Chibo 千房 京都アバンティ支店

Chibo 千房 京都アバンティ支店

Hungry? Why not have some okonomiyaki? Also check out this gyoza! Good spot for lunch or dinner at Kyoto station (or wherever this chain can be found).

Marumo Kitchen: bowl cafe マルモキッチン 京都ポルタ店

Marumo Kitchen: bowl cafe マルモキッチン 京都ポルタ店

A bowl restaurant that serves sets in Kyoto station.

Gon Dai Yuu Gojozaka

Gon Dai Yuu Gojozaka

On our way down the hill from Kiyomizu-dera we ended up at Gon Dai Yuu Gojozaka for lunch, a nice two story noodle shop. I ordered Wagyu Niku-Udon which was 900 yen. It's a Japanese beef udon that I ordered cold which was a new way to experience udon for me. When your udon is cold [...]

Kappa Sushi

Kappa Sushi

I realized after I left Tokyo last summer that I had managed to not eat any sushi. And as a person who isn't particularly in love with sushi this was okay but not a good thing. I like sushi but in the US it's just too expensive for something that doesn't make me full. So [...]

Okonomiyaki Machiya

Located in the  Kyoto Porta near the Kyoto train station is where I had my first real meal in Kyoto, お好み焼きOkonomiyaki.  The restaurant had a long line but since we were only three people willing to sit at the bar and not cook for ourselves we were let in before people who had been there longer. [...]