Nara, Japan｜Shizuka

It's a good place for breakfast before you start exploring Nara. They served decent claypot rice, it's a bit healthier compare to other Japanese foods because of lesser oil, and more natural ingredients

An authentic local place serving kamameshi, which is a kind of boiled rice dish, similar to the Chinese or Korean stonepot rice bowls. There is a certain method to eating it which the waitress was able to explain clearly in English. The flavours were delicate and they serve their dishes with local naruzake pickles which I had wanted to try. The restaurant was popular with locals. We were the only tourists in about 20 diners at the time. It was a 15 minute wait at 11am but the line was over twice as long when we left. There is another main store over at Nara Park which is a 15 minute bus trip away.

It's worthy to wait even you are starving, you can't imagine how delicious of this meal. Traditional Japanese style cook rice.