Tripping Far Side

So, when I checked into Hotel Granvia Kyoto, they gave me a breakfast coupon for every morning. Normally, I never eat at hotels because the food is way overpriced. My favorite breakfast was at Grace Garden at the top of the hotel, where they have a buffet and a fantastic view of Kyoto.

I like their congee bar, and the do-it-yourself combination i liked the most was prosciutto, shrimp, cayenne pepper, and green onions. They also have omelettes, pasta, pastries, homemade jams, cheeses, bacon, fruits, etc. I liked their mango yogurt drink too. The day was pretty hazy, but if you know what the Nintendo headquarters looks like, you can barely make it out on the horizon, to the left of the right black bar.

After work, Wada-san and I went around looking for dinner. We left work pretty late, and most everything was closed by 10 PM. But we eventually found a really good yakitori restaurant, I think called Warikan. It's just north of Kyoto Station, on top of a gambling parlor called "Pachinco".

He taught me how to order all kinds of yummy stuff, like negima (green onion and chicken skewers), tare and shio yakitori (chicken skewers cooked with sauce and salt), tsukune (fish cake), niku jaga (beef and potato stew), kara-age (deep fried chicken pieces), mochi agedashi (mochi deep fried in a broth), and sunahimo (gizzard). I had been here before with Anna but the menu is all in Japanese and we didn't know how to order all this yummy stuff.