Osaka, Japan 2020
We travelled to Osaka a few days ago and it was such a surreal experience to be travelling during the Covid pandemic. This is our travel diary. Context: At the…
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We travelled to Osaka a few days ago and it was such a surreal experience to be travelling during the Covid pandemic. This is our travel diary. Context: At the…
View PostIf you’ve heard of Pepper Lunch then you’re a lucky fella because you’ve been graced with the beauty of sizzling, juicy meat. Pepper Lunch is a major Japanese franchise, specializing…
View PostOne of our bucket list goals was to witness the 桜 (sakura; cherry blossoms) in full bloom in Japan. If you didn’t know, these flowers only bloom for about 2…
View PostWe stayed at Hotel Nikko Osaka during our short 4-day visit in March 2020 and it was definitely one of our more boujee experiences. Everything about this hotel was high…
View PostGram is a popular franchise, known for its fluffy pancakes. They were a huge craze back in 2017, with queues going around the block at their original store in Harajuku,…
View PostOoft, these bowls were huge!!! During our holiday in Osaka today, we were hungover and wandering the streets of Dotonbori, searching for masks. We stopped by Tsurutontan Soemoncho in Dotonbori…
View PostWhen your cow has achieved more in its lifetime than you have 😂. We had the luxury of gorging ourselves in the highest grade of Kobe Wagyu beef at Wanomiya…
View PostYakiniku means grilled meat in Japanese. We had an AYCE JBBQ in Osaka today and here are snapshots from this delicious meal because I need a record in my memory…
View PostThe first omurice created in Japan was at Hokkyokusei in 1922! Since then, the Osaka restaurant has franchised out to dozens of locations throughout Japan, with many restaurants influenced by…
View PostIf you know me, you know I LOVE TAKOYAKI. In big capital letters. I even wrote a review of ALL the takoyaki stalls in Dotonbori (LINK) 😋 In 2017, I…
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