For accommodation we stayed at ペンション サンディーベル (096-767-2008; 熊本県阿蘇郡長陽村河陽4635). It's a family-run accommodation. A little bit like a bed & breakfast, except that we get both dinner and breakfast. The room itself isn't that amazing, looks like a dorm room with 3 single beds, a TV and an en-suite bathroom.
The meals, though, were amazing. The house itself is European-style. It looks like it has just popped out of a Swiss postcard. I don't know who cooks the food, the owner (an おじさん in his 60s I guess) or the younger guy who gave us serrano ham... anyway the food is delicious and it was my first time in a very long time to have good authentic European food. I just didn't imagine it would be in the middle of the Japanese countryside near an active volcano.
Here's the dinner menu:
1. Hors d'oeuvre
2. Serrano ham with homemade freshly baked dark rye bread
3. Gazpacho
4. Warm salmon and potato pate with spinach
5. Roast duck breast
6. Vanilla mousse
We were also offered a pizza at around 2200, as a late night snack...we were so full from the dinner already so we could only eat half the pizza.
The next morning breakfast was just as pleasing - a huge chunk of bacon and tortilla espanola (Spanish omelette), served with green salad and freshly baked bread.
Oh yes about Mount Aso - I totally forgot to write about the volcano having been too absorbed in the deliciousness of the food - it's an active volcano, but we could still drive right up to the crater. I wanted to look pretty so I wore my dress - it was a huge mistake 'cause it was damn windy up at the top of the volcano! Luckily there was no flashing or anything immodest.
We also saw the views of Kumamoto prefecture from 草千里ヶ浜 and 大観峰 -
The meals, though, were amazing. The house itself is European-style. It looks like it has just popped out of a Swiss postcard. I don't know who cooks the food, the owner (an おじさん in his 60s I guess) or the younger guy who gave us serrano ham... anyway the food is delicious and it was my first time in a very long time to have good authentic European food. I just didn't imagine it would be in the middle of the Japanese countryside near an active volcano.
Here's the dinner menu:
1. Hors d'oeuvre
2. Serrano ham with homemade freshly baked dark rye bread
3. Gazpacho
4. Warm salmon and potato pate with spinach
5. Roast duck breast
6. Vanilla mousse
We were also offered a pizza at around 2200, as a late night snack...we were so full from the dinner already so we could only eat half the pizza.
The next morning breakfast was just as pleasing - a huge chunk of bacon and tortilla espanola (Spanish omelette), served with green salad and freshly baked bread.
Oh yes about Mount Aso - I totally forgot to write about the volcano having been too absorbed in the deliciousness of the food - it's an active volcano, but we could still drive right up to the crater. I wanted to look pretty so I wore my dress - it was a huge mistake 'cause it was damn windy up at the top of the volcano! Luckily there was no flashing or anything immodest.
We also saw the views of Kumamoto prefecture from 草千里ヶ浜 and 大観峰 -
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