Kobe (JP)
Set breakfast option due to the Coronavirus: Garden Café @ Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers (14. March 2020)
Given Coronovirus measures, there was also no buffet for breakfast but a set menu for breakfast which consisted of “soup, ham, bacon, sausage, hashed potatoes, locally grown vegetable salad, fruits, yogurt, scrambled eggs, bread, and tea” plus … … rice if you asked for it (which I did). All in all, the breakfast selection was […]
Outstanding service and decent udon noodles: Restaurant Gourmet Kineya (13. March 2020)
Given the ‘dinner’ at the Sheraton Club Lounge was not satisfactory, I decided to hit a spot somewhere in its vicinity and ended up in the “Gourmet Kineya” which – I found out later – seems to be a chain across Japan. Given arrival was 10 minutes before their last order (7:30pm), I had to […]
A relatively disappointing lounge experience: Sheraton Club Lounge @ Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers (13. March 2020)
Although the impacts of the Coronavirus are clearly visible in the Japanese society, a large part of it still works according to normal procedures with the exception that some sights are closed for visitors and clear announcements over public loudspeakers that you should wash your hands frequently. The Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers decided […]
A delicious but very expensive experience – Kobe beef in Kobe: Restaurant Mouriya Honten (13. March 2020)
If you go to Kobe, you definitely have to try the Kobe Beef, so it was time to do exactly that shortly after the arrival in the city. The Mouriya Honten is a place famous for its Kobe beef and offers a good selection of meat. It was time to try “Kobe Beef Fillet (130gr, […]