Street Food

Dorayaki – Doraemon’s Favourite Food @ Japan

by Paris B on April 6, 2010

in Food and Restaurant Reviews, Japan, Japanese, Snacks, Street Food

On the train heading back to Tokyo, I set about eating a fresh dorayaki – red bean pancake – I’d purchased from a store in Hakone. It was a very popular store selling a lot of Japanese traditional cakes and pastries. I just have no idea what it is called but its logo was a [...]

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Owakudani Kuro Tamago – Black Volcanic eggs! Hakone, Japan

by Paris B on March 30, 2010

in Eggs, Food and Restaurant Reviews, Japan, Japanese, Snacks, Street Food

One of the interesting foods I came across while touring Hakone, Japan was this – Kuro Tamago – black eggs boiled in volcanic sulfur water. This is something unique to Owakudani in Hakone, Japan where volcanic activity is still rife and sulfur is still mined. Anyway, since the signs everywhere said that we MUST TRY [...]

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Japan Street Food – Gyu Don – Braised beef on Rice

by Paris B on March 22, 2010

in Beef, Food and Restaurant Reviews, Japan, Japanese, Rice, Street Food, Tokyo

One of my first meals in Tokyo, Japan was a hot steaming bowl of braised beef on rice or Gyu Don. I picked this up at some random stall by the roadside as I was ravenous after the long flight. It was also one of the few stalls open in the morning that I saw. [...]

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