Trip to Kyoto - Part Two: Pickle Restaurant

While enjoying our day in Kyoto we decided to have lunch at a special restaurant which includes a pickle buffet. Pickles are called tsukemono in Japanese and Kyoto is famous for many delicious varieties. Japanese pickles are made from a wide assortment of fruit and vegetables and many visitors to Kyoto bring samples back to give as gifts to friends and family back home.

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Travel & Events

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• Japan
• Japanese
• Kyoto
• kimono
• pickles
• tsukemono
• Tokaido

[metube555]

i love fermented food. this type of food is full of macrobiotics and help the digestive system. you so lucky, softypapa

[softypapa]

@metube555 Thank you for sharing this important inforamtion about the importance of such traditional foods. I just came back from my wife`s uncle`s house where they served us several plates of home-made pickles as well as fresh picked and prepared bamboo shoots. I will enjoy such foods even more in the future thanks to your information. -Kurt :-)

[APIC4PINY4L3G]

@softypapa ok so softy papa im allegic to seafood and if i were to live in japan what would be a good substitute for it :D and also how soft are you exactly??

[softypapa]

@APIC4PINY4L3G Japan might indeed be a bit of a tough place if you are allergic to seafood. However, I think that you will be able to get by alright as long as you check the ingredient of the things you eat (seafood seems to make its way into so many products). As for my current level of softness it all depends on how cute my kid is when she is asking me to buy her ice cream. I am, after all, forever her softypapa. ~Kurt :-)

[maximefcom]

wow, that would be the best day of my life !!

[softypapa]

@maximefcom I hope that you can have a chance to visit this interesting restaurant some day. -Kurt :-)

[beachfeet1000]

You can really tell that Emily looks up to her mom a lot and respects her.

[MrJaxyagi]

@dakoata121212 That tea cup with lid/cover which works to straining tea leaves is called in Japan as "HO-HEI" but rather very rare to see. Well, it's in Kyoto, they would use such a good interesting item. You may find a few kinds/sizes HO-HEI at the ceramic/china/tea shops, Japan, but rare. Chinese store in other countries who carry ceramics might have them but not like the one in the video. I'd like to have the one in the video, but possible made for that restaurant.

[YoutuJ3eJ3lows]

Just goes to show that almost any vegetable can be pickled to tasty sour heaven.

[xfaithfaith]

Oh man ,japan is such a lovely place. i cant stop praising it ! and thanks a million by letting us into your life in japan !

[dakoata121212]

what do you call that kind of ocha brewing cup with the lid that acts as a strainer? i would love to buy one!

[Keichan2501]

Can't wait to go to Kyoto next year.

[misslilevee]

I love umeboshi too. When i was younger, my brother tricked me and i popped the whole thing into my mouth. So sour and salty at the same time. Now i know better. My grandmother was born in kyushuu.

[HAMMERxHCA]

Is that buffet type salad bar common in japan? I wonder if it was something they started doing post-war era

[wabdatl]

I really enjoyed your video and the labeling of the foods. Thanks so much.

[kirari18]

my favorite is porridge with daikon n umeboshi