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The best traditional Kyoto dishes

The top 3 according to 72 votes from people: Furofuki daikon · Senmaizuke · Suguki pickles. (Updated Jul 21, 2022.)

Kyoto vegetables, the Mackerel Road and Tanba produce: dishes from the Kyoto page of the Japanese agriculture ministry's 'Our Regional Cuisines'.

Mai Yoshida · · 16 items · 72 votes · 2 comments

Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original

Top 16

  1. 1

    Furofuki daikon

    Simmered daikon with miso sauce.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 0

    7
  2. 2

    Senmaizuke

    Pickled thin slices of Shogoin turnip.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 0

    6
  3. 3

    Suguki pickles

    Sour pickled suguki turnip.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 0

    6
  4. 4

    Shibazuke

    Aubergine pickled with red shiso.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 0

    5
  5. 5

    Grilled hamo

    Grilled pike conger, indispensable in Kyoto cuisine.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  6. 6

    Heshiko

    Tango mackerel cured in rice bran.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  7. 7

    Herring and aubergine

    Dried herring simmered with aubergine.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  8. 8

    Barazushi

    Tango scattered sushi with seasoned mackerel flakes.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  9. 9

    Manganji peppers with jako

    Manganji peppers simmered with baby sardines.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  10. 10

    Saba-zushi

    Mackerel pressed sushi, the fish brought from Wakasa along the Mackerel Road.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 2

    2
  11. 11

    White miso zoni

    New Year soup of round mochi in white miso.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  12. 12

    Taro and dried cod

    Ebi-imo taro simmered with dried cod (imobo).

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  13. 13

    Kamo aubergine dengaku

    Round Kamo aubergine grilled with miso.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  14. 14

    Uji kintoki

    Shaved ice with Uji matcha and sweet red beans.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 2

    0
  15. 15

    Minazuki

    Triangular sweet of uiro and red beans eaten on 30 June.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  16. 16

    Sea bream and turnip

    Sea bream simmered with Shogoin turnip.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 4

    -3

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Hina Kobayashi · 日本語

さばずしは祇園祭の時期に食べるのが一番。千枚漬けは冬のお土産の定番ですね。

林 陸 · 日本語

にしん茄子が入っているのが嬉しい。観光客にはあまり知られていないけど、京都の家庭の味です。

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