Post by Perry on Aug 15, 2011 3:02:05 GMT -5
Sri Lankan (Ethnic Restaurant) Tenmonkan 099-223-8008
A good understanding of Vegetarian at this spot. Great lunch set that includes tea and ice cream, as well as many dinner options. Spicy
and coconuty, their curries are very different from the Indian curries you may have eaten before...
Itadaki (an Izakaya) Shimoarata 1 chome 099-213-0494
Call in advance for small to large groups at this family run spot, and they’ll make you an eight course tabehodai in complete izakaya style, minus the meat. They can also adjust for allergies~ wonderful, warm people and place.
Bakerie Danken Across from chuo, next to the drug 11 (Napoli dori?)
Breakfast, lunch, or dinner, if you are craving freshly baked treats, savory or sweet, this is the place (if you’re ok with eggs.) Conveniently located near Chuo, there are a number of pizzas, calzones, bagels, and baguettes here that are vegetarian. For your sweet tooth, they have all the standard bakery delights too! I recommend their waffles, or if you’re lucky enough to be there when there are any left, their “maple cap!”
Oro Di Napoli .Above Bakerie Danken
Delicious Italian restaurant near Chuo station (2F above Bakerie Danken.) They serve numerous pizzas and pastas that are vegetarian without additional adjustment from the regular menu. Wine that doesn’t come out of the refrigerator too! This spot is especially nice for a date night...
Hanamaru. Tenmonkan
This is a good fast food option. This place is a cafeteria style noodle and tempura restaurant with one vegetarian option. Order the “Shoyu Udon” and you’ll get udon noodles with green onions mashed daikon radish and soy sauce. Depending on how strict you are, you can also get some veggie tempura, although the batter almost certainly has eggs in it, and I’m sure the veggies are fried in the same vat as the meat options. Don’t get the potato croquettes; they contain little pieces of some kind of meat. Also, stay away from the soupy noodle options that look veg, as they all contain fish stock.
Mouffe Café Tenmonkan
This shop has tasty bagels. Their lunch set can be customized to be vegetarian, except for the soup portion, which has meat stock.
Vegetus- a Macrobiotic Café Located behind the city Art Museum
This tiny place seems to only be open sporadically, but is worth checking out. Not 100% vegetarian as the name might suggest, but they should have a decent understanding of vegetarianism. Order accordingly...
On the sweet side
La Sa Ra Arata A quaint tea house which has a couple of locations around Kagoshima. If you like tea, and traditional Japanese sweets, this place is perfect for you.
Hara Donuts Tenmonkan
Make a meal out of their delicious donuts made using the tofu by-product, “okara” (contains eggs).
Labo Gourmet Dori, Tenmonkan
A strictly waffle café. Their waffles do contain egg, but are a tasty treat, that can be made a meal.
Flower of the Grass
A vegetarian restaurant in the Kishaba area of Kagoshima City (near Kagoshima University). It's a small place run by a cute vegetarian obachan. She looooves the foreigners and you might run into some Kagoshima University international students. The menu has a creative assortment of Japanese-style vegetable concoctions. You can get vegetable curries, noodle dishes, salads, soups, and every day there's a different special with a mixture of dishes. The portions are generous and the prices fairly low.
Directions: Take the 1 line tram towards Taniyama and get off at Kishaba. Cross the street towards the right side of the road and take the road that goes straight back between a pachinko parlor and a ramen place. There will be a small park on your left, and take the next right after the park (well, if it's not that right turn, it's the one before). Flower of the Grass is on that block on the right. There's a colorful sign outside and the name is written in English and Japanese.
Crazy Uncle is one of the only Mexican restaurants in Kagoshima. It is located in the Kishaba area of Kagoshima City near Kagoshima University. You can get tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas and spicy nachos (so spicy I almost thought I'd have to go to the hospital once). There are only 2 vegetarian options on the menu (so-so cheese and tomato quesadilla and spicy nachos). Make sure you have plenty of time as the whole operation has one oven and if you go in a large group it can take forever. The best part may be the drinks. Split a pitcher of lime/strawberry/banana frozen margaritas and you'll be done for the night. Also invest in the "crazy shot" for special occasions like birthdays, but not if you're prone to migraines or seizures.
Directions: Take the 1 line tram towards Taniyama and get off at Kishaba. Cross the street towards the right side of the road and take the road that goes straight back between a pachinko parlor and a ramen place. It's a few minutes' walk. Pass a park on your left and a church on your right. At the next intersection after the church, turn left. Then, make your next right. There's a row of restaurants on your left and Crazy Uncle is one of them.
Chikyubatake Café (地球畑カフェ) A macrobiotic cafe in the Kishaba/ Shimoarata that has an organic supermarket/ health food store next door. They do serve some organic meat dishes (beware the curry has meat in the stock) BUT if you tell them you are a vegetarian they will tell you about their veggie only dishes (the menu changes daily). They also have an all you can eat salad bar at lunch time and you can choose what kind of rice you want. One of my favorite veggie places in Kagoshima city and you can go shopping next door after you have finished eating!
Directions: Take the tram from Tenmonkan (heading towards Taniyama) and you should see it on your left hand side at the intersection before you get to the Kishaba stop. Link/ Map: www.chikyubatake.jp/j2.html
Kusa no Hana (草の花) The owner of this place 'Yoko' is a champ and you will often find exchange students from Kagoshima Univ. drinking there on the weekends ( even if there aren't any exchange students hanging round most of the regulars there are pretty interesting people) . The menu is strictly veggie (but not organic) and changes seasonally. Nice and cheap and a good place to warm-up before hitting up Tenmonkan or the surrounding bars in Kishaba.
Directions: Catch the tram from Tenonkan (heading towards Taniyama) and get off at Kishaba (騎射場), there should be a pachinko place on your right hand side. Ok, head up the street past the pachinko parlor and keep walking straight till you get to Kishaba Park (騎 射場公園) (there should be an izakaya called 'OONOYA' on your right hand side). Keep walking straight past the park and take the first right, Kusa no Hana is on this street. If I remember correctly (it used to be my regular haunt) it is about the third shop along and the outside is painted a yellowy-orange.
Myanmar Dining
Myanmar dining is strictly veggie / strictly macrobiotic. It’s a little bit on the pricy side but if you go there for dinner you usually get a 3 course veggie/vegan feast with desert. This restaurant used to be open 7 days a week but now it is only open on Fridays, Saturdays and (I think) Sundays. Definitely the tastiest veggie food in the Kagoshima City area but it is really a place for the die-hard-macrobiotic-fans.
Directions: This place has since moved and I don't know the new address
The owner rang me a while ago and said it is now located near the University hospital in Sakuragaoka however I don't have the exact details. The closest station is still Wakita but Facebook Nathan Bastin if you need any more info about this place.
Sara
Sara is a cute little macrobiotic place run by an old hippy couple. There is some fish on the menu but it is mainly veggie/vegan stuff. Nice place to hang out and it's in the middle of town which means you can go out partying afterwards.
Directions: Go to Terukuni Shrine (照国神社) in Tenmonkan, walk through the large stone Torii and immediately turn right. You will walk past a large car park and then come to a group of tiny little restaurants. (you will know which one it is straight away).
Various Indian Restaurants in Kagoshima
Most Indian restaurants here are run by Indian people and will thus have veggie options available. My favorite place is Maharajah (because they have a restaurant here in Kanoya too) but I am sure there are some other good ones out there too!
Shopping Guide
Only One Supermarket
Exit Minamikagoshima on the tram going towards Taniyama
This high end grocery store carries most average grocery store items, plus, some gourmet olive oils and teas that you can’t find at Taiyo. I mention it here because of their wonderful produce section that even has fresh herbs, including cilantro.
By mail:
Ambika – Indian spices, beans, flours, breads, etc. Beans and lentils are very expensive in Japan, so we order them in bulk from this place. Highly recommended.
www.ambikajapan.com/
The Flying Pig -- Independent online retailer of Costco Wholesale (Japan) merchandise. Offers online ordering and nationwide shipping of food and other items. www.theflyingpig.com/
-Nathan Bastin, Kanoya City CIR
A good understanding of Vegetarian at this spot. Great lunch set that includes tea and ice cream, as well as many dinner options. Spicy
and coconuty, their curries are very different from the Indian curries you may have eaten before...
Itadaki (an Izakaya) Shimoarata 1 chome 099-213-0494
Call in advance for small to large groups at this family run spot, and they’ll make you an eight course tabehodai in complete izakaya style, minus the meat. They can also adjust for allergies~ wonderful, warm people and place.
Bakerie Danken Across from chuo, next to the drug 11 (Napoli dori?)
Breakfast, lunch, or dinner, if you are craving freshly baked treats, savory or sweet, this is the place (if you’re ok with eggs.) Conveniently located near Chuo, there are a number of pizzas, calzones, bagels, and baguettes here that are vegetarian. For your sweet tooth, they have all the standard bakery delights too! I recommend their waffles, or if you’re lucky enough to be there when there are any left, their “maple cap!”
Oro Di Napoli .Above Bakerie Danken
Delicious Italian restaurant near Chuo station (2F above Bakerie Danken.) They serve numerous pizzas and pastas that are vegetarian without additional adjustment from the regular menu. Wine that doesn’t come out of the refrigerator too! This spot is especially nice for a date night...
Hanamaru. Tenmonkan
This is a good fast food option. This place is a cafeteria style noodle and tempura restaurant with one vegetarian option. Order the “Shoyu Udon” and you’ll get udon noodles with green onions mashed daikon radish and soy sauce. Depending on how strict you are, you can also get some veggie tempura, although the batter almost certainly has eggs in it, and I’m sure the veggies are fried in the same vat as the meat options. Don’t get the potato croquettes; they contain little pieces of some kind of meat. Also, stay away from the soupy noodle options that look veg, as they all contain fish stock.
Mouffe Café Tenmonkan
This shop has tasty bagels. Their lunch set can be customized to be vegetarian, except for the soup portion, which has meat stock.
Vegetus- a Macrobiotic Café Located behind the city Art Museum
This tiny place seems to only be open sporadically, but is worth checking out. Not 100% vegetarian as the name might suggest, but they should have a decent understanding of vegetarianism. Order accordingly...
On the sweet side
La Sa Ra Arata A quaint tea house which has a couple of locations around Kagoshima. If you like tea, and traditional Japanese sweets, this place is perfect for you.
Hara Donuts Tenmonkan
Make a meal out of their delicious donuts made using the tofu by-product, “okara” (contains eggs).
Labo Gourmet Dori, Tenmonkan
A strictly waffle café. Their waffles do contain egg, but are a tasty treat, that can be made a meal.
Flower of the Grass
A vegetarian restaurant in the Kishaba area of Kagoshima City (near Kagoshima University). It's a small place run by a cute vegetarian obachan. She looooves the foreigners and you might run into some Kagoshima University international students. The menu has a creative assortment of Japanese-style vegetable concoctions. You can get vegetable curries, noodle dishes, salads, soups, and every day there's a different special with a mixture of dishes. The portions are generous and the prices fairly low.
Directions: Take the 1 line tram towards Taniyama and get off at Kishaba. Cross the street towards the right side of the road and take the road that goes straight back between a pachinko parlor and a ramen place. There will be a small park on your left, and take the next right after the park (well, if it's not that right turn, it's the one before). Flower of the Grass is on that block on the right. There's a colorful sign outside and the name is written in English and Japanese.
Crazy Uncle is one of the only Mexican restaurants in Kagoshima. It is located in the Kishaba area of Kagoshima City near Kagoshima University. You can get tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas and spicy nachos (so spicy I almost thought I'd have to go to the hospital once). There are only 2 vegetarian options on the menu (so-so cheese and tomato quesadilla and spicy nachos). Make sure you have plenty of time as the whole operation has one oven and if you go in a large group it can take forever. The best part may be the drinks. Split a pitcher of lime/strawberry/banana frozen margaritas and you'll be done for the night. Also invest in the "crazy shot" for special occasions like birthdays, but not if you're prone to migraines or seizures.
Directions: Take the 1 line tram towards Taniyama and get off at Kishaba. Cross the street towards the right side of the road and take the road that goes straight back between a pachinko parlor and a ramen place. It's a few minutes' walk. Pass a park on your left and a church on your right. At the next intersection after the church, turn left. Then, make your next right. There's a row of restaurants on your left and Crazy Uncle is one of them.
Chikyubatake Café (地球畑カフェ) A macrobiotic cafe in the Kishaba/ Shimoarata that has an organic supermarket/ health food store next door. They do serve some organic meat dishes (beware the curry has meat in the stock) BUT if you tell them you are a vegetarian they will tell you about their veggie only dishes (the menu changes daily). They also have an all you can eat salad bar at lunch time and you can choose what kind of rice you want. One of my favorite veggie places in Kagoshima city and you can go shopping next door after you have finished eating!
Directions: Take the tram from Tenmonkan (heading towards Taniyama) and you should see it on your left hand side at the intersection before you get to the Kishaba stop. Link/ Map: www.chikyubatake.jp/j2.html
Kusa no Hana (草の花) The owner of this place 'Yoko' is a champ and you will often find exchange students from Kagoshima Univ. drinking there on the weekends ( even if there aren't any exchange students hanging round most of the regulars there are pretty interesting people) . The menu is strictly veggie (but not organic) and changes seasonally. Nice and cheap and a good place to warm-up before hitting up Tenmonkan or the surrounding bars in Kishaba.
Directions: Catch the tram from Tenonkan (heading towards Taniyama) and get off at Kishaba (騎射場), there should be a pachinko place on your right hand side. Ok, head up the street past the pachinko parlor and keep walking straight till you get to Kishaba Park (騎 射場公園) (there should be an izakaya called 'OONOYA' on your right hand side). Keep walking straight past the park and take the first right, Kusa no Hana is on this street. If I remember correctly (it used to be my regular haunt) it is about the third shop along and the outside is painted a yellowy-orange.
Myanmar Dining
Myanmar dining is strictly veggie / strictly macrobiotic. It’s a little bit on the pricy side but if you go there for dinner you usually get a 3 course veggie/vegan feast with desert. This restaurant used to be open 7 days a week but now it is only open on Fridays, Saturdays and (I think) Sundays. Definitely the tastiest veggie food in the Kagoshima City area but it is really a place for the die-hard-macrobiotic-fans.
Directions: This place has since moved and I don't know the new address
The owner rang me a while ago and said it is now located near the University hospital in Sakuragaoka however I don't have the exact details. The closest station is still Wakita but Facebook Nathan Bastin if you need any more info about this place.Sara
Sara is a cute little macrobiotic place run by an old hippy couple. There is some fish on the menu but it is mainly veggie/vegan stuff. Nice place to hang out and it's in the middle of town which means you can go out partying afterwards.
Directions: Go to Terukuni Shrine (照国神社) in Tenmonkan, walk through the large stone Torii and immediately turn right. You will walk past a large car park and then come to a group of tiny little restaurants. (you will know which one it is straight away).
Various Indian Restaurants in Kagoshima
Most Indian restaurants here are run by Indian people and will thus have veggie options available. My favorite place is Maharajah (because they have a restaurant here in Kanoya too) but I am sure there are some other good ones out there too!
Shopping Guide
Only One Supermarket
Exit Minamikagoshima on the tram going towards Taniyama
This high end grocery store carries most average grocery store items, plus, some gourmet olive oils and teas that you can’t find at Taiyo. I mention it here because of their wonderful produce section that even has fresh herbs, including cilantro.
By mail:
Ambika – Indian spices, beans, flours, breads, etc. Beans and lentils are very expensive in Japan, so we order them in bulk from this place. Highly recommended.
www.ambikajapan.com/
The Flying Pig -- Independent online retailer of Costco Wholesale (Japan) merchandise. Offers online ordering and nationwide shipping of food and other items. www.theflyingpig.com/
-Nathan Bastin, Kanoya City CIR