Uncle Tetsu and Hokkaido Baked Cheese Tarts are purveyors of popular (and delicious) Japanese baked cheese tarts. Both stores have recently opened branches in Sydney, Australia, so we tried both in one sitting. Read on to find out where to find the best baked cheese tarts in Sydney.
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Odaiba Takoyaki Museum is a food theme park dedicated to – you guessed it – takoyaki. What is Takoyaki? It’s a delicious Japanese street food made of diced octopus in seasoned batter, lightly fried in special pans to make dumpling-like balls which are then covered with sauce, mayo and other seasonings. If you like the sound of that, read on to find out about the Takoyaki Museum.
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The world’s first Hello Kitty themed diner opened recently, and it’s in Australia. Writing about a restaurant in Sydney is a little off topic here at Appetite For Japan, but how can I not write about a Hello Kitty themed eatery in my very own hometown? And after all, it’s Sanrio, so it has a Japanese connection. We ordered a tonne of food at the Sydney’s first Hello Kitty restaurant to see how it measures up!
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Christmas is one of Tokyo Disney Resort’s biggest seasons, running from early November through to Christmas Day 25 December each year. The 2015 Christmas season began on 9 November, with Disneyland’s Christmas Fantasy theme being “Christmas Storybooks”. In this post we’ll look at the decorations, merchandise, parades and food available at Tokyo Disneyland for Christmas 2015.
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Christmas is a popular season at Tokyo Disney Resort (TDR), with both Disneyland and DisneySea getting into the festivities with
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The Kirin Ichiban-shibori Garden Brewery Experience is/was a mobile Kirin beer garden located in Shibuya. We stumbled upon it whilst looking for Ivorish (an amazing French toast cafe which I’ll write about in a future post) during our trip in October/November 2014. Being a ‘mobile’ beer garden, I’m not sure how long it was there for, but with the weather still warm when we visited, it was a welcome find for an evening drink.
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Whilst this blog is largely dedicated to aspects of Japan that you’ll find in Japan itself, this time I’m going to write about a slice of Japan that took place in none other than Sydney, Australia this week. As mentioned in previous posts, travel company Contiki recently produced a show inspired by Japan’s famous Robot Restaurant. The pop-up experience, Robots Unrivalled, was to celebrate Contiki’s new 13 day tour, Japan Unrivalled.
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Contiki recently released their latest tour package – a 13 day tour of Japan called Japan Unrivalled. To promote the
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With all the publicity that Contiki has raised with their stunt, Robots Unrivalled* (bringing out scaled-down Robot Restaurant show for two nights in Sydney, Australia) for their new Japan tour package, Japan Unrivalled, I’ve been thinking about the pros and cons of tour groups vs planning your own trip.
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Hello and welcome to Appetite for Japan. I’m an Australian girl who likes to dress up for costume parties and
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