Posted on 02 March 2012.
CONTRIBUTED BY KAYLIE GROENHOUT Hayatemaru Salt Based I don’t care how you cut it – there’s nothing like a good bowl of ramen. Be it a rainy, Okinawa day or a night you’re starving and don’t feel like fixing dinner (again!), ramen will always deliver. But, when you live in a place like Japan, you’re [...]
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Posted on 02 March 2012.
CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES Ocean View Sign Usually, whenever we go to touristy places, forking out a bunch of money for mediocre food comes with being a tourist. You know, that $5 hot dog, the $3 bottle of water. But this place breaks the preconceived notions about tourist trap food. The Ocean View Restaurant at [...]
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Posted on 31 January 2012.
CONTRIBUTED BY JENNIFER MARTIN Baratier Front Finding a multi-cultural restaurant in Okinawa isn’t difficult—however, finding a restaurant that pleases all members of my family is quite a nightmare. At last, our exhaustive search is over. Baratier isn’t just the solution: it is my new go-to eatery. It is my I-want-to-eat-every-meal-there kind of restaurant because it [...]
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Posted on 15 January 2012.
CONTRIBUTED BY SARRA MCMILLAN (additional photos by Angi Brzycki) Rize View (photo by Angi) RIZE Rooftop Terrace Restaurant has only been open since December, but I’ve already declared it my favourite place to eat in Okinawa and a must-try dining experience for all. Located in a former penthouse apartment on Kokusai-dori, RIZE has an amazing [...]
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Posted on 08 January 2012.
King Kong Himself CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES We are HUGE fans of yakiniku. There’s just something fabulous about grilling the tender bite-sized meat pieces that are already marinated and cut up for you. Once you grill the meat, you then dip it into soy sauce mixed with sugar, garlic, sesame, sake, mirin, chili, or miso [...]
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Posted on 01 January 2012.
CONTRIBUTED BY LEAH MAGID Daikon Food When we first came to Okinawa just over a year ago, we were pretty trepidetious about trying new foods. Partially impeded by the profound language barrier and partially worried about the fact that we didn’t know what was actually in some dishes, we tried our best but didn’t get [...]
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Posted on 31 December 2011.
CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES Sai Kyou Exterior Knowing only elementary Japanese words like arigatou, ohayo gozaimasu, and hai, we sometimes get intimidated walking into restaurants with no English or picture menus. Thankfully, I have a husband who encourages me to not let things like that stop us. I am so glad we did walk into [...]
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Posted on 29 December 2011.
CONTRIBUTED BY ANGI BRZYCKI Shanti Front Shanti Sign If you are making plans to visit Shuri Castle, I recommend a great little Nepalese spot for lunch called Vegi cafe SHANTI. Every dish is vegetarian and full of flavor (even the vegetarian taco rice). All of the spices are purchased directly from Nepal and all of the [...]
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Posted on 23 December 2011.
CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES 8 Spice Front Sugar and spice and everything nice…that poem went through my mind as we walked in. However, in this bright yellow and green building, we didn’t see little girls, but a bunch of Japanese men working away behind the little counter and in the kitchen. There isn’t much to [...]
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Posted on 16 December 2011.
CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES Yoshida Front I have wanted to try this secretive, exclusive, semi- hidden restaurant called Yoshida Fusion Dining for quite some time now. It is advertised as a combination of French and Japanese food, if you can imagine that! So, on a special night, my husband and I ventured to the place [...]
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