Hi there ^^
We are going to visit Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Kobe, Hiroshima, Miyajima and Tokyo.
We have been looking for some food and some restaurants at that places, but we don't want to miss the most authentic food of each region.
For example, in Spain, the paella is from Levante (South-West), but you can find paellas in all Spain. For example, at North-West they are not the same (some people can find that paellas even better, but they aren't the same, nor in ingredients, nor in the way of cook, nor in taste...).
So maybe you are in Santander (North of Spain), and you find a place that serves paella, crowded with tourists. Santander is not famous for their paellas (this doesn't mean that you can't find a good one here), so you decide to order a paella... instead of a regional dish, the Cabrito (Iberian goat, roasted, grilled or even fried) or the Cocido Montañes. For the dessert you order a flan (pudding) which is served in all Spain... or you could order a Quesada (cake made with milk, flavoured with lemon and cinnamon) which is a regional dessert and difficult to find in the South (but not impossible). So, yes, you ordered Spanish meals, traditional meals (we won't talk about how authentic were the ingredients and how the chef respected the original recipe)... but if you were seeking authentic regional dishes, you missed the opportunity.
There are plenty of blogs and websites talking about food in Japan, and we took many ideas, but, as you can find many blogs talking about the paella with plenty of inaccurate information (and you can see on many of them that the writer has no idea or he even tried to document himself/herself a little), I'm afraid that this situation could happen to this Japanese-food-blogs... and here I am, trying to make a small but accurate compilation of authentic and traditional dishes of these cities with your help ^^
Thank you in advance for any suggestion!
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