Kyoto To Tokyo, Food.
This part of the blog covers food! Kyoto is wonderful to visit, but aside from the geishas and temples, I sampled some delicious things. I’ll quickly name them since I believe I’ve already described various points of my trip but I always get asked for food recommendations so here they are. There is this delicious parfait you can get off the main shopping street. It’s a combination of black sesame ice cream, black beans, cream, some jelly pieces and cornflakes. Somehow the combination of textures and flavours really work! I’m sure there are many variations but I really enjoyed this one. Then there’s the Japanese version of the Mont Blanc. Chestnut purée with sponge and cream very artistically presented. Very rich and a popular favourite. There is also this great noodle restaurant whose card I included above. In a wonderful setting with views of a beautiful garden, the noodle soup is wonderfully flavoured which is very popular with the locals. The trio of matcha ice creams hit the
