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The most elaborate breakfast I've ever seen. At musashino, a ryokan or traditional inn, and served in my room...
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Ryokan in room dining course 7: pumpkin, cod fish roe, chysentemum string.. We think.
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Ryokan in room dining course 6 fish with miso & I think some sort of cured/smoked duck
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Ryokan in room dining course 5: abalone & lobster, Cooked In clay pot not eaten raw.
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Ryokan in room dining course 3 : sashimi of chu toro, tai and...
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In room dining at ryokan, trdnt Inn. Proper kaiseiki. Course 1 is a beautiful assortment of starters.
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Ryokan In room dining course 2: soup.
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Ryokan in room kaiseiki dessert : melon cake.
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Ryokan in room kaiseiki course 8: rice, soup & pickles
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Yamano chaya ryokan course 1 : hassun or appetisers. Tofu, quail, duck, shrimp, ginkgo nuts, mushroom, sweet potato cake...
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Yamanochaya ryokan course 2: Tsukuri or simply sashimi of chuturo and scrombrops
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Yamanochaya ryokan course 3: wan-gawari or soup. With mushroom & quail meatball & a kind of lime called sudachi. Words cannot describe how delicious clear soups in Japan are.
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This is our room at Yamano Chaya btw, where we are being served dinner too. As a dining experience, This is Very special.
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YamanoChaya course 4: yakizakana or grilled fish. sea bream, peanut paste and lily bulb with dried bonito.
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Yamano Chaya course 5: Nimino or boiled food. Beef tongue, pak choi, turnip, young taro, tomato.
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Yamanochaya course 7, and last one. Mizugashi or simply dessert. Mousse of western pear.
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Yamanochaya course 7: Shikuji, or Rice course. With matsutake mushroom, honewort, grilled cod roe & salty sea weed. Oh and miso soup too.
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YamanoChaya course 6: Sunomono or vinegar-ed food. Katsuo/bonito/skipjack tuna , grated radish, ponzu, Yam.
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YamanoChaya course 6: susume zakana or mains. Grilled salmon with cheese mash. White sauce of soya milk and deep fried bread stick.
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09 Maison Leroy Bourgouge Grande ordinaire, ie the cheapest one lol. Believe this is a Japan market only label from the esteemed Ms Leroy, or I could be wrong. Bought from takashimaya, whom are her long time backers. Whatever the case, this is real privil
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Lunch at Roan Kikunoi.