22 Jan

This buffet breakfast had both Japanese and Western food. Some of the foods available included sweet potato, tofu/daikon/carrot stew, roe, fishcake with an egg layer and prawns on top, eggplant, fermented soy beans (natto), pickled vegetables, a fishcake/bean thing, karaage, frankfurts, fish pieces, bread, fruits, a separate platter of small strawberries, plain rice porridge, miso soup, plain rice, salad. There were also toppings such as soy, vinegar and furikake. [gallery link="none" columns="2" type="rectangular" ids="1408,1409"]...

20:54 / Arc Hotel / Cafe / Food / Japan / Japanese / Kumamoto / Restaurants / Travel
21 Jan

We found this small ramen shop in the large undercover mall near our hotel. We ordered our dishes using a ticket machine after the waitress tried explaining the more popular dishes using the photos on the wall. Mum got shanghainese sort of noodles with a spicy, Korean-like sauce (¥700). Dad and A2 and I got ramen that was almost the same, most likely tonkastu based. A2 and I had one with miso, a bit of chilli and a scallop (which arrived in its own little plate, ¥900) whereas...

20:49 / Food / Japan / Japanese / Kumamoto / Ramen Shop / Restaurants / Travel
21 Jan

After checking out of the hotel we drove down to Dejima Wharf where there were a few restaurants that sold mainly seafood. We settled on Dejima Asaichi because their posters showed some interesting-looking lunch sets. A2 and I wanted the same set for ¥1000. It consisted of a piece of tofu with soy sauce, what looked like egg custard with a prawn stuck inside, rice topped with a piece of fish and some sort of fritter with a light-coloured sauce. Unfortunately it was sold out and I was...

20:33 / Dejima Asaichi / Food / Japan / Japanese / Nagasaki / Restaurants / Travel
21 Jan

Today we were driving from Nagasaki to catch a ferry to Kumamoto. At one of the towns on the way we stopped at another grocery store and bought some strawberries, a chopped up orange, some bright green honeydew (it was an avocado green colour), some browned/baked beans and a packet of red bean/chestnut buns. We thought the packet of buns we picked up only had chestnut in it, which was what we wanted. [gallery order="DESC" columns="2"]...

17:49 / Dessert/Sweets / Japan / Japanese / Misc. Snacks / Travel
20 Jan

For dinner we wanted to try shippoku, which is a banquet particular to Nagasaki and takes cues from Japanese, Chinese and Western cuisine. One of the famous shippoku restaurants in Nagasaki is Hamakatsu. All the waitresses were dressed traditionally and there was a choice of Japanese or Western seating. We thought of sitting on the tatami mats, but because of A2’s knee we settled on Western furniture. I didn’t see anyone in the Japanese section. All of us ordered the third cheapest option, which was called Bura-bura shippoku (¥3750)....

20:25 / Food / Hamakatsu / Japan / Japanese / Nagasaki / Restaurants / Travel
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