(Tokyo, Japan)

Soon after making the Japanese wind chimes, I think my cousin thought I must have been missing authentic Japanese food during our European travels because she made a reservation at a restaurant featuring the traditional cuisine of kamameshi. The restaurant is called Kamameshi Haru and was very convenient as it was near our rented Air B & B. kamameshi is a type of dish that features flavored rice steamed in a traditional wood-covered iron pot. The flavor is usually broth-based and there were many different types to choose from.

I was hungry for chicken so I ordered the tori-kamameshi. Grant opted for something “lighter” and went for a mushroom one. Cousin M chose a kamameshi with bamboo shoots. Even though each of our rice pots were steamed with the same type of broth, because of the different ingredients we each chose, they all tasted different.

Although eating at Kamameshi Haru was Grant and my very first foray in experiencing kamameshi, we thought it was very good and tasty. It also seemed like a healthy option and would make the ideal winter evening dish, in my opinion, as it is served piping hot. Grant and I have sometimes made rice by throwing a bullion cube into the pot when steaming but this was much better. The restaurant was located on a street off the main Sensoji Temple road. According to Grant, it’s located “just down the street from the building with the ninjas on the roof and just past the animal-petting cafe that features owls and a capybara”. Not sure if that’s helpful so here is the address: 1-chome 14-9 Asakusu, Taito-ku, Tokyo Japan.

Before we went to the restaurant, we walked along the shopping street in front of Sensoji Temple and bought chopsticks with our names engraved on them:

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