Today’s food…
Breakfast at the morning market in Wajima
While waiting for coffee we had this view..
Curry udon and tempura udon
Pancakes with adzuki bean and matcha powder
food
Wajima
Once we got to Wajima… and started to explore the town, we found a onsen for dogs – the dog is so cute!
Along the foreshore were a few people fishing… I quite liked this persons approach to carry equipment
There are a number of new buildings along the foreshore. One of them was a bakery called “Rapport du pain”. Naturally We found it was open (10 mins till closing)… and we bought a couple of rolls – which were really good. If you are ever in Wajima – go here!
Camembert was inside this roll
Fruit pieces!
And for dinner we went to JIN – which was Teppanyaki. We managed to order. It was hard to know what items are when Japanese refers to cuts of meat. Also had a conversation partly in Japanese of where we were from.. what we were doing in Wajima… and how long for! Oh I need more practice!
Just as I remembered
Best zesty mochas I. The world are found here at Curio espresso in Kanazawa.
Food can be cheap…
In Tokyo you can find food at all prices. From the very cheap to expensive.
Sunday night a couple of friends were kind enough to take us to a fabulous restaurant on the 41(?) floor. Amazing view… and we enjoyed a variety of dishes. The sashimi in this photo was only 2,000 (Yen)… yes you did read that price correctly. It was the chefs special. The taste was even better! It was a great meal which we really enjoyed.
When is Easter?
Hot Cross Buns, you normally see them in the shops after Christmas. I love them, all the different types, chocolate, mocha, traditional. But this is what I saw in the suputhis evening. I would like to remind everyone it’s only August.
No, I did not buy them!
Flying Elk..
Tonight’s dinner was had at the Flying Elk. First up as a snack was truffled popcorn – oh this was good).
Second dish was scallops with scrambled eggs, and truffles.
Kym had the schnitzel (yes you read that right – it is a gastronomic pub) and I had the fish with kohlrabi (which was pickled and cooked) and bacon.
… and dessert I had lemon tart with sorbet and Kym enjoyed eton mess.
A very enjoyable meal!
You could buy the book by the chef – but it’s in Swedish. Thankfully, we cycled here – but I think we should be doing more!
Today’s Fika…
By Sempre – very Italian. Including the language!
Let’s embrace Fika
Here in Sweden they have Fika, which according to what I found on the internet means: “Functioning as both a verb and a noun, the concept of fika is simple. It is the moment that you take a break, often with a cup of coffee, but alternatively with tea, and find a baked good to pair with.”
Swedes are supposedly the worlds highest coffee drinkers, with eight cups consumed each day!
While I wouldn’t drink that many, this is one tradition I can get behind!
Last hours in Poland…
What do we do? Looking for pierogi to eat for lunch of course. We headed back to the “milk bar” for lunch… but the queue was a very long way out the door. Another place we went didn’t have pierogi left (how is this possible?). They tried to suggest a polish style sandwich, but we weren’t into that so we left in search of an alternative.
Kym remembered a place called Omandu... punched it into maps and we were there in no time at all. There was a slight queue out the door, but we thought… since we had well over an hour before catching a ferry.
Once we got a seat, and ordered we were informed there would be a 40 minute wait. That’s okay… in the mean time we had soup. I had borscht with a cabbage filled sausage roll, and Kym’s was a vegetable soup. Both were fabulous. The raspberry lemonade was equally enjoyable.
Then we waited…… but it was worth it! I had hand minced meat, and Kym had black pudding, and on the top had onion and bacon.
We gobbled them up (combination of hunger and needing to get luggage to get to boat)… and our desert ones spiced apple with raspberry and cream sauce we took as a takeaway so we could enjoy them on the boat. Thankfully, we quickly walked to the hotel packed the bikes got taxi and got to the boat in time. So, the lesson in all this is the sign below…
For those also on holiday
Cheers!
Currently at the beach in Gdansk. It was either that or wander the city streets and tourist stuff with the rest of the tourists. Cycling to the beach was the better option… so far done 16.7km!
