Comments on: おの寺 (Onodera) http://www.potatomato.com/seat/2008/07/04/onodera/ tokyo food blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:39:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: seat http://www.potatomato.com/seat/2008/07/04/onodera/comment-page-1/#comment-6838 seat Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:13:04 +0000 http://www.potatomato.com/seat/?p=1638#comment-6838 You mean <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiseki" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kaiseki</a> being a meal for monks right? I visited this place in April when takenoko was in season and there was takenoko in almost every dish! ^^;; Though they all tasted different so I didn't really get tired. You mean Kaiseki being a meal for monks right?

I visited this place in April when takenoko was in season and there was takenoko in almost every dish! ^^;; Though they all tasted different so I didn’t really get tired.

]]> By: Freda http://www.potatomato.com/seat/2008/07/04/onodera/comment-page-1/#comment-6832 Freda Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:46:04 +0000 http://www.potatomato.com/seat/?p=1638#comment-6832 It never ceased to amazed me how much varieties vegetable are in washoku and how they were presented in fancy way. I forgot where I read (Tezuka osamu's I think..?) that Japanese food was developed from monk's food when Buddhism was brought over from China.. hence the light tasting, vegetable based cooking. It never ceased to amazed me how much varieties vegetable are in washoku and how they were presented in fancy way. I forgot where I read (Tezuka osamu’s I think..?) that Japanese food was developed from monk’s food when Buddhism was brought over from China.. hence the light tasting, vegetable based cooking.

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