A Short Makan Trip to Osaka

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Taking a short break to Osaka for some makan trip. Japanese food begin on-route 

Breakfast - Japanese rice and fried chicken in sauce

 

 

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Stree of Osaka

Beautiful city

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Our first Japanese meal when we arrived. at Benkay

Scene at the dining table

Dining hall

Menu

Special tofu hand made by chef

My sake

Starter

Soup

Sashimi

Egg and turnip

Spanish mackerel

King crab tempura

Crab rice

 

Cold seaweed soup

Fruites

 

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May I ask what camera did you use? I find all these photos to be well taken.

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On 12/9/2019 at 6:13 PM, Sopskysalat said:

May I ask what camera did you use? I find all these photos to be well taken.

Huawei P30 Pro

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Went to aa 24hr ramen shop

Pickled vegetables

Highball is a mix of soda and whisky

Gyoza

Delicious ramen

Edited December 10, 2019 by steveluv

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Morning breakfast, typical Japanese porridge breakfast 

The restaurant in hotel

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Good morning

 

 

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Took a walk to Diamaru Departmental Store on yesterday and found a great Japanese sushi restaurant. Read that this restaurant serves the Imperial Household for more than a hundred years.

Mostly old experienced men making sushi

My lunch

Clear soup is very savoury

Deep friend battered fish

Grilled cod

Sake

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Had a great sukiyaki dinner at hotel on Wendesday

Sake

Tofu

Starters

Sashimi

Stewed fish

Sukiyaki

Kobe

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Arriving in Arima Onsen a town less than 1hr away from Osaka by car. Here's the Ryokan

Life lobby

My bedroom, traditional Japanese

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Took a walk around the ryokan

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Night view from the room

And then its time for dinner, in the room

Staff preparing dinner

The menu

Guests seated and staff explaining the menu

 

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The sake for the dinner

Table setting

Starters

Fish and tofu soup

Sashimi

Cold noodle

Kobe

Tepanyaki

Tofu skin and mushroom ball

Puffer fish slice

Miso soup

Pickled vegetables

Preparing the rice

Japanese rice

Dessert - jelly covering strawberries and mango pudding 

Finally after clearing the dinner table, staff came to prepare the futon

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Our second night in Arima onsen was met with another traditional Japanese dinner but first with the Japanese flower arrangement, really sweet

Menu for the evening

Another server came to server ion our room

Drive for the evening

Starters

Sashimi

Tofu and fish for soup

The soup

More sake

Kobe for dinner

Finally sushi

Stewed fish head

Lobster tempura

Miso soup and pickle

Fruits

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Going for a walk around Arima onsen town

First the hotel lobby

Moving out, hotel on top

Hotel

Lane

Temple

Natural spring

Autumn leaves (its winter though)

Arima

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After spending 2 nights in Arima it was time to get back to Osaka 

All lit up on Shinsaibashi

Dinner was sukiyaki but first the sake

Starters

Sashimi

Main course, sukiyaaki set

The kobe

Broth

Cooking the meat

Dipping into raw egg

Finally rice

Dessert, bun freshly made

Filled with vanilla ice-cream and red bean paste, great dessert

 

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Taking a morning walk in Osaka Shinsaibashi area

 

 

Edited December 24, 2019 by steveluv