Ryokan Stay

One unique experience that everyone should try in Japan is to stay in a ryokan. A ryokan is like a traditional type of japanese inn. The guests would usually dress in yukata and you will get to interact with the owner (if you like). So far my experience is that the ryokan owner will usually respect your privacy and would not try to chat you up. Plus most of them speak mostly Japanese. Breakfast and dinner are usually provided as well. I remembered that it came to a pleasant surprise to us at Hakone when we saw the full spread of food during our first breakfast at a ryokan stay. There was sashimi, miso soup, grilled fish and rice. it is practically a full set meal. I also recalled that we were the only guests in most of the ryokan we stayed in. So we really get the use of onsen to ourselves. Cool.

See Mikey share his ryokan stay in Kobe in the following video.

Tsukiji Fish Market

A trip to Tokyo would not be completed without a trip to the Tsukiji Fish Market. Let Mike Chen shows you his trip to the fish market in the following video. Please note that the inner market of Tsukij Fish Market has moved to Toyosu and it is now known as Toyosu Market, The outer market remains open at the existing site. Share with us your experience at the Tsujiki Fish Market!

Delicious Singapore laksa - Love of Japanese Youtube star

As some of you might be aware, Singapore is my motherland.. Totally love everything (almost) about her. Whenever I travel overseas more than 2 weeks, I will usually start to miss the local food. Japan is less of an issue cos the food there is sooooo amazing. I usually start missing local after 3+ plus. I still recalled  there was once YY and I were started to looking for Yong Tau Foo (a local cuisine - a of the few healthy yet delicious options that I miss in my overseas stint) in a food court (around Shibuya area I think).

Hence it made me happy to know that Japanese Youtube food celebrity Kinoshita Yuka loves Singapore laksa! She often upload videos of her food conquest - dishes she has never tried before. In the following video, she is trying out a Prima instant laksa (Prima is framed for its chicken rice paste and laksa paste). Yuka included prawns, egg, onion and seaweed in her instant noodles like what she saw on the package. She cooked up a mega portion of 4.3kg of noodles and cleaned it off. Apparently she loves this dish :) Watch the video below:

https://youtu.be/UDue-GxXSAw

I know my Japanese friends love our chicken rice and one even likes the taste of durians! Here is another dish to  bring them to try :)

P.S. To Yuka, you should really try getting the Prima laksa paste and cook the laksa from scratch. It is so much nicer! That is what we have been doing to curb our craving for laksa from Down Under :)