visit. By “revenge” I mean eating there with drinks. I usually get around by car, so I can only drink if I …
On the way home the weather was bad, so we stopped by a michi-no-eki. A michi-no-eki is basically a roadside rest station, and you can get there right after leaving the national highway. It connects to both di…
There was a Shingen mochi factory nearby, so I stopped in. A sign like this This is where they sell freshly made Shingen mochi. Besides the factory there’s all sorts of other stuff. There’s a rest…
Kasugai isn’t that remarkable a place, but there aren’t many places worth going to in Yamanashi. It has a hot spring and a buffet, so I picked it as a reasonable option. This kind of place The int…