Japan: food

Jo was keen to try any food so when it was meal time we prowled an area and chose what appealed 

Food was not expensive 

Breakfast Av 400- 600yen incl a coffee

Lunch 400-500y plus a drink 200-300Y

Dinner from 900 -1200y The Shabu Shabu wa the most expensive at 2100y ($24)

we often had sandwich lunch bought from Lawson's or a pasty shop 

Green tea and sweet at Temple 

more sandwich and a pastry 

First a Bento box for the train 800y

paper covers 

A Ramen restaurant The only english sign 'we do not serve rice"

two dishes 

 In kyoto we walked down to a local 'fish 'shop
Turns out its speciality was Whale But we declined

Jo in the restaurant  

the menu 

Our placemats 

 In Nagoya we met up with some Japanese midwives and with them went to a Izakaya a type of informal Japanese pub. They are casual places for after-work drinking.  We arrived at 5.30 left at 10pm.

specialty of the area Chicken wing tips deep fried with sesame  YUM

broth and pickles to eat with Unagi (eel) Yum 

Eggplant 

chicken skewers

 Then in Kyoto in Poncho alley at Yakiniku (literally Grilled Meat) we ordered through the computer (with some help from the staff)

Kobe beef

cooking on the grill

 In Kyoto we went to dinner with Sakurako's family and went to a Yakitori place  Again Grilled chicken. But using all parts of the chicken including deep fried tiny bits of gristle!

the gristle

Our next adventure was  a meat restaurant that turned out to be a Pork Shabu Shabu place 

The broth warming with 4 sauces to try 

The restaurant 

thinly sliced pork

the ingredients cooking 

In Kurashiki the kids took us into the sweet shop