Itadakimasu: Where and What I Ate in Japan.

And because we have been in this land where we've been blessed to eat authentic Japanese cuisine. I am sharing the where's and what we ate when we were there. If you notice my style of eating when I travel, as much as possible I would 

1. Prioritize eating at a street food.

This one we found along the street of Kiyomizudera temple. ~ yummy!

2. Choose any food that looks appealing to me. Let's say when we went to Ministop in Japan, I did not regret eating their breads particularly their custard cake. I also saw this rice cake with cheese inside it was really oishi! 

3. Try anything especially if there is a line outside the restaurant or stall. I assure you, you can never go wrong.

 4. Ask the locals. 

When Cathy asked Shion and Mimoka (remember the gurls we met in Himeji) about their favorite food, they both answered: Nikujaga.

It's a combination of meat, potatoes and onions. Also known as Japanese stew. 

But, we haven't tried one. Maybe next time.

5. Eat their specialty. Oh well, if you're in the Philippines you have no choice but to eat sinangag. In Japan, it's everyday gyoza...and we loved it.  

The nth time gyoza. 

6. Eat at a place that this country is famous for. Let's say Yoshinoya is one of the must you eat place in Japan. Why? It's for you to find out. Hahahha!! Kaiten Sushi is also famous in Japan, we were accommodated by Aimi to one of those. It was a unique experience. (See details at the bottom.)

Here's what you will see inside Yoshinoya. This one is in Kyoto.

So we discovered these restaurants and food during our stay in Japan. There are plenty though that you should try. Some of the restaurants were actually not posted here because, I missed few details. So, are you ready? Oh and there is one thing more : Prepare to use chopsticks everytime even if the rice is not sticky. 

Itadakimas! 

Custards. We tried Pablo when we were in Osaka. 

 I must say, when you are in Japan try other stores other than Pablo. You may want to try Pablo for the sake of "I've tasted it." It's delicious - yes indeed but there's more to life than Pablo. One of them is Baked Magic I bet there's thousands for you to discover too.

Baked Magic

The magic is real. 

Below are the restos that we tried along Dotounburi. 

Osaka Ohsho

Famous for gyoza which Cathy and I shared.

Tako Yaki

The cheese and bacon and original takoyaki please. 

Okonomiyaki

So I am not sure the name of this store but because my goal was to eat all kinds of okonomiyaki which is famous in Dotounburi we found petite sizes for 6 different flavors in this store. 

There you go!!!

TSURUMEN

Right after USJ we decided to dine in this restaurant. It was a treat from Jeanette. Arigatou! From the name itself, you'll know that they specializes ramen. 

My first ramen.

Tori no Suke

The restaurant is located in Himeji Station. It was my second ramen in Japan.

Kaiten Sushi

During our last day, Aimi accommodated us to eat in this restaurant. Kaiten Sushi. I've heard that there is a Kaitensushi now in Manila but experiencing in Japan first was something remarkable for me. Thank you Aimi for the experience! 

Kaiten Sushi. Sushi Train whatever you call it. The idea is to eat different kinds of sushi served on a plate. You may want to order through the monitor which you will find to most restaurants in Japan or pick the plate through the sushi train. Aimi, advised to order through the monitor because those that they will serve are just newly made.

The cost is based on thenumber of plates.

As I've mentioned, there's more to what I've tasted in Japan that you may discover more. I am sure I will go back for my taste bud's sake (Aside from discovering more places.) I am sure anywhere you'll go in Japan there's this gastronomic discovery you need to uncover. 

Kampai! 

Here's for all the noodles I will try soon in their konbini.