Foodtrip: tastes of Hiroshima

Hello All,

It has been a while again...

I got to spend a week in a very clean, friendly - and slightly cold part of Japan. Luckily Hiroshima didn't get as much snow as Tokyo during my stay.

I will also share some pics of the city itself (there's still the a-bomp "shadow" over the city, but there's so much more to see too).

But for now some shots of the food we got - which is something totally new for me.

I stayed at the Daiwa Roynet Hotel which is in a perfect location for sightseeing - and food trips.

• Ask the reception for their recommendations.

There is a small restaurant attached to the hotel (in the same building, but still separate company) that serves breakfast from 5 am in the morning.

On tripadvisor there is a lot of complains about them having only three different options to choose from. OK, I partly agree that the breakfast is not very "western" but who wants to go to Japan and eat scrambled eggs & bacon?

The base of all meals are rice and miso-soup (beans-soup) - then you choose if you want fish or sausages or bread and you get the option to fill in two small pots yourself.

And as my host(s) were very keen on keeping me feeling welcomed, we started off the week with a business dinner already on Sunday evening:

Later on in the week we tried a speciality you'll only get in Hiroshima - okonomiyaki:

Note the "table" where the food is placed - it is heated.

Then we also visited an oyster restaurant - I was a different child though and had some eel:

With a happy Oi-san:

Note the deep fried oysters.

After a rather busy week we rounded up going to a place serving real sushi - not the rolls we here in Europe at least think is sushi...

I love the way the food is served

And on Friday evening we even treated ourselves with some sake

No time is wasted peeling the shrimps

And the real sushi

And don't ask me what we were eating - I know the tuna, the shrimps and the rice :)

Until next time!