Tominokoji Kayu-ten — Restaurant in Kyoto

After some heavy meals for the past few days, a light chinese congee will smooth the appetite before another round of eating. Either the fish porridge, the chicken porridge or the Japanese style chinese porridge will do the job. Have the chance to see the chef in action. Passionate, clean and diligent, he clean the table and fingers after every contact with the food. He is diligent in his food display. As for sides, dried chicken, turnip cake (equivalent to carrot cake), boiled gizzard and chicken liver is a must. The chicken liver is marinated with chinese wine that make it delicious. I personally like it over other sides. All of these tasty food came out of a small,...

I had the Chinese rice porridge. At first i was impressed, but not blown away. It was a basic rice porridge with toppings, a little bland.. but comforting. Then as I ate i realized.. omg there’s sides i can put in this porridge. As i kept eating i also noticed that there was chili oil and soy sauce on the side! How could i have missed that! All in all, a wonderful experience. I was more surprised when i neared the end of the porridge and found a crunchy texture in my porridge that came from crushed cashews at the bottom! 10/10 experience and i would recommend for anyone looking for a savory comforting breakfast :) P.S. The Hojicha latte was also good and not...

As this eatery is walking distance from the hotel we're staying, we decided to try their porridge.

I'm sorry, it tasted terribly horrible. The egg was too salty, 3 small slices of meat. Side dishes: 2 small pieces of cold tomato fried fish, mix seaweed & beans, very little small baby shrimp, few slicec of marinated green onion, a quarter teaspoon of grounded soy bean (not sure what's that) & a glass of cold green tea. Absolutely not worth the money.

To return? Sorry,...