Kyoto’s Eikun sake brewery makes perhaps my favorite Kyoto sake. (Generally, I am not a fan of Kyoto sake.) I was given a tour of the Eikun brewery by the brew master a few years ago and after that always kept my eye out for Eikun sake at restaurants and sake bars. I know several …
Archive for July, 2012
Japanese Beef in Kyoto: Tongue Burger at Hachibei
Hachibei is a Japanese wagyu beef restaurant in Kyoto that I introduced in a Travel and Leisure article in 2010. Last year it received its first Michelin star! Habichei serves Japanese beef with an emphasis on organ meat. Organ meat, or horumon, is not Kyoto cuisine. It is low-end Osaka grub. The interesting thing about …



