Food on Day 6 was pretty much all on opportunity. Apart from a general idea that we’d like to try out the fourth ‘must try’ dining place – a sushi conveyor belt eatery – on Ling’s list, we were all free and easy on meal times and went with whichever the wind blew.
Breakfast was at Katsura Station just before our long 25 minute walk to the Katsura Imperial Villa, and at a Viedre France cafe. Pretty similar to Delifrance in Singapore; french pastries catered for localized taste buds. For a relatively pricey 672円, we got a beverage, a chicken teriyaki/egg and ham/tomato sandwichs with a salad side.
By mid-noon, we’d done the guided tour of Katsura Imperial Villa, and were back in central Kyoto area and near Kawaramachi Train Station, and looking around for lunch places. We wandered around for a bit, and found ourselves at level 7 of the Mosaic building. Ling was intrigued with these egg-wrap rice dishes served at this restaurant (it didn’t have an English name). Final damage was 2,110円, and lunch was so-so only. The tomato sauce used was pretty overpowering.
The number #4 place on Ling’s list of foodie places to check out was a Musashi conveyor belt sushi restaurant somewhere near Kawaramachi Station. Only thing was that we weren’t sure what the place looked like. We thought this sushi restaurant was it, though now that we’re back at the hotel and checking through the receipt and pictures, it apparently wasn’t. This sushi eatery is Kappazushi, and offers most sushi plates at a flat 105円. Ling was fascinated the way ala carte items are ordered too. After putting in your order via the touch screen, a little Shinkansen train will deliver your plate of sushi to your table. Too funny for words! We took a video of this and will upload it soon.
We ate till we nearly burst. Had 12 plates of sushi, with final damage 1,553円, or about SGD24. Pretty good pricing considering that at home, you’d be paying at least SGD32 for what we had.
Our ratings:
Vierde France cafe: 
?? Egg Wrap Lunch:
Kappazushi: (three stars for food, but four stars here in view of its really attractive pricing)
I fear that my order of sushi would cause the train to jump the tracks!
Ha ha :)