Morning
Was a Tuesday morning and wanted to get some breakfast from Nishiki as well as explore it abit as the previous time when I visited with Yuka back in 2016, it was rather late in the evening where most stalls were closed for the day, or the recent one, it was too crowded during the lunch time.
Plenty of Kyoto specialties in the market. Plenty of food and kitchenware related items. The interesting one was the sansho peppers chips. Interesting peppery spicy taste. Should have bought some!
But I was too focused on getting my tummy some hot breakfast items.
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| famed baby octopus |
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| had scallops instead for normalcy |
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| cute hedgehog bun |
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| inside was custard fillings! |
Next, I was walking past a shop where they specialized in tamagoyaki. Wow, my favourite! And freshly made in-shop. One could see the chefs hard at work.
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| tamagoyaki specialty shop |
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| many types to choose from |
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| chefs at work |
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| of course, need to try! |
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| really yummy, served hot and balanced sweetness and savoury |
After the filling breakfast, walked around somemore and spotted a shop that was selling grilled prawns.
The shopkeeper called out and yeah, bought some to try as he was really funny and friendly. Plus the seafood smells so good when grilled with lemon.
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| grilled ebi skewers |
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| making my order |
Haha, but the way the ebi was eaten there, it tended to be overcooked whereas I preferred it to be just cooked. Nevertheless. it was a fun experience.
Next, following the fragrance of grilled chestnut, found a chestnut specialty shop. The staff was really nice and gave out free sampling of chestnut tea.
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| chestnut (original form) |
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| grilled chestnuts |
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| sampling of chestnut tea |
Afternoon
Walked around somemore and stumbled upon a shrine within the market. So cool! Found out that it is the Nishiki-Tenmangu Shrine. Divine favour in this shrine are wisdom/learning/business acumen/good luck/great purification/avoidance of bad luck.
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| from across |
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| walking towards the shrine |
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| sacred water Nishiki no Mizu |
Felt peaceful at the shrine. It was more cooling at that area too. Then, continued walking outside of Nishiki and headed towards Teramachi Shopping district. Wanted to look for some pancakes to eat. Those fluffy ones!
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| nice to know there's vegan options |
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| Elk Pancake was famous once |
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| wished I had went in and eaten here |
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| Kyoto-styled vending machine |
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| places where money is spent faster than you say "Wow" |
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| those baseball jackets looked nice |
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| there's a jeep in the shop |
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| cinema |
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| wasted about 2000 yen in here |
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| lovely mural |
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| trendy shop |
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| handwritten menu board, I like |
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| floor map, sort of.. and my new shoes from a store in Himeji |
I think I walked off all my breakfast already...Then, I saw an interesting shop. It said "Tom's Mr Hedgie". No idea who is Tom, but if this gives me a chance to get upclose with a baby hedgehog, why not? Hehe.
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| Hedgehog pet shop? |
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| shy hedgehog |
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| hello |
The stairs were pretty narrow and someone was just leaving the shop and the if you're heading upstairs, will have to wait till the person exits because there wasn't any space to manouver. Shoes are to be removed and placed outside.
The staff manning the shop were two bored looking young adult, female. Guests are required to sanitise their hands before touching the hedgehog. The interaction is only for 30 minutes and if exceeds, then need to pay another fee.
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| this was the view most of the time |
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| finally managed to get a photo |
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| as gentle as I can |
Staff can help you snap a photo of you with the hedgehog using your device. Hahaa, but they didn't care about the focus though and just wanted to get it over with. Hahaa!
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| let's get some Flipper's pancake! |
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| seasonal pancake |
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| ordered with iced coffee |
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| fluffy and not too sweet |
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| loved the uji matcha cream and red bean |
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| interior |
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| making process |
It was rather a filling to eat the pancake on my own. Felt super full after that!
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| spotted other pancake shop after having one *LOL* |
Evening
Decided to get some sashimi from Daimaru as they have a price reduction after 830pm.
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| maguro |
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| white fish |
But the thing was... I forgot to ask for soy sauce and wasabi....*LOL* Really ate the sashimi in its original taste! Pretty unforgetable!
And that ends, my day in Kyoto.
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