{"id":12378,"date":"2010-12-27T20:32:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T12:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=12378"},"modified":"2011-01-04T15:45:46","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T07:45:46","slug":"day-6-kyotobreakfast-lunch-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/12\/27\/day-6-kyotobreakfast-lunch-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 6: Kyoto &#8211; Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Food on Day 6 was pretty much all on opportunity. Apart from a general idea that we&#8217;d like to try out the fourth &#8216;must try&#8217; dining place &#8211; a sushi conveyor belt eatery &#8211; on Ling&#8217;s list, we were all free and easy on meal times and went with whichever the wind blew.<\/p>\n<p>Breakfast was at Katsura Station just before our long 25 minute walk to the Katsura Imperial Villa, and at a Viedre France cafe. Pretty similar to Delifrance in Singapore; french pastries catered for localized taste buds. For a relatively pricey 672\u5186, we got a beverage, a chicken teriyaki\/egg and ham\/tomato sandwichs with a salad side.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" title=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5076-viedefrance-cafe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/blog-2010-japan-OLYP5076-viedefrance-cafe1_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5076-viedefrance-cafe\" width=\"350\" height=\"525\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ling insists on her morning coffee. Otherwise, she&#39;ll claim migraine and headaches etc. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" title=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5077-viedefrance-cafe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/blog-2010-japan-OLYP5077-viedefrance-cafe1_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5077-viedefrance-cafe\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#39;m still having difficulties accepting the reality that beverages and pastries are so pricey in Japan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By mid-noon, we&#8217;d done the guided tour of Katsura Imperial Villa, and were back in central Kyoto area and near Kawaramachi Train Station, and looking around for lunch places. We wandered around for a bit, and found ourselves at level 7 of the Mosaic building. Ling was intrigued with these egg-wrap rice dishes served at this restaurant (it didn&#8217;t have an English name). Final damage was 2,110\u5186, and lunch was so-so only. The tomato sauce used was pretty overpowering.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" title=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5080-kyoto-mosaic-dining\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/blog-2010-japan-OLYP5080-kyoto-mosaic-dining1_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5080-kyoto-mosaic-dining\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Grand Menu with English translations. Several of these egg-wrap dishes had sizes, the largest &#39;L&#39; size of which would involve 6 eggs!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" title=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5083-kyoto-mosaic-dining\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/blog-2010-japan-OLYP5083-kyoto-mosaic-dining1_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5083-kyoto-mosaic-dining\" width=\"350\" height=\"525\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tuna + corn salad. This was pretty good.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" title=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5085-kyoto-mosaic-dining\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/blog-2010-japan-OLYP5085-kyoto-mosaic-dining1_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5085-kyoto-mosaic-dining\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Main course for me. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" title=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5088-kyoto-mosaic-dining\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/blog-2010-japan-OLYP5088-kyoto-mosaic-dining1_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5088-kyoto-mosaic-dining\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Took a quick picture of the front fa\u00e7ade of where we had lunch while Ling is settling the bill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The number #4 place on Ling&#8217;s list of foodie places to check out was a Musashi conveyor belt sushi restaurant somewhere near Kawaramachi Station. Only thing was that we weren&#8217;t sure what the place looked like. We thought this sushi restaurant was it, though now that we&#8217;re back at the hotel and checking through the receipt and pictures, it apparently wasn&#8217;t. This sushi eatery is Kappazushi, and offers most sushi plates at a flat 105\u5186. Ling was fascinated the way ala carte items are ordered too. After putting in your order via the touch screen, a little Shinkansen train will deliver your plate of sushi to your table. Too funny for words! We took a video of this and will upload it soon.<\/p>\n<p>We ate till we nearly burst. Had 12 plates of sushi, with final damage 1,553\u5186, or about SGD24. Pretty good pricing considering that at home, you&#8217;d be paying at least SGD32 for what we had.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" title=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5133-kyoto-musashi-sushi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/blog-2010-japan-OLYP5133-kyoto-musashi-sushi1_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5133-kyoto-musashi-sushi\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before ordering. The &#39;Shinkansen&#39; express delivery track is just above the conveyor belt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" title=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5136-kyoto-musashi-sushi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/blog-2010-japan-OLYP5136-kyoto-musashi-sushi1_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5136-kyoto-musashi-sushi\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Putting in our order for tempura rolls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" title=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5141-kyoto-musashi-sushi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/blog-2010-japan-OLYP5141-kyoto-musashi-sushi1_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"blog-2010-japan-OLYP5141-kyoto-musashi-sushi\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front fa\u00e7ade of the restaurant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our ratings:<\/p>\n<p>Vierde France cafe: <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/star10.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/star10.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/star10.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/blankstar4_thumb.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/blankstar4_thumb.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>?? Egg Wrap Lunch: <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/star10.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/star10.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/star10.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/blankstar4_thumb.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/blankstar4_thumb.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kappazushi: <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/star10.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/star10.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/star10.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/star10.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/blankstar4_thumb.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> (three stars for food, but four stars here in view of its really attractive pricing)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food on Day 6 was pretty much all on opportunity. Apart from a general idea that we&#8217;d like to try out the fourth &#8216;must try&#8217; dining place &#8211; a sushi conveyor belt eatery &#8211; on Ling&#8217;s list, we were all<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/12\/27\/day-6-kyotobreakfast-lunch-dinner\/\">Read More<span class=\"cleanwp-sr-only\">  Day 6: Kyoto &#8211; Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17],"tags":[463,481,468],"class_list":["post-12378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dining","category-traveling","tag-japan-2010","tag-kyoto","tag-e-pl1","wpcat-9-id","wpcat-17-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}