For dinner one night my sister and I stopped by Mimikou, a curry udon restaurant.
Mimikou
To drink, I ordered the Umeshu Highball – a Japanese plum liquor with soda.
Umeshu Highball
Udon are thick wheat noodles. The restaurant serves Kyoto-style udon with a flavorful curry sauce made from curry powder thickened with a Japanese soup stock called dashi.
Mimikou
My sister ordered one with shredded vegetables and I got the chicken tempura one. They also has pieces of tofu.
Veggie Udon
We were also given large bibs to wear. Slurping thick noodles can get pretty messy! Although I noticed we were the only ones in the restaurant that were given bibs. Ha! They must have known we were visiting.
Curry Udon
Slurping Bibs
Our udon dinner was excellent and very comforting. We strolled around the area a bit before stopping by one of the most popular dessert shops in Kyoto.
Geiko Sighting
Tsujiri Honten is the place to go to for matcha desserts. There’s a small sit-down restaurant on the second floor to enjoy the various matcha treats.
Dessert
There was always a long line down the stairs every time we passed it, but at this particular time we avoided a line.
My sister had a glass of Iced Green Tea.
Iced Green Tea
I convinced her to share one of the incredible-looking parfaits with me. The Matcha Castella Parfait had vanilla ice cream, matcha ice cream, agar jelly cubes, matcha syrup, matcha castella (Japanese sponge cake), and matcha whipped cream. Talk about matcha overload! It was delicious!
Matcha Parfait
Later on that night before going back to the hotel, we may have stopped by Mos Burger for some late-night grub. The fast-food restaurant chain originated in Japan and they were everywhere, so we had to try it.
Mos Burger
Mos Cheeseburger and Onion Rings
With the cool weather and all the walking we were doing, it’s very important to keep your skin hydrated. 😉
LuLuLun Face Mask
Just two sisters wearing hydrating green tea face masks in their hotel pajamas!
Time for bed. I was excited to go to Mount Koya the next day to spend the night in a Buddhist temple. We would have quite the journey getting there…I just had no idea at the time.
Mimikou
528-6 Giommachi Minamigawa
Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan 605-0074
+81 75-525-0155
Website
Saryo Tsujiri Gion Honten
573-3 Gionmachi Minamigawa, Higashiyama-ku
2 and 3F Gion Tsujiri Honten, Kyoto, Japan 605-0074
+81 75-561-2257
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