Kyoto part 2

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Hey, you can't completed a visit to a town/ city without visit its kitchen!! The kitchen of Kyoto here is Nishiki - Ichiba ( ichiba means market ). This market is the main supply source for most of Kyoto chiefs. It is undercover and the stalls / shop here give you a feeling of a shop house not a market.

A shop owner prepare his goods

Waiting for customers

A traditional Japanese shop house

A kaiseki meal ( source : Internet )

:) Yes we didn't dare to tried Kyoto's signature meal. A Kaiseki meal may set us back at least A$ 150 per person. But we promise to our self : next time, yes next time we will pamper our self !! * wink wink *

My lunch set: an Udon bowl, a box combined rice, egg, rice cake and green.

Questions we used to hear when we decided to go to Japan were:Japan is so expensive !! Well, not really. You can save on accommodation by staying at one of Kyoto' guesthouse. Of course the price is higher than other Asia country but still affordable and so the standard. Hotels ' price are vary and to be honest I think it cheaper than New York city , and the service is far better than NYC .

Same apply to foods: If you like to eat Kobe beef or try a full Kaiseki meal every day, your bank account must good enough to not blink your eye when you got the bill.

But if you - like us - eating at restaurant locate on the top floor of any department store, or Udon shop/ stall and places around the train station's underground shopping arcade, or buy bento box from station or from supermarket (usually locate at department store's basement ) you won't burn a big hole in your pocket . It not means we just focus on saving and didn't give our self a feast