1st time using email blogging

the weather is nice today and i decided to test out the blogger feature.

I did not expect it to be that easy and fun.. One of the good feature provided by blogger, the only bad thing is that emailing through mobile phone in Singapore cost a bomb....

Seriously, I have neglected this blog totally, because I was wandering in my own world the past few months, or last 2 years... Right now I am going to recall all I have done in Osaka, and do some write up asap ...

Coffee Cattleya, Coffee Made From Sacred Water



Outside of the shop, they hanged a frame saying the following...





\seriously, perhaps of the mental effect of the frame which I saw earlier at the doorstep, the coffee does taste exceptionally cooling... The sacred effect ? The shop also had a nice atmosphere, like old english pub.



Way back to the train station



We decided to walk our way back to Kyoto station and we saw this temple which are decorated with bright orange beams.. (I forgot the name, will update again) and saw this American singing along with the ducks and birds. Sentimental eh !? Perhaps we are not sawing much of this in Singapore anymore. Anyway, there was this old man feeding the ducks and pigeons at the side, which is prohibited in Singapore as well ... Should include that in my new blog as well.



As we walk deeper in the temple, I found this ! I know this is a vintage car, but I am not sure what maker it is. This car is certainly still works, looking at the number plate it has. Anyone any clue ?






Lunch at Kyoto


My Yuba lunch set



In Kyoto, the famous food are Tofu (豆腐), Yuba (ゆば) and Unagi (鰻). As my friend was visiting Kyoto for the first time, I thought it would be good to bring her for those, but we only managed to eat Yuba and Unagi as the Tofu are quite pricey, around 1,500 yen (S$ 22.50).

Some might wonder why Kyoto is famous for Tofu and Yuba. One of the reasons is because Kyoto is place for Buddhism devotees where there are thousands of temples within the city, while another reason is because Tofu and Yuba requires lots of water during the making process and quality of the water affects the taste of the end product. Kyoto's water is famous for its purity and thus helps to make the Tofu and Yuba tastier.

My friend's friend came over to Osaka

From 2009-05-09 Huizhi to Kyoto


*Yawns*, slept at 3 a.m yesterday and gotten to wake up 8 am in the morning so that we could go to Kyoto as my friend had to leave for Yokohama at 7 pm..... We took the train from Honmachi station to Nishi Umeda station (西梅田駅) and decided to have a light breakfast. Initially, we thought of eating Mos Burger, but the menus does not seems to be appealing and we went around searching for other shop until we sawed this one man cafe, or perhaps one woman ?

From 2009-05-09 Huizhi to Kyoto


From 2009-05-09 Huizhi to Kyoto


Special part of this shop is that seats are lined along the walls and it has a narrow walk path. Another thing was all the jobs, including receiving orders, making of the breakfast, washing was done by only one lady staff.

From 2009-05-09 Huizhi to Kyoto


My breakfast set: Raisin Bread Toast, one hard boiled egg and a cup of coffee.

From 2009-05-09 Huizhi to Kyoto


I don't think we can find this kind of cafe in Singapore... It is really one man show or one woman show..