We got lucky a month ago when we found an excellent tea shop in Bologna. At that time we stocked up on our favorite type of tea, gyokuro. That tea was long gone so we found a new tea shop and went over there. They had two kinds of gyokuro and a recommended sencha. It was a quaint place with old tea related boxes and tins decorating the place. The proprietor had an old fashioned balance scale and it was entertaining watching him measure out the tea. We did some more megandering from there and eventually ended up at the supermarket that we like. We loaded up on sashimi for dinner and then took the trolly. We discovered the inner loop of the trolly and quickly found ourselves further away from our destination than our starting point. We bit the bullet and walked back home. It was a half mile but we were carrying groceries so it was not so easy. The walk pushed us over the 10,000 steps for the day.
In the northernmost island of Japan we find a Jacksonville Florida themed burger place!
A nearly empty shopping arcade
We found the tea shop
Old tea related things
Some good sencha tea
100 grams please
A classic old scale
Gentle treatment of the tea leaves
Two kinds of gyokuro and a recommended sencha
Pouring out the gyokuro
Nive tea holders
Old boxes
Instructions
A direct correlation between tea strength and both the steeping temperature and time
The mutton cafe is a bit worse for wear
Dumplings!
Babe Ruth? Now that is vintage
Even the sign looks old
If only we had something to celebrate...I will think of something
The mini keg is very popular
So many funny signs
Big balled bear
Clowning around
Just because you have to carry a heavy load does not mean you cant read a book while doing it
The RCA dog, or should I say dogs
A whole mess of sashimi. From left to right, a new kind of fish eggs, raw sweet shrimp, yellow tail, salmon, raw scallops, salmon eggs, belly tuna, snapper, back tuna. Seaweed salad in the foreground
All gone!
