I’ve been buying bread at boulangerie Mugi pretty much since they opened, but I had never ventured on the second floor of this beautifully renovated building in the heart of the Bikan area in Kurashiki City.

I’ve been buying bread at boulangerie Mugi pretty much since they opened, but I had never ventured on the second floor of this beautifully renovated building in the heart of the Bikan area in Kurashiki City.

Café Un deux comme chez vous opens only 12 days a month and I still don’t understand why after going there twice in the same weekend. If you don’t speak French, Un deux comme chez vous means “One Two Like your Home” and the place is indeed very homey. The name might be as weird as the opening hours but after eating their cake, I could not care less.
Tamashima is right across the river from where I live and when I heard about Shittora, a Korean restaurant, I didn’t wait too long to go and try it. I always appreciate when I get suggestions online and this one turned out to be a good one.
I ended up going back to Cafe Gewa twice in the last few weeks since I wanted to try their coffee made with the shinny Synesso espresso machine.
Hinata is far away from the tourist area of central Kurashiki, but the trip to the service road of route 2 is worth the effort.
By Luc Gougeon
Café Gewa which is located in the Hayashi Genjuro building is so new, it looks like an ad for Architectural Digest despite having an hand written sign which looks like a cheap white board…
Cono Foresta pizzeria has recently opened inside the Hayashi Genjuro Shouten complex in the heart of the Bikan area in Kurashiki and it’s a welcome addition in the Okayama dinning scene.
Tonkatsu (Japanese pork cutlet) might not be the healthiest food around, but the tonkatsu at Kappa in Kurashiki is simply to die for if you will forgive me the cliché.
Chang Thai is a small restaurant located a stone throw away from the North side of Kurashiki station and the consumerism mess of the Ario shopping center.
When my sister-in-law took me and my wife to Morimori, a small family restaurant in Mizushima, I had the weird feeling that I had finally discover a great little food place hidden in plain sight.
WARNING: This post has nothing to do with Japanese food. But if you like to indulge in sugary guilty pleasures, please keep reading.
It’s official!! Krispy Kreme has opened his first donuts shop in the new Ario Kurashiki shopping center in front of Kurashiki Station.
UPDATE JANUARY 2013 : Café Nico is no longer in business.
Cafe Nico is my Sunday afternoon cafe, the perfect place to relax and enjoy a good cafe latte away from the busy tourist area of Bikan.