Apulia

Orecchietta

[May, 2011] Orecchietta is a pasta which people in Puglia in south Italy often eat. Orecchio means a ear in Italian and this pasta looks like a small ear. This photo was taken in a…

Apulia

Mazzancolle

[May, 2011] A few decades ago, when my parents travelled to Italy, they learned the name of an Italian dish, mazzancolle. But I did not come across this at all and thought they had made…

Japan

Yebisu Beer

[April, 2011] I heard that they give us 2 glasses of free beer, so I joined the tour in Yebisu Beer Museum.I did not know that Ebisu, a place in Tokyo was named after Yebisu…

Sweden

Reindeer

[May, 2011] It is enjoyable to eat local foods when you are travelling.Here in Stockholm, I found reindeer meat in the menu of a restaurant in the old town.Of course I chose that.To be honest…

Hakone

Boiled eggs at Owakudani

[April, 2011] Taking the rope-way, we went to Owakudani, where smoke from Hakone volcano was coming out. Here you can eat black boiled eggs. The taste is the same as white ones, though. They sell…

Japan

Special noodle called Houtou

[April, 2011] We travelled Fuji/Hakone area in Japan.This is a photo of a noodle meal called Houtou.Its noodle is thicker and shorter than ordinary Udon noodle.There was a menu with bear meat, and of course…

South Korea

Korean BBQ

[April, 2011] Korea is famous for its barbecue.The most impressive thing there was the thickness of the tongue.I usually eat very thin ones..The dipping was somewhat different from the one I am used to, a…

Italy

Sweet Salami

[March, 2011] When we went to Mantova in Italy, we looked for a restaurant called Trattoria Due Cavallini which was in a restaurant guidebook. This was one of those old Italian restaurants with a long…

Italy

Restaurant ‘Teatro’

[March, 2011] This is a photo of a plate in a restaurant called Teatro in Varese, a town in north Italy.The food there was sooo good that I want to introduce it.I took the grilled…