Wandering Fel

10D9N Spring Japan Trip: Sizuya Bakery, Kyoto Station

There are so many nice bakeries in Kyoto but during my three days two nights stay in Kyoto, Sizuya is the best bakery for me. Sizuya is located pretty convenient for tourists to buy with one bakery at Kyoto Station and another one at Gion.

As Sizuya opens until 10PM everyday, we often bought breads from Sizuya for our breakfast the next day. All breads in Sizuya look good to me, really.

Croissant? Brown sugar bread?

Brown Sugar Bread and Croissant at Sizuya Bakery Kyoto Japan

Other than bread and croissant, Sizuya also has danishes. Oh my gawd, this makes decision-making pretty difficult to finish. Hahaha.

My travelling buddy loves everything with cream, so she went with the 216 Japanese Yen creamy looking croissant. It kinda looks like a cronut too.

While, I, on the other hand, have not decided on any bread yet because I was too confused.

And that's when I saw my favourite bread from Japan ever on display, Melon Pan. I may not be a flame haze named Shana (from Shakugan no Shana) but we share the same love for Melon Pan. Hehehe.

When you are in Japan, eat as many Melon Pan as possible. #travellinggoal

10D9N Spring Japan Trip: Last Night in Uji Dinner Feast

Since we had paid so much for a night in Hanayashiki Ukifuneen Ryokan back when we stayed in Kyoto, we decided to enjoy it to the max and take our dinner back to the hotel. We bought our dinner in the basement of Isetan at Kyoto Station. There are so many kind of food that we saw at Isetan, we were kinda overwhelmed but decision has to be made anyway so we ended up with to different Japanese meal boxes. Hahaha.

The first box that we have had wagyu beef (yummy!!!) and tamago inside it. It may not come from Kobe but the wagyu beef is good.

The second box looks prettier and it consists of so many things. Taste wise, I prefer the wagyu though. Hahaha. Beef-lover indeed.

We also bought some snacks to go with our meal. This snack from 7-11 is good!

There are green teas and green tea crackers provided by the hotel in every rooms for the guests to enjoy.

Complimentary green tea crackers and teas at Hanayashiki Ukifuneen

The best thing about staying in Botan room at Hanayashiki Ukifuneen Ryokan is the view that you get from your room. The room is facing the river and the sakura trees. Too bad the sakura trees have not bloomed yet when we came.

The view from inside Botan Room at Hanayashiki Ukifuneen Kyoto Japan

One last shot of Uji River before we left Kyoto for Osaka.

10D9N Spring Japan Trip: Namba Station Nom Nom Journey

Namba is a pretty good area to stay when you travel to Osaka. The district is located pretty near to the main attractions in Osaka such as Shinsaibashi and Dotonbori. In addition, it is merely three stations away from Shin-Osaka Station where the high speed rail terminal is located. There are so many hotel choices in Namba from the affordable to the luxury one. If you are interested, you can read about my experience staying at Hotel Monterey Grasmere Osaka in Namba here.

One thing that I'd like about Namba is it is easy for me to find food even late at night at Namba Station. For example, the bakery called Cookhouse still opens when I passed by around 9PM.

I love bakery in Japan. The bakeries sold all look pretty good to my eyes. I had a lot of difficulties deciding on one or two you see. Hahaha.

Cookhouse Bakery also has a lot of sandwiches with various filling from tonkatsu, to normal ham and cheese.

Cookhouse Bakery Sandwiches at Namba Station Osaka

On the way from Namba Station to Hotel Monterey Grasmere Osaka, we saw a restaurant selling unagi rice box (re: grilled eel rice box). We were pretty much amazed because they sell the smallest box at merely 500 Japanese Yen. Is this real?

The cheating Unagi Restaurant at Namba Station Osaka

We ordered one box each for our dinner that night after one whole day playing at Universal Studio Japan.

Unagi Rice Box from Namba Station Osaka Japan

Turned out it was such a MAJOR RIP-OFF. In contrary to the food display, the size of the unagi given to us is so puny, it is not even funny. Such a disappointment really. The taste is so-so too. Arghh, this was such a bad dinner for us.

Thankfully, I had the time to grab for myself a bag of Calbee at Family Mart in Namba Station, which taste pretty good. Consolation to otherwise, failed eel dinner. Grrr.