This is the place. Yes I'd avoid it :) As ed says hungers a great sauce and I really was hungry.

Still same place. Last dish. A safe one as we really were hungry. Beef potatoes onions and sauce. Meat was tasty as was sauce. They seem to double fry the potatoes and at the same time undercook them. They do rice and noodles way better than at home though so can't complain ;)

Same restaurant. Still trying for typical cuisine. Think we wanted Yakatori (delicious skewered japanese food). Alas we got this. Every bite was a taste sensation but not in the most positive way :) Still we were very hungry so ploughed on :) 1. Boiled egg, frankfurter and onion on one stick. Deep fried for your eating pleasure 2. Aubergine. Deep fried. You can never have enough Aubergine according to Kyoto :) 3. Octopus ... Not bad actually. But tasted rat...

As we hadn't been eating out last while we thought we would get some true Kyoto typical food. Looked for ages for a special restaurant which had just closed. :( So we ate next door. This is the dish called "typical Kyoto cuisine" and it wasn't a tourist place. These dishes were all cold. Fist one was like a corn like paste and mixed veg. Second dish just aubergine in a fish sauce. Rather difficult to eat and texture was mushy, cold and slimy. So didn't e...

We travelled around Kyoto last few days eating fresh fruit in our hostel for breakfast and snacks out at the temples. Saved our money for sites and bicycles. Fruit was totally delicious in Kyoto must say. Not my photo.