Eat, Drink, Sleep @Tokyo, Now in Nagasaki

東京で食う飲む!Restaurant or Bar around Tokyo and Far East. There is a great diversity of food and culture in Japan. You will enjoy the huge range style of food from very local Japanese food to a lot of foreign foods. I hope you will find and feel the diversity of foods in Japan.

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5 May 2015

Yamanoo, Higashiyama, Kanazawa (山の尾 金沢), Ishikawa, Japan

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The Yamano-o is one of the luxury Ryoh-tei Ryo-kan(料亭旅館 luxury facility for staying and dinning dinner and breakfast). I have never heard about the foreigner stayed in Yamano-o. Each room is separatly located on the hill like the cottage but kept the Japanese traditional house style.
Yamano-o was established on Meiji era. This luxury Ryo-kan was located on the hill-top had the beautiful view of Higashi-Cha-ya town. The most posh room has the down seeing view of the main street of Cha-ya town. Rosanjin(魯山人), the famous potter and epicure in Japan, has stayed this Ryokan.
All buildings were built of wood more than 50years ago. The real Japanese style facilities and funiture were prepared for the customer. There are, futon for you sleeping, traditional bath for you bathing with the eight to ten tatami mat room.
In the winter season, people in Kanazawa prepare for the wet heavy snow. They call Yuki-tsuri(雪吊り). They tie the branches of the tree with ropes from the top to protect from broken by heavy snow. This Yuki-tsuri is the seasonal sign in the late Autumn to winter in Kanazawa.



 They served the dinner and breakfast and futon for the customers. The dinner and breakfast will occasionally be served in other room or customer room due to the availability.
The full courses of Japanese traditional styles are cooked with seasonal seafood or vegetables from the Ishikawa prefecture. The seafood are come from the Sea of Japan, the Kohbako crabs(香箱ガニ) were served only in permitted fishing season in the winter. Each course is decorated on the Kaga Japanese lacquer wear or Kutani-yaki porcelain. The local food and local table wear with the posh cooking will be satisfied with the travellers.

an hors d`oeuvre

Wann mono: Japanese dashi soup 
Kohbako crab(香箱ガニ), with vineger- soy source

 Jibu ni(治部煮) duck meat stew with wasabi



Each staff is like the concierge of the luxury hotel, has each opinion about the lifestyles, sweetshop, restaurant or sightseeing spot. Unfortunately, I am not able to confirm the English availability of the staffs.

15 April 2015

Juyu-ken, Kanazawa(自由軒 金沢), Ishikawa, Japan

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 This modern and Western style bistro was located in the Higashi cha-ya town. There was a public bath, named Higashi-yu located in front of this bistro two years ago.

This bistro served very classical western but Japanese style food like Ton-katsu(flied pork), Ebi-furai(エビフライflied shullinp) or Bifuteki(ビフテキ Beef steak). After Meiji period, a lot of western food w 
ere introduced to Japanese people and got a part in the variation of the Japanese family foods. Each family has something mother’s curry and rice, Ton-katsu or spaghetti. This bistro served very popular dishes but essential Japanese western foods.

The sandwiches are very popular among the ladies who live or have the Japanese traditional culture practice as Shinobue, Cha-do or Ka-do in the cha-ya town. They order the sandwiches after the practice and enjoy the meal with their teacher. A piece of sweet egg sandwich and Japanese traditional culture, I had smiled this story from the lady who served at Yamano-o.

The egg sandwiches were soft Tamago-yaki(like omelet) with sweet soy source in the bread. The Katsu-sandwiches are also lovely, Katsu with filled with the demi gras source on the Koromo is very juicy taste. You are able to take away of these menu.

On my last visiting, I have enjoyed the Bifu-teki-donn(the Beef steak on the rice). The balance of demi gras source, medium cooled beef and rice was the real Japanese-western food style.

 
I have never seen the western country people in this bistro. I would like to hear their opinion of our traditional Japanese-western food.

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