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On this day, I went for a stroll in Kyoto with my wife. We came to this Kyoto cuisine restaurant. It is located on the 6th floor of Kyoto Hotel Okura, right next to Kyoto City Hall. To reduce the burden on our stomachs from days of heavy eating and drinking, we decided to have breakfast here. Instead of having a heavy lunch followed by a serious Japanese course dinner around 6 pm, which would not leave much time in between and we wouldn't feel hungry, we opted to have a brunch-like meal for breakfast to ensure we have enough time before dinner. However, since we were visiting Kyoto, we didn't want a boring breakfast, so we reserved the "Luxury Breakfast with Turtle Hot Pot" priced at 6,050 yen (including tax and service charge). This luxury breakfast is limited to only 3 groups. Breakfast is served from 7:00 to 10:00, so we aimed for a reservation right before 10:00, but due to the time-consuming nature of the luxury breakfast, we were informed that the latest reservation time would be 9:00. After 10:30, they start preparing for lunch, so we had no choice but to go with the 9:00 reservation. We arrived a bit early and informed them of our reservation, and we were guided to a luxurious private room in the back on the left side. I didn't expect to be able to use such a luxurious room like in a traditional Japanese restaurant. The content of the luxury breakfast with turtle hot pot that we had that day is as follows:
- Assorted Appetizers: Dried baby sardines with mild chili pepper, mushroom with tofu dressing, seared kamasu fish sashimi, and walnut tofu assortment.
- Grilled Fish: Grilled ayu fish with roe, served with grated daikon radish and vinegar with Japanese pepper.
- Rolled Omelette: Freshly made rolled omelette served with shishito pepper, pickled ginger, and large perilla leaf.
- Assorted Dish: Taro, minced duck meatball, and grilled eggplant with miso paste.
- Turtle Hot Pot: Main dish of the day, turtle hot pot with grilled wheat gluten, grilled green onion, and kujo green onion.
- Grilled Seaweed: Seaweed grilled over a charcoal brazier.
- Pickles: Pickled long yam, spicy pickled plum, pickled purple daikon, burdock root, and pickled Kyoto vegetables.
- Miso Soup: Red miso or white miso soup options, with traditional miso and white miso.
- Steamed Rice: Steamed white rice cooked in a pot.
- Dessert: Grapes, persimmons, pears, and watermelon.
I wanted to finish all the food, but to reduce the burden on my stomach, I left about one bowl of rice uneaten. Even so, both of us had seconds.