Patisserie Mirage in Hamamatsu
A place called Patisserie Mirage opened up, so I went along. I’ve been several times now, so I’m putting it all in one post. Roughly what the place looks like The door is huge and hefty, and it lo…
A place called Patisserie Mirage opened up, so I went along. I’ve been several times now, so I’m putting it all in one post. Roughly what the place looks like The door is huge and hefty, and it lo…
I heard a decent place had opened in Arai, Kosai, so I went to have a look. Here it is. Everyone is far too good at interiors these days. The menu Oddly enough, the exterior says cafe, but the menu is packed…
Posting a bit of everything. Coffee shop Red Sun A really old coffee shop, and something about it feels like Abcb, the cafe from Kimagure Orange Road. Jagarico Wasabi Soy Sauce For some reason the potato sti…
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…
I had a wander around central Yaizu. Sake Big There really are a lot of places like this. There are carp in there. Starbucks It feels like it was built quite recently. A motsuyaki joint (grilled offal) Som…
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…
If I just say “Tokaido Fujieda-shuku,” you’re probably wondering what on earth that is. Back in the Edo period there was a highway running between Kyoto and Tokyo, and along it, much like the…
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…
Osechi is when you have your New Year’s food delivered from a good restaurant, on the grounds that nobody should have to bother cooking over the year-end and New Year holidays. It costs a fair bit, but h…