Izusen Kita - Kyoto

A wonderful place in the Daitoku-ji area. the vegetarian combination contains many surprises of different taste and textures. the starter of fried tofu is a delicate.

I didn't know that the mixed reviews here or the doubt whether the food was vegan in this restaurant. I just thought it was because it was a schojin ryori restaurant on tempel grounds and I'm sure everything I ate was vegan. I had a great selection of dressed, all very tasty and beautifully presented. at 4300 yen I also thought that this restaurant offers a very good price. some schojin ryori restaurants let them easily hungry also with a elaborate spread of oriented, but that is not one of them.

Daitokuji is a famous tempel in japan and accordingly is very touristy. the idea of eating tempel food in a famous tempel sounds good on tourist broochure and isuzen feels designed to meet this demand. unfortunately but in an attempt to please a mainstream meat-eating quantity, they use animal ingredients ludicrous, as it is completely possible to achieve robust aromen without reaching. even more regrettable is that they do not notify the waiter of this fact, so that even on the most energetic question the personal black and blue will swear that eating is fully vegan. that's not it. we found this on the hard way. After the taste of the Tell Valley bonuse curl flavor in our meal we asked if the food was really vegan and laugh, how funny that the gaijin thinks it tastes like real fish! another dish came out again, the unmistakable fishy smell. this time we insist that the waitress asks the cook how he managed to manifest such a remarkable fishy taste and smell. she comes back with a dig face. it turns out they're fishing in it. we asked how many of the other courts contained dead animals and were assured that there was none. but of course some more followed and at the end of the meal we both felt a little off (sweet, how the body reacts to that which it is no longer used we hope that we made enough fuss of the opportunity to they were the heavy of that they have committed and only hope that they can not do it again, but realistically said, we doubt that they only stop using fish, more likely they will be they certainly did not seem to appreciate how important it is to be honest and did not have a concept why a shijin restaurant should avoid the use of animal products.

It is not easy to find within the tempel grounds of dai toku ji. but they can ask the people at the entrance to draw them a card. the restaurant is beautiful in Japanese traditional style. the food was wonderfully prepared and presented and really delicious. they get a lot of small dishes. it is not a cheap restaurant, but it is really worth it because they not only get really big shojin ryori, they can enjoy it in a beautiful traditional environment.

My vegan partner (who has been a vegan for 10 yrs) and I had the best temple food ever here. Shojin Ryori (Japanese temple food) might be the only reason why I might come back to Japan again. The food in Izusen was beyond food that goes into the stomach. I can feel the spirit behind it by how they chose their water and ingredients. I'm a tea maniac and can tell that even though their tea was not so good, their water was soooo alive! They told us that they collected dewdrops from the mountain that they're in to make tea. Wow, the highest form of making tea, very impressive attitude. Anyways, my partner chose the 4000-ish yen meal that included his favorite dish (ume/plum tempura) that my cheapest meal didn't have. My favorite dishes were their spinach shiraae (mayo-like tofu), yuba maki, and their tofu in general. The overall experience was a flow of goodies. Updated from previous review on Sunday August 11, 2013 Updated from previous review on Sunday August 11, 2013