Eating Hiroshima

 

Atomic Bomb Dome

Hiroshima was lovely. A destination chosen from my fascination with military history and boy did I get out of it all that I'd hoped for.

Apart from visiting the Atomic bomb dome, the Peace Memorial Park and the Peace Memorial Museum, we were also treated to lovely gardens at Shukkeien Garden, we also wandered aimlessly through downtown, browsed antique and curio stores, took in the Christmas lights with childlike enthusiasm and thorough enjoyed staring out of the window of our lovely hotel, The Knot Hiroshima.

The Knot Hotel

One of my must-dos over here was visit a conveyer-belt sushi, a sushi train. At lunchtime after the gardens we found ourself near Kura Sushi, we took a number and waited for a table to become available.

These are a BIG deal over here, this pic from their website gives an idea of the proportions of the restaurants.

photo courtesy of Kura Sushi

Plates were available to order on screen, or as they passed around the conveyer belt and the menus was vast, and very good prices.

Dad ordered a beer and a ramen, and I got a mandarin juice, fried chicken and tempura udon. I had heard that Japanese fried chicken was pretty good and was happy to give it a go. It is, without doubt, the best fried chicken I have ever tried. Dad went on to get an order as well.

Takoyaki which I thought were better than the ones I had in Osaka, the home of Takoyaki. Takoyaki is a very boiling hot ball of just set dough with octopus pieces. They are umami and very good. 

I simply HAD to try the cheddar cheese tempura Sushi, and I can safely say, it was one of the best things in the world.

melty

I also had a very nice pork sushi. And lets talk about value... at the moment AUD1 is about 100Yen, so 200 yen is $2, 1000Yen is $10 and so on. Have a look at how cheap these plates were! Crazy!

I really enjoyed our visit to Kura and I'm quite sad we only got to one on our trip.

Afternoon martini and view from the hotel Rooftop.

Next door to our hotel was a very charming looking French bistro. On our first night I had some wines on their front terrace and it was just lovely, so on the second night we decided to have dinner there.

Bistrot de Paris Otemachi was such a surprise. If I had known how good the food was going to be I definitely would have ordered entrees. Alas, I ordered the roasted duck breast and dad had the lamb, and also made his a set meal which included garlic bread, salad and French fries. The sides came out before the mains and all the were just perfection.

Our mains came out not long after and looked divine. But it wasn't untill I cut into and tasted it that I realised this was way, way beyond my expectation. I ate so slowly, savouring every chew. This was literally Michelin Star, or Hatted Restaurant quality, it was utter, utter perfection. The quality of both meats, how they were cooked and seasoned, the sauces and sides were all literally perfect.

We were so happy with our meals and decided to go desserts. A gorgeous baked cheesecake and chocolate mousse French Bulldog.

Both were divine.

Breakfast the next day was a coffee, muffin and white chocolate and macadamia donut from Starbucks, which is SO popular in Japan. And these muffins poo-poo all over McMuffins.

Mmmmmm Delicious. Thanks for your time.