#kyoto food

Lunch at “Nishiki Agaru” near Nishiki Market, Kyoto. Nicely arranged tiny colorful cups called “nozoki” are so cute, which I never use at home (…too many to wash, you know).

The restaurant was a renovated Machiya, traditional merchant’s house, and had a beautiful small inner garden deep-inside with fresh green of Japanese maple, which we enjoyed just next to our seats. It was good to make a reservation earlier.

Kyomachiya Nishiki Agaru (Japanese)
https://www.google.co.jp/amp/s/s.tabelog.com/kyoto/A2601/A260201/26025527/top_amp/
You can also bring foods you bought at Nishiki Market in (They will serve them on dish). Better to make reservations especially for weekend lunch.

Machiya
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiya
Kyoto’s Machiya is especially called “Kyomachiya”.

Nishiki Market (japan-guide.com)
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3931.html

錦市場ちかくの「錦上ル」で昼ごはん。きれいに並べられたのぞきが可愛いらしい、が、家では全然使わない（洗い物が増えるしな；）。

細長い町家の奥座敷には紅葉の青がきれいな坪庭。早くに予約しておいて良かった。

京町家 錦上ル
http://nishikiagaru.jp

京町家
https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/京町家

Lunch at Nishiki Ichiha in Nishiki Market, Kyoto: matcha soba with mountain vegetable, bamboo shoot and grated mountain potato, and soft-served matcha ice cream on three kinds of Japanese tea flavored caramel popcorn (matcha, houji-cha, and genmai-cha). The two small wooden cylinders aside are spices: shichimi (七味: Japanese seven spices) and sansho (山椒: japanese pepper)

I found mild konbu-majored dashi for the soba, which is often used for noodles with mountain vegetables (could be different in Kanto region). The soft-served ice cream with caramel popcorns was part of lunch set and smaller size, yet a bit too much for me after having soba. You can buy those caramel popcorns either outside the restaurant or on Kyoto Daimaru department store’s underground floor. Especially the genmai-cha flavored has a real refreshing roasting aroma of genmai (brown rice) and ryoku-cha. I personally recommend gennai-cha flavor the best (and I have never seen the flavor at any other shops).

Nishiki Ichiha’s menu with pics
https://nishiki-ichiha.com/menu.html

Nishiki Market
A street lined with around 130 shops selling food. You can take a stand-up meal at some shops.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nishiki_Market

錦市場にある錦一葉の山菜とろろ抹茶そばとポップソフト（ミニ）。茶蕎麦のお出汁はあっさり昆布出汁。山菜系のうどん・そばではよく見かける（関東はまた違うのかも）。ポップソフトは抹茶ソフトの下に、抹茶・焙じ茶・玄米茶の三種類のキャラメルポップコーンが入っている。ミニだけど、ごはんの後だとちょっと多い。中でも玄米茶ポップコーンは玄米の薫りが香ばしくていちばん美味しい（ついでに他所で見たことない）。店前や大丸地下で買える。玄米茶ポップコーンは個人的におすすめ。

Japanese tea room Chikusei by Tsubakido, at Fushimi, Kyoto. A purveyor to Fushimi Inari Taisha (shrine). Tea, sweets, the interior design, everything’s great. Surely wanna visit again.

Tsubaki-do 椿堂
http://www.tsubakido.kyoto
Only in Japanese, but has a nice tea company film. Tranquil and worth to watch. “Tsubaki” means camellia FYI.

京都伏見の椿堂竹聲。伏見稲荷大社御用達。煎茶、スイーツ、室礼、どれも良い。また訪れたい。