SUINA Muromachi — Local services in Kyoto

In the Kyoto Station, you likely won’t even see any words in English, but it’s exactly opposite to the “KOYOTO SIZUYA/ Born in Kyoto” Bakery (which also has a nice Maple Rusk packets of crouton-like mini-toasts).

You can see them preparing food through the crowd-facing window. The food is very traditional Japanese but the ingredient’s are familiar. We ordered a ‘set’, which basically means the main dish comes with rice, a bowl of Miso Soup and 3-4 very small dishlings of interesting pickled accompaniments.

My colleague ordered the Pickled Mackerel and I ordered the Salmon. Both were extremely good. My colleague loved the Miso so much (as did I but had no room), that they took ‘advantage of the set’ choice, wherein extra rice and or Miso and other noodles etc was available at a buffet-like side table.

I must say, I’m not familiar with Miso (and it was served in a small bowl) that if I’d have had an extra inch of room, I also would have had seconds. It was really tasty to...

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