As soon as the weather gods throw the heat switch, I move into Southeast Asian summer mode. Thankfully there's a great Little Thai beach down in Kamakura, just a one-hour ride away from the city.
It's not the sand or the laughably low...
Kaiseki style in the old city of Kamakura, simple but classic: slivers of lightly simmered bamboo shoot, along with fresh green fuki stems; half a new potato (OK, this part is not entirely traditional); and a slice of yomogi nama-fu comp...
It's all about the setting. Screened from the sun by a wide parasol and surrounded by shrubbery, you settle in sipping Prosecco and nibbling on focaccia. Ensconced in this oasis of calm, you might almost forget you're just steps away f...
I always love stepping through this gate.
On this side of that long white noren curtain you are looking in from the quiet backstreets of Kamakura...
On the other side, you have arrived at Matsubara-san. Into the little garden wit...
Comment by Bellytimberboy on “al fresco teishoku [repost —limitations of posting from an iPhone becoming apparent]”
Posted by: Bellytimberboy | 12/25/2009 at 06:13 PM