Turkey

Another nice restaurant

[August 2012] In Alacati in Turkey, we went into a restaurant without any guidance and it was a hit. Mussels, anchovy, octopus salad, seabass…everything was very good. It was my lunch but I ate a…

Turkey

Restaurant with music

[August 2012] On the first day of my stay in Cesme, Turkey, we went to the restaurant listed in my guidebook. The name is Rihtim Restaurant. It is one of the many restaurants along the…

Turkey

Dishes from Ottoman Turkey

[August 2012] We went to a restaurant which was introduced by a friend who goes there often for work. The famous Turkish foods are kebabs and pide (Turkish pizza) and we often ate them during…

Turkey

The restaurant chosen as the best

[August 2012] In Ankara, our tour did not have any particular places to visit and we had the free time. So, we started searching for a good restaurant, because by then we were tired of…

Turkey

The cooperative of house wives

[August 2012] Our group tour popped into a small restaurant run by house wives in Cappadocia, Turkey. According to our guide, the house wives who wanted to start some business got together and went to…

Spain

Cod dinner

[July 2012] In Madrid, we looked for a restaurant called Casa Labra listed in my guidebook. The main space here was the tapas bar and full of local people, but a small restaurant behind, with only…

Italy

A restaurant on top of a stable

[July 2012] When we went to Angera on Lake Maggiore, Italy, we went to look for a restaurant which has a good reputation on internet site. It is far from the lake itself in a…

France

Japanese restaurants in Paris

[July 2012] You may think why you should eat Japanese in Paris, but there are many good Japanese restaurants in Paris. This time we went to ‘ Shu‘, specialised for Kushiage, fried vegetables and meat…

France

Writers gather here

[July 2012] Friends of mine, living in Paris took us to this pub in a back street. In the past, Japanese author Fumiko Hayashi, a painter Tsuguji Fujita and etc, got together here. The name…