Japan 2024 Trip Part 4: Japanese-style Breakfast at the Ryokan

Previously:

Japan 2024 Trip Part 3: Sukiyaki Dinner at the Ryokan

For breakfast, they serve it in the main dining area and it starts from 07:30 to 10:00 am, with last order to be placed at 9:30.  You can come anytime there without booking the time before hand, given that your package is including breakfast.  

Basically, for rice, miso soup to drinks like hot coffee, tea to cold milk are self-serve but then the main meal comes as an a la carte.  School kids will have same menu as an adult but then little kid will have a different small special menu. 

I know it may sound silly, but this cold fresh milk from Aso mountain tastes better than any fresh milk I have drunk before and it has a distinguished and unique taste.  It has a good amount of sweetness, it is rich and fatty but cold and very refreshing at the same time.  I like it so much, I found that it even tastes better than Hokkaido milk.

Small kids breakfast set

Again, it is not Japanese if they don’t put on all these beautifully presented dishes.  We started with assorted small dishes like cooked greens, eggplants, pickles, deep-fried and sesame coated sweet potatoes and as well as sweets and fresh fruits.  On top of that, there was this raw beef marinated in some sort of tangy sauce with truffle oil.  It was absolutely yum-yum and flavorful.  

We then also got Japanese traditional breakfast of grilled salmon with steamed rice as well as raw eggs again to put it over hot rice and have it with a splash of soy sauce.  Then there was pork belly dish cooked in a hot pan.  The pork was so tender too.  It was a nice breakfast we had and overlooking that picturesque mountain view, what more could I ask?

Breakfast available from 7:30 to 10 am 

Stay tuned for the net blog still in Yufuin:

Japan 2024 Trip Part 5: Floral Village, Owl's Forest and Yunotsubo Shopping Street in Yufuin