Taste

Food, wine and hidden cafés. The tables we would go back to tomorrow.

Walking down the ivy-covered lane to Salon de AManTO in Nakazakicho, Osaka

Salon de AManTO: lunch in a 140-year-old house in Osaka

A hidden lunch in a 140-year-old house in Nakazakicho, ten minutes from Umeda. What we ate, why we went back for more and tips for visiting with kids.
Raw fish bowl with tuna, salmon, squid and octopus topped with an egg yolk at Sanjobo, Nara

Sanjobo in Nara: the restaurant that became my favourite in Japan

The best value meal of our Japan trip: Sanjobo, inside JR Nara Station. Raw fish with egg yolk, tempura, edamame and karaage, all ordered on a tablet.