Gyudon 牛丼 is a Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce flavored with dashi (fish and seaweed stock), soy sauce and mirin (sweet rice wine). If you’re wondering what to eat when…
edit: The position of my favorite oyako-don has been usurped by Torikaku. edit 2: Forget them all. I learned how to cook oyako-don recently and it’s LEGIT AWESOME. You may know what oyako-don is, and may even love this chicken+egg rice bowl (like me!)…
Traveling in Japan on a budget but still want to sample local food? Go try 丸亀製麺 Marugame Seimen, my go-to for yummy yet cheap udon! Marugame Seimen is a big chain that specializes in udon, with more than 800 stores all across Japan. They have 65…
One of the things I will never get bored of eating in Japan… Bentos! ♥ Whether it’s a bento from a conbini (Japanese for convenience store), supermarket or departmental store or Ekiben (bento you buy from the train station for long train rides), I…
Ok, I lied. It’s probably a tie with Kura sushi. I love them both muchly! ♥ But I do eat Tenya more often because it’s much more accessible. Kura sushi branches are mostly hidden away in ulu residential areas >___> Oh, just to clear…
Is that possible? Delicious AND cheap? YES!!! Introducing my favorite sushi chain restaurant… How cheap is it, really? Every plate = 105yen (SGD 1.40) Of course, they have non-105yen items too, but I rarely ever eat them. The 105 yen ones are…
Whenever friends come to Japan on a holiday, they always ask us the standard few questions: Where to stay? (preferably cheap and good ;)) How to travel? Must-go places? So this post is to tackle the first question. Here are a few recommendations here…