Cool Hunting
Last week we gave CH readers a chance to win an autographed copy of Yoshihiro Murata's Kaiseki: The Exquisite Cuisine of Kyoto's Kikunoi Restaurant. Thanks to everyone who wrote in with your Japanese culinary adventure stories. Our winner shared a charming story about a Japanese restaurant discovered in China where every entree included "a small salad with the best dressing we'd ever had, some strange but delicious potato-like vegetable, and a little dish of cream-based soup that had a small piece of chicken and a tiny shrimp hidden at the bottom."
We're still accepting submissions for our Kissology contest through this Friday, 3 November 2006, so send us photos (to leti [at] coolhunting [dot] com) of your best attempts at emulating the masters of glam makeup.
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Kaiseki: The Exquisite Cuisine of Kyoto's Kikunoi Restaurant is a captivating volume celebrating the history and beauty of Japan's finest cuisine. And one lucky CH reader will win an autographed copy. Authored by Yoshihiro Murata (a third generation chef and owner of Kyoto's famed Kikunoi and Kiamachi restaurants) and beautifully photographed by Masashi Kuma, they take us on a culinary and visual journey into...
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From hot canned coffee to warm corn soup, Japanese vending machines do their best to meet all your vending machine needs. This May, Kyoto-based company Fujitaka began selling Sapporo-style canned ramen for ¥300 ($2.67) a pop to nerds in Akihabara, Tokyo's electronics district. Yes, you can buy canned noodles! For the country that invented instant ramen, vending machine noodles must be a godsend! The...
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