Here's the Japan booth
For the Food & Wine Festival
There's wasabi shumai steamed pork dumplings
Salmon BLT sushi roll
Bacon chips in sushi
That is unusual
And teriyaki ginger pork
They've got some sake
And Sapporo lager
We're in the quick service restaurant
In Japan
They've got some sushi rolls
Noodles, udon noodles
Ramen
Some kids meals
They've got katsu curry
They've got edamame and miso soup
On the side
It's a really good selection
We're in the quick service cafe in the Japan section
Having lunch
Phil's got tonkotsu ramen
You can see that steaming
And I've got a vegetable sushi roll
It's quite big, I think this'll be plenty for lunch
And they had
Little packets of shichimi
That's chilli powder
They had soy sauce as well
Look at the kimono patterns along the top
We just had lunch at the quick service cafe
We had some sushi
And ramen
And my sushi was actually pretty good
For pre-packaged sushi
It wasn't too dry
And it tasted good
There's also two restaurants
There's - what's it called?
Teppan Edo
Which is a teppanyaki restaurant
Where they cook meals on a teppanyaki grill
In front of you
And they put on a show
And the other one's called
Tokyo Dining
They've got sushi, I think they've got noodles
Tempura, and a bigger selection of meals
And we're going there another night
So I'll show you that too
There's another kiosk here
It's the Kabuki Cafe
They've got kakigori, sake mist
Sushi
They've got Ramune
Some beer
There's Asahi, Kirin
And Sapporo
They've got frozen Kirin as well
Plum wine
And sake
Good to see they've got the authentic food models there
We've got some kakigori
It's perfect for this heat
It's about 30 degrees
So this is just what we need
Mine is a rainbow kakigori
Strawberry
They look quite similar
They do
Mine's less rainbow than you could hope
There's some green at the bottom
And some yellow or orange at the back?
Maybe
This is just what we need on a hot day
I never really understood the point of kakigori
Until we were in Kyoto
And it was really hot
And humid
And it was so refreshing
Kakigori is shaved ice
With syrup on for flavour
And it's really good
Check out Phil's red lips
Strawberry!
Are they that red?
They are actually
Your teeth are a bit red as well
Tonight we're eating at Tokyo Dining
There's two table service restaurants
Here in the Japan section
Teppan Edo is where they cook things on a grill
And Tokyo Dining's got sushi
Noodles... it's supposed to be a modern Japanese restaurant
We're just waiting for our table
And there's a really good view of the lake
Look how cute the menu is
It's a really nice design
We've got a perfect table
Right by the window
Illuminations is going to be on in about 40 minutes
I like these lights
Ichigo strawberry cupcake martini
Sounds good!
Here's the menu
There's appetisers: Sesame and chilli edamame
That sounds nice
Soup and salad
They've got miso soup
Seafood yuzu shio ramen
Tofu steak salad
There's sashimi
Nigiri sushi
Sushi rolls
Look at this: dragon monster roll
Yakimono, agemono
Bento box
Rice and noodles
There's chirashi sushi
Udon
They've got some kids meals
It's a good selection
I'm getting the vegetable nabeyaki udon
Udon noodles served with fried tofu
And vegetables in a konbu dashi broth
It's good they do konbu dashi
Because that's made with seaweed
And not fish flakes
Here's my ichigo strawberry cupcake martini
It's got vodka, sake
Japanese calpico
Fresh strawberries
And a hint of condensed milk
It is actually pretty strong
And you can tell it's got fresh strawberries in
Real ones blended together
Here's my udon
In a cauldron!
They've given me some ponzu sauce with it
And here's Phil's sushi
He's got some nigiri
Some miso soup
And what was this roll?
Erm...
Something...?
It was the spicy crispy roll?
Yes...
It actually looks like mine's got some tofu skin
As well as tofu steak there