Kyoto, Japan｜Tsure-zure

We found this place after visiting some sites in the area. It has several tables inside and a sweet lady greeted us and directed us to a table. I was excited because I wanted to try boiled tofu and it was on the menu. We ended up ordering rice in green tea (because it sounded interesting!) and the boiled tofu set. The food was excellent. The tofu comes in a hot pot and with a side of delicious sauce that you can dip it in. It's hot and warm and silky. It tastes very fresh and is absolutely delicious with some of the sauce. The other pickled items and rice are also nice. And there's even some big sweetened red beans that are almost like a nice dessert after. We also enjoyed the green tea rice. You can watch the ladies in the kitchen cooking and the interior is so calm and beautiful, with big windows so you can see the lovely trees. To finish we also ordered the matcha shaved ice (uji kintoki). It was perfect for such a hot day and the red beans were very yummy. Definitely come here if you're in the area!

Stumbled upon this little restaurant on our way to one of the tempels. Very good soba noodles! Staff was really friendly. Lovely atmosphere, very cose little restaurant. A generous serve of soba noodles was 650 yen. For goshuin collectors, a few minutes past this restaurant is Shoan-in temple, the lady makes very beautiful goshuin!

I stopped randomly in this place on a beautiful and very characteristic street. The food was amazing and super cheap. The ladies in the kitchen are super nice and polite! Super reccomended. Arigatō!