Shishio — Restaurant in Kyoto

I cannot explain to you how good Shishio is. By chance we happened upon this place and we were so glad we went.

The food was incredible - we lost count of how many courses came out, but it seemed about 10. Every single course was delicious and was prepared immaculately. Per person, the cost was $60 AUD. There is no way on this god given earth that you would be able to find something this good for that cost in Australia for that price. Furthermore, the hostess gave me a very special Sake which tasted delicious.

My only regret was not being able to speak more Japanese so we could learn more about the chef, staff and venue. However, the entire staff did their best to accomodate for our extremely limited Japanese, even using Google translate to help. This was met by some laughs from the rest of the diners which made the experience more wholesome. The Chef wanted to know where we were from so he asked a patron to help - he was surprised that we said we were from New Zealand given the cold weather in Japan!

Please, please visit Shishigo if you travel to Kyoto. You won’t be...

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