Arashiyama is a 15miutes ride from Kyoto station (via JR Sagano line Kyoto Station Saga-Arashiyama Station). It has everything for a 1day excursion (or 1 night ryokan stay) on the outskirts of Kyoto from Togetsukyo bridge over Hozu river to bamboo grove to tenryuji temple. We had an excellent stay at togetsutei ryokan recently on 17.12.2008 (the kaiseki is tops) and we chanced on a really great lunch the next day at Anju Restaurant located along the road from togetsukyo bridge along Saga Tenryuji Ktatsukurimichicho just past Tenryuji temple entrance and before reaching the bamboo grove turn-off.
My wife and I both had the 3900Y set. Except for the wagyu (& fish) it was an entirely yuba set. This was a really great combination for us. While we were both keen on good yuba set (having tasted a really marvellous 3500Y set at a yuba restaurant along the road leaving kiyomizu temple during our last trip) we decided though that we would not pay that kind of money again for yuba no matter how good the yuba was so we skip the yuba restaurant Shigetsu in Tenryuji even though it came with good reviews.
We had yuba sashimi, and it was really nice - fresh, refreshing just ike sashimi (but nothing like real sashimi nevertheless), a deep fried yuba dish which is really really superb, a bean paste starter, a simmered dish beancurd, 2 fried fish pieces with roe, and mochi dessert+ a fried starch cube - nicely sweet and tasty similar to sweet non-savory version of Korean nian gao.
The main course was a good grade wagyu sirlion steak done rare (though my wife complained that hers was more like medium rare). It was marbled and very tasty and tender. In my opinion, this Anju set is really value for money. The wayu steak would have cost upwards of 2500Y in any average Kyoto restaurant, and the yuba set w/o the steak would be almost a match for a 3000Y set in a good yuba restaurant.
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