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Enjoying Homemade Tofu Cuisine in Kyoto

Tofu cuisine is one of the famous delicacy in Kyoto. Like many other types of food, tofu and beancurd (Yuba in Japanese) are cooked in many different ways to create a variety of food. The most common types are tofu in hotpot and beancurd meal.

If you like good food, always make a reservation in the famous restaurants, particularly for dinner at the weekends or high seasons such as the cherry blossom period. It’s quite challenging to find the restaurant you like without having to stand in a queue for over an hour because every one wants to have dinner at the same time: after sightseeing and shopping.

One of the best possible option is to head over to the JR station (in key cities) which always have some connecting buildings and department stores that have restaurant floors. I noticed that many of the restaurant chains have branches in key JR stations, making it easy to have decent food from well-known restaurants.

Shozankaku Tofu Restaurant in Isetan, Kyoto 京都伊勢丹松山閣豆腐專門店
The 11/F of Isetan department store at JR station is a restaurant floor. There are many options but also very crowded. I was searching for tofu meal and this one looks good: homemade yuba (beancurd skin), good view and set meal with variety of food.
位於京都站的伊勢丹百貨公司11樓是餐廳樓層,選擇很多,人也很多。我想找豆腐料理,看到這個吸引的招牌:自家工場豆腐、有景觀、套餐豐富,就排隊試試。
Shozankaku Tofu Restaurant in Isetan, Kyoto 京都伊勢丹松山閣豆腐專門店
These chairs were full when I arrived. People queue up for good food. As a foreigner who don’t speak Japanese, I managed to put my name down and went back in one hour without having to wait outside the whole time.
我剛到的時候這些輪侯的座位都坐滿人。不懂日文的我走進餐廳詢問,把名字留下來,一小時回去。
Shozankaku Tofu Restaurant in Isetan, Kyoto 京都伊勢丹松山閣豆腐專門店
I went back in one hour. Perfect timing. Just about to get a table. Then I was wondering why there weren’t that many people on the queue. Then I found out that I was the second last customer they accommodated! How lucky.
大約一小時後回去,時間剛好,很快就可以入座。發現人龍不見了,原來我是最後兩座晚飯的顧客。他們到一定時間就不再接待客人,真幸運!
Shozankaku Tofu Restaurant in Isetan, Kyoto 京都伊勢丹松山閣豆腐專門店
I ordered the recommended tofu set meal that costs ¥4,280.
我點了第一款本店推介豆腐套餐「花」,¥4,280 不算太貴,但也不平宜。
Shozankaku Tofu Restaurant in Isetan, Kyoto 京都伊勢丹松山閣豆腐專門店
The assorted small bit appetizers taste good. There’s a beancurd roll.
頭盤是各式一口前菜,包括有一件腐皮壽司,好味道。
Shozankaku Tofu Restaurant in Isetan, Kyoto 京都伊勢丹松山閣豆腐專門店
This vegetables with rice in sweet sauce is one of the typical Japanese appetizers.
日本料理通常都有這款蔬甜飯做前菜。
Shozankaku Tofu Restaurant in Isetan, Kyoto 京都伊勢丹松山閣豆腐專門店
Beancurd soup.
腐皮湯。
Shozankaku Tofu Restaurant in Isetan, Kyoto 京都伊勢丹松山閣豆腐專門店
Sashimi and fresh beancurd roll.
套餐有魚生刺身和新鮮豆腐皮卷。
Shozankaku Tofu Restaurant in Isetan, Kyoto 京都伊勢丹松山閣豆腐專門店
Feature of the meal: yuba (fresh beancurd skin) served in a wooden bucket. The dipping sauce on the side is for the beancurd skin. Soup is drinkable.
主角:桶裝的新鮮豆腐皮,旁邊醬油是用來沾豆腐皮吃的,豆腐湯可以喝。
Shozankaku Tofu Restaurant in Isetan, Kyoto 京都伊勢丹松山閣豆腐專門店
I have to be careful picking up the delicate fresh beancurd skin from the the bucket.
看到木桶的造型就已經開心。我要小心翼翼地把新鮮腐皮夾起。
Shozankaku Tofu Restaurant in Isetan, Kyoto 京都伊勢丹松山閣豆腐專門店
Look at how delicate and thin the beancurd skin is! It’s amazing how they pick up such thin slides of beancurd to make rolls and toful meal.
看看腐皮多細嫩!他們一片一片拿起來製作腐皮料理很不簡單。
Shozankaku Tofu Restaurant in Isetan, Kyoto 京都伊勢丹松山閣豆腐專門店
The set comes with grilled fish which also tastes good.
套餐包括烤魚,都好好味道!
Shozankaku Tofu Restaurant in Isetan, Kyoto 京都伊勢丹松山閣豆腐專門店
The desserts are fresh fruit.
最後是甜品,新鮮時令水果。
Shozankaku Tofu Restaurant in Isetan, Kyoto 京都伊勢丹松山閣豆腐專門店
Sitting by the window, I looked outside and find this view of city night view with a restaurant reflection fascinating. So I snap this for fun. One shot. No photoshop.
我坐在窗邊,看到外面的夜景和餐廳的反射形成了一幅有趣的圖畫,就嘗試把它拍下來。效果和現場看到的一模一樣,照片沒有經過任何修改。
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