At Haneda Airport... fly, fly to Ube, Yamaguchi.
With my frenz from Mexico, US, Phil, Msia, Canada, Spore..
share our dream... with Mr. Anh frm Viet NamYamaguchi prefecture has some interesting backroads and whenever I go to Japan, I usually get around here since this is where many of my host families live.
Let me back up a bit and talk about the roadtrip. We started in Hiroshima and drove along the Oseto sea, along the main highway. Although this was a fairly short trip, we had to make frequent stops to accommodate the older folks. And for the chow hound in me, I really wanted to stop at the rest stops along the highways in Japan, since they’re very different from the ones in the Brunei. Apparently, the rest stop on the highway at Miyajima-guchi is well known for the view (of Miyajima island), so there are plenty of people stopping, which also means that there’s a brisk food business. This is one of the several food stalls offering food.
There’s also a cafeteria inside and a corridor full of vending machines, offering a full array of drinks as well as some snack foods. Inside, in the cafeteria, there are plenty of choices for hot foods like udon, or donburi, and other standards, and also a few little stores selling the local specialties. At Miyajima-guchi, it’s oysters. Outside, at the food stands, it’s like a festival. Okonomiyaki, various grilled items on sticks, roasted chestnuts, sweet potatoes, and other foods that are convenient on the go. However, like most festivals, the food is good, but not entirely wonderful. We got some chestnuts, and some grill/fried items on sticks and left it at that, since we would be stopping for lunch later.
The older folks usually want to eat washoku (Japanese food), so stopping at a MosBurger won’t do the trick, but in these rural towns, finding a quick washoku stop could be difficult. Luckily we found a place called Yume-an (夢庵), a washoku chain, in a shopping center just off the main road going to Yuda. Yume-an was an ideal choice with something for everyone, and good prices. I got the ten-don. Maybe I haven’t searched enough for it in the Brunei , but I’ve never had an exceptional ten-don in Brunei, while the ten-dons I’ve had in Japan have always been pretty darn good, even at chain shops like this one or Ten-ya. The nabeyaki udon seemed like it would be good since it comes out like an actual nabe, cooked on the table, but it seems a little misconceived since some of the ingredients, like the tempura need to be laid on top at the end of the cooking, rather than have it cooked into the soup. I was interested in their seasonal offerings, and they had big advertisements for the “crab fair” going on, featuring many types of crab dishes, from donburi, to croquettes, to nabemono. .........
i want to go to YAMAGUCHI again....
The older folks usually want to eat washoku (Japanese food), so stopping at a MosBurger won’t do the trick, but in these rural towns, finding a quick washoku stop could be difficult. Luckily we found a place called Yume-an (夢庵), a washoku chain, in a shopping center just off the main road going to Yuda. Yume-an was an ideal choice with something for everyone, and good prices. I got the ten-don. Maybe I haven’t searched enough for it in the Brunei , but I’ve never had an exceptional ten-don in Brunei, while the ten-dons I’ve had in Japan have always been pretty darn good, even at chain shops like this one or Ten-ya. The nabeyaki udon seemed like it would be good since it comes out like an actual nabe, cooked on the table, but it seems a little misconceived since some of the ingredients, like the tempura need to be laid on top at the end of the cooking, rather than have it cooked into the soup. I was interested in their seasonal offerings, and they had big advertisements for the “crab fair” going on, featuring many types of crab dishes, from donburi, to croquettes, to nabemono. .........
i want to go to YAMAGUCHI again....
Kintaikyo Bridge in Iwakuni city is regarded as one of the Three Bridges of Japan.
