We spent Wednesday in Kyoto and had a kaiseki meal, as one is supposed to there. We picked a nice place on 11th floor of Isetan Department Store just north of Kyoto JR station called Shozankaku.
We were not disappointed.
We had to sign in when we arrived (there was a wait of about 45 minutes). That's Ben's name on the right on the line third from the bottom - he wrote that himself!
We were not disappointed.
We had to sign in when we arrived (there was a wait of about 45 minutes). That's Ben's name on the right on the line third from the bottom - he wrote that himself!
Ben got sake. We had simple place settings and some bowls with roasted rice kernels. Tea or finger bowls? :)
Ben got the full "Kaiseki" meal, but because it had steak, I got the option with same number of courses but "no meat" according to the server. I was impressed enough that Ben said in Japanese that I don't eat meat!
Ben got the full "Kaiseki" meal, but because it had steak, I got the option with same number of courses but "no meat" according to the server. I was impressed enough that Ben said in Japanese that I don't eat meat!
We got some sort of tofu skin (with a little green wasabi stuff) for first course, an assortment of veggies and octopus :( for our second and sashimi for the third.
This was tofu skin in soy milk with delicious ponzu sauce. Yuba was almost pasta textured, only finer!
My favorite: gindara. Ben's had an addition - yuba with bamboo shoot and shrimp with some other things.
Now our courses diverged completely. I got fish collar, Ben got steak and bamboo shoots. A seasonal theme?
Next we both got tempura, followed by "fill up" course of soup, pickles and rice. That's shanso pepper leaf from the soup (and early also on my fish collar).
Tea and a light dessert to finish a wonderful meal!
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