Kotoimo Honpo — Restaurant in Kyoto

The restaurant is different now from the earlier pictures and descriptions. It is now a stall selling some taiyaki, ice cream, and seafood. First off, they lose a star for these being the rudest workers we have met in Japan. We got their "special" taiyaki ice cream. Supposedly it is a matcha taiyaki with 2 ice creams and another smaller taiyaki inside. They make the big matcha taiyaki in the stall to distract you, but don't be fooled, the matcha taiyaki was burned to all hell and essentially inedible. Next, as you can see from the photo, the amount of ice cream given was pitiful. To add insult to injury, the rest of the taiyaki was filled with bland corn flakes as a space stuffer. The extra taiyaki on top was obviously frozen and reheated, super soft, near-watery and gross. We couldn't finish the thing and had to throw it away (and I hate wasting food). Spend your...

There are a bunch of negative reviews here about eating short ribs and things like that. This is clearly a desert store. They serve ice cream.

More importantly they make tofu ice cream and honestly its quite nice. Get's the job done. You won't pay more than JPY500 so the prices are just fine. It's a pleasant place to stop before walking into the...

This shop sells many things: dango, potato, and meat skewers. What I was after is the grilled beef tongue. The smell was irresistible and people just simply lined up for it. The beef tongue is quite salty but it is freshly made and flavorful. The only caveat is that in a cold day, it can get cold easily so eat...