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Saturday, July 12, 2025

Kyoto Izakaya in Kyoto Station area part 1 京都駅付近の居酒屋 パート1

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We spent 3 nights in Kyoto. As usual, we stayed at our favorite hotel Granvia Kyoto グランビア京都 with a north and Kyoto tower view room. This mea...
Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Topping of Katsu-Don カツ丼のあたま

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A few days ago, I made “ tonkatsu トンカツ” or pork cutlets from frozen pork chops we had in the freezer. I made much more than we could finish...
Sunday, July 6, 2025

Izakaya in Kanazawa 金沢の居酒屋

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We have visited Kanazawa 金沢 on a number of our trips to Japan.  This time, we stayed in Kanazawa only one night. As a result, we went to onl...
Thursday, July 3, 2025

Matcha Almond Pancake (again) 抹茶アーモンドパンケーキ

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Having just come back from Japan, when we saw this recipe for matcha green tea pancakes on the  Washington Pos t web site the word matcha ca...
Monday, June 30, 2025

Tokyo Kyobashi Areas Izakayas (part 4) 東京の居酒屋　東京駅八重洲京橋付近 パート4

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7. Wasabi Tokyo Station Yaesu Branch 和菜美東京駅八重洲店　 東京都中央区八重洲1-7-17 八重洲ロータリービルB1 Yaesu Rotary Bldg. B1 Yaesu 1-7-17, Chuo-ku Tokyo For reserva...
Friday, June 27, 2025

Lemon Crumb Bar レモンクラムバー

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One day, my wife announced she was going to make this lemon cream bar from a recipe she saw on line. She had purchased a similar item from ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Tokyo Kyobashi Areas Izakayas (part 3) 東京の居酒屋　東京駅八重洲京橋付近 パート3

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5. Sake Ryoma 酒龍馬 東京都中央区京橋2丁目7−15鈴木ビル Suzuki-bldg. Kyobashi 2-7-15 Chuo-Ku, Tokyo For reservation 03-3564-1171, Credit card: Accepted, ...