Shitennoji 四天王寺, Gyudon 牛丼, Osaka Japan

This post will be the last post of my recent Kyoto and Osaka trip.

If you are still remember my own adventure of finding Kombucha in Tennoji  area of Osaka city. After i found kombucha, since i was not in rush, so i slowly walk to JR station and stopped by this Shitennoji temple..

Lovely flowers

Since i was alone, i just bought croissant and cannele from this bakery shop for lunch.

Let see what they are selling in this shop, luckily they did not stop me to take photos, hehehe..

I forgot to buy their natural yeast bread..

Cannele

pumpkin and matcha bread?  not sure..

beautiful croissants

breads made by natural yeast

I saw similar potata bread like i did earlier, recipe here

My 1st time trying cannele, very good, slightly chewy skin and lovely caramel aroma.. 

perfect croissant, yum!

After lunch, i continue walked toward train station. I saw this colourful rice cracker, not sure good or not since i did not buy

These wooden moulds were not for sell but for display only, too bad can't buy..

Passed by this shop specialize flowers and vegetables seeds..I bought a packet of flower seed from here, but just realized i have yet to plant it..

We enjoyed Gyudon in this restaurant (sorry, forgot the shop name, is loacted in one of the shopping mall)..

This shop even provide basket for lady to keep their handbag..

yummy Gyudon 牛丼

We like this ramen too, lighter soup base and a lot of cabbages added.

pickled chives to top on ramen, yummy too.

I ordered gyoza again, hehehe..

Ok, here end of my update. I would like to Thanks Nami Just One Cookbook for her advise on accomodation and others..Below are few useful sites that i would recommend you to read if you are planning a trip to Kyoto and Osaka Japan.

1. Alan Travelling foodies - his update more on Patisserie

2. mafengwo - this site is in Chinese..Her write up is very details, my great reference for this trip.

3. Japan guide - you can find all information related to Japan in here

Sashimi, Nara City 奈良, Japanese Curry Rice, Osaka Japan

Finally, i have a chance to try sashimi in Japan, it was so so good and fresh!!

This was the shop we visited and it was located at Shinsaibashi area, sorry can't recall the exact location

I don't know Japanese, but i guess this article is telling where they get all the fresh seafood.



Beside sashimi, we also ordered salted chicken cubes and grilled saba

But the main attraction was this plate of very fresh sashimi..don't miss to take sashimi when you visit Japan ya..

Walking around Nara city and curry rice

Once we came out from Nara park, we choosen to walk back from this park to train station, the distance was not that far actually.. So we can have sight seeing of this small Nara city..Below pictures were taken along our walk..

This is a famous Japanese garden in Nara, but we decided not to enter and continue our walk..

a shopping street nearby, can see deer too..

Wow, even man-holes also has deer pattern, beautiful..

Not sure what was the celebration..

A cute Japanese girl with her pink bicycle

stop by this curry house for lunch

I ordered beef curry, the curry was a bit sweet to my liking..

My hubby ordered this mix vegetable curry, it was really delicious!

Finally we reached the train station

Snacks

When Nami Just One Cookbook posted her Mitarashi Dango みたらし団子 , i was wonder how it taste. Finally i got a chance to try out. An interesting flavour of the sauce, sweet and salty..

Imagawayaki (今川焼き^?)

Every time we passed by this shop while we were at the train station (I think it was Umeda station) , sure we buy their Imagawayaki, (pan cake that filled with sweet azuki bean paste), very nice  and yummy!