Our Adventures in Japan

It's been about a year since my last visit to Talo Coffee . If you remember, it wasn't a very pleasant one. Fast forward to Mond...

The other day, I went to Talo Coffee for lunch. I had intended to try their thick omelette sandwich, but figured I would just miss the ser...

Since I usually wait while Satoshi attends his German class, I usually have a late breakfast and then I usually run errands. This past Sat...

I've had LeBresso on my "to try" list for some time now, the thing about this place is that they are only a coffee/tea and toa...

Yesterday, I had an appointment near Tennoji and had lunch at Standard Bookstore. This shop is bigger than the one I usually go to in Chay...

I recently tried a tiny cafe inside of the Kintetsu Department Store, called Basara Usagi-do. They have all sorts of yoshoku (Western styl...

Along a route I walk, there are many temples. Yesterday, I spotted an ume tree peeking out above one of the temple walls. The gate of th...

Last year when I bought some bread from Cocoro , I stumbled upon Talo Coffee. I made a note to try them and finally got a chance to yester...

　The other day I found myself needing to kill some time, so I went looking for a new bakery to try...Cocoro. They are a teeny shop but the...

Tuesday, I had lunch at Grove Cafe. It was a beautiful sunny day, I got to the cafe just before their opening time and there was already a...

Before I start today's post, I want to tell you that we stayed indoors all day yesterday. The weather was forecast to be snowy or rain...

A.C. Perch is a Denmark tea brand. They actually opened a cafe in Osaka last June, but I only I recently learned about it. So this past ...

It had been six years since my last visit to Nakatani-tei, which I wrote about here . These days I find myself in this area more often, so...

While on my way to an appointment, there was a tiny bakery I happened to pass by called Anne Shirley. Satoshi and I shared the milk bread....

Whenever I am in the Momodani area, I've passed this tiny chocolate & cake shop called Coq Blanc. In the shop window there are many...

Tried a bakery called Boulangerie Parigot recently. Their canelé wasn't as good as Canelé du Japon , but it was bigger. I really lik...

It is amazing what you come upon while walking around. I recently found this tiny senbei (wafer/cookie) shop called Kikkodo. Apparently ...