Kyoto, Japan｜Ushinohone

We walked into Ushinohone in one of the busy Geisha districts in Kyoto. The two vegetable dishes we ordered were beautiful and delicious. The lichee peach drink was heavenly! Excellent service and divine food.

Great place to enjoy Kyoto style dishes while sitting next to the Kamo river.

Great restaurant! There are so many restaurants in Pontocho, it is difficult for us Taiwanese tourists to choose a restaurant with good taste and reasonable price. I will first list every restaurant on the whole street I did some research, and then contacted this restaurant on FB to inquire, because there are five of us, and if the price is based on the price here (4000~8000 per person), the sum is a bit too high, and the result of the contact later is that it is also possible to order dishes here The method is à la carte, and they agreed to reserve a place for us without saying a word. And their official website also has a complete menu, so I can translate and confirm the dishes by myself first to avoid ordering mistakes. We arrived an hour early on the day of arrival, but the store still received warmly, and there was no difference because we were tourists from Taiwan or foreigners. The first floor is an open seat facing Kamogawa, and the second floor is a room. Later we Choose to be on the first floor. You will hang your coat for you when you are seated. There are also Japanese and English menus when ordering, but I have checked them all myself, so I ordered directly, and the clerks are fine. The clerks are very young, The English is also pretty good, and you won’t be surprised by the things we tourists don’t understand, which makes you feel more at ease; Let the elders not have enough to eat), the clerk went back to the kitchen and brought an empty pot to show me. It was so straightforward and bold, and there was no problem with communication at all. Every dish we ordered, we can see the store's intentions and characteristics. Almost every dish has special tableware and special seasonings to accompany the meal. The first dish we ordered was a steamed vegetable plate, which combined There are six or seven kinds of Kyoto vegetables, and the freshness and sweetness of the vegetables are steamed out after the first entrance. The elders are full of praise. There are three kinds of condiments for this dish alone. The next dish is Kyoto Yuba Tofu, which is placed in a small clay pot Inside, about three servings; the portion is not much, but the taste is also excellent; it is not lumpy, soft and moist, more like hot bean curd, with a thinner taste, with special yuzu pepper and nine scallions minced, The whole family is also full of praise (and the restaurant also provides special tableware for five people for this dish; almost all others have special tableware.) Then there is fried chicken, and everyone also thinks why the chicken can be so tender and soft. Times One is beef stir-fried with spicy miso. The portion is small but full of flavor. Those who like strong appetizers will definitely like this dish. In order not to eat enough, we also ordered a clay pot for four people and a pot of 𨥏 steamed five-mesh rice. The earthen pot for four people is quite a lot, but it is also delicious-it has chicken broth as the bottom of the pot, inside there are large pork balls, thick-cut pork belly, put a lot of Kyoto water vegetables, and there are oolong noodles in it, just this pot Everyone will not be hungry. We also ordered another five-mesh rice with Taiwanese thinking (because we order in Taiwan, at least there must be a main meal and a big soup, and then other dishes), but we didn’t expect it to be served at the end. Although everyone is full, but when we open the five-mesh rice, it The aroma of the rice boiled in high soup was suddenly wiped away by us eating only plain rice. After we discussed it, we realized that this is the Japanese way of eating, because the dishes in front of them are paired with wine, and the pot and rice are served at the end, which is used to fill the stomach after drinking; so if you insist on asking for side dishes , then it may be necessary to specifically ask them to serve rice and soup first. For the drinks, we only ordered a glass of shochu, a glass of CHUPAI mixed wine, and a glass of orange juice; of course, the store politely said that there is no need for at least one glass per person, but we also understand that in Japanese restaurants, they have at least one glass of beer per person. Drink and eat vegetables, and then consider the problem of being full. But we don't drink beer, and we focus on eating. Therefore, if someone is eating the second round, they just come to drink and have a few dishes, don’t order too much but at least one drink per person, so the consumption should not be too high. Our expenses, except for the earthen pot, which is about 2,000 yen, every other dish is about 700 to 1,000 yen, alcoholic beverages are more than 700 yen, and orange juice is 380 yen, all of which add up to more than 12,000 yen , which is almost equivalent to eating about 800 yuan per person in Taiwan. We were so full that we ended up walking all the way home. I wrote it in detail because we are backpackers, and we never spend a lot of money to open the door to eat in high-end restaurants in Kyoto. We often see people sharing five or six thousand people who are still exaggerating the value of this kind of webpage, which is beyond comprehension. Because with the same money, we would rather go to a few more temples, or live in a better independent townhouse, instead of spending it on food. But this time because I brought the elders, because I have investigated all the restaurants in Pontocho (believe me, I have ordered every one and read their official website), this is the best choice for CP value. So if you want to find a restaurant that is not too expensive but can enjoy the service level of high-end restaurants in Kyoto, I suggest you try this place first.