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Casime serves modern Middle-Eastern cuisine, featuring meaty dishes like Lamb Kofta and Ezo Venison grilled over blazing firewood in a brick hearth. Starters like their juicy Merguez Sausage (served with a helping of hummus) and Bulgar Salad are well prepared and quite appetizing. The drinks list features a well-selected, ever-changing assortment of craft beers, both on tap and in.... [Continue reading]
Suju Dining is a lively, comfortable dining bar - basically a fancy izakaya - that serves excellent food and drink from Nagano-ken. It's a great place to try out different sakes from that prefecture, and they offer a range of limited-time seasonal bottles every month to supplement their very solid day-to-day selection. Beautiful vegetables straight from Nagano farms are one of the.... [Continue reading]
La Peche serves solid country-style French fare, with hearty main dishes like bouillabaisse, duck a l'orange, lamb chops with merguez sausage, and beef bourguignon. Starters range from escargot and steamed mussels to foie gras terrine and capellini with uni and truffles. At lunchtime you can enjoy an excellent (and very filling) chicken leg confit - served on a bed of white beans.... [Continue reading]

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A combination museum, restaurant complex and mini-theme park, with eight ramen shops to try
Sample regional delicacies and local sake without leaving the capital
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Explore Kobe's biggest sake museum, built in an old brewery building
Different styles of ramen explained, with a noodle-term glossary
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