Today we will introduce you to some popular restaurants in the Arashiyama area of Kyoto.
We recommend all of them, so if you find a place that interests you, please go there.
１，Onomiyasu Honpo Kuwaya
Gold leaf soft serve ice cream
1500yen
The specialty of this store is soft ice cream with gold leaf on it.
It is probably only available at this store.
It is gold ice cream.
２，Mame-mono to Taiyaki (Japanese omelette)
Taiyaki and drink set 600yen~
A store in Arashiyama with a long queue, famous for its one-minute Taiyaki!
The combination of hot taiyaki and cold butter is so delicious!
With a catchy phrase, you should try the freshly baked hot taiyaki and butter at least once.
If you don’t hurry, the butter will melt! But…
It is difficult to hurry to eat it because it is a hot taiyaki lol.
The butter soaks into the dough (although it did flow into the wrapped paper slightly) and into your mouth along with the red bean paste… delicious!
３，Tsuruya Chousei
500yen
A white ball with a cute face sandwiched between two balls.
They say this is a crane.
It’s a crane made by Tsuruya Chousei, isn’t it?
Dorayaki from a long-established shop in Kyoto!
The dough and bean paste are both delicious!
It’s so soft that it seems to fall apart when you hold it with one hand
Don’t drop it…!
４，Gyaatei
Three flavors were purchased: mugwort (shiro-miso x yuzu powder), awa (aka-miso x aya-arare), and sesame (matcha-miso x matcha powder).
The fu was really soft and full of flavor.
As one would expect from such a popular product.
I was surprised that each dengaku miso was a perfect match with each other.
５，Kotoimohonpo
skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze 280yen
The dumplings were sticky and very tasty. In particular, the sauce on the dumplings was wonderfully flavorful and complemented the taste of the dumplings.
Overall, the dumplings were of high quality and had a robust flavor.
The sweet options are great for a relaxing and enjoyable experience. I would definitely visit again.
６，Kyoto Kinnohana Saga Arashiyama
Arashiyama sweet potato dumplings 550yen
I felt that the taste emphasized the ingredients with a moderate sweetness.
The bamboo grass leaf plate is also very nice.
I thought it was more generous than I had expected and the price was reasonable for a tourist attraction.
However, the taste of green tea was not so good, and the taste of sweet potato and chestnut was overwhelmingly dominant.
７，Otabe
500yen~
Soft ice cream sandwiched between two monaka is topped with green tea-flavored kotabe, traditional yatsuhashi, and five-color arare for texture.
First taste the soft-serve ice cream scooped from the yatsuhashi, and when the amount is reduced, close the monaka and enjoy the texture of the kotabe sandwiched inside.
You can choose from “green tea,” “milk,” or “mixed” soft serve ice cream.
８，Nakagawahatumeidou
It was a large dashimaki tamago with nori and tsukemono, and while it was by no means a classic burger, it had a cohesive flavor and was delicious!
Dashimaki Rice Burger. The rice bun is filled with dashimaki (thick fried bean curd), shibazuke (Saga pickles), shiso leaves, nori (seaweed), takuan (pickled radish), and all Japanese ingredients.
The dashimaki seems to be baked to order!
The rice is delicious with the aroma of burnt soy sauce, dashimaki, shibazuke pickles, shiso leaves, and takuan (pickled radish), each with its own flavor and texture! The other rice burger I ordered, which was not a dashimaki but a thick fried rice burger, was equally good!
It was truly a new food sensation!
９，Yoshiya Main Street Store
yuba cheese 500yen
Skewered and deep fried hot.
The outside is yuba with a soft crispy batter.
Inside is surimi with cheese.
The texture contrast between the cheese and the moderately elastic surimi is nice.
It is not a food where you can taste the flavor of yuba, but it is an easy gourmet dish that makes good use of yuba.
１０，Nakamuraya Delicatessen Factory
Kyoto Croquette 250yen
The croquettes, made from 100% Kyoto beef, are spicy, hot and scalding hot.
There are various types of beef, such as Kobe beef, but I found that Kyoto beef is also quite tasty.
It tastes good even when it is cold.
It is a great place to eat and walk around.
You may want to buy some to take home as souvenirs.
I was crazy about the 100% Kyoto beef croquettes.
