Today I went for lunch in one traditional Japanese restaurant that serve authentic Japanese omakase (お任せ) — a Japanese dining style meaning “I’ll leave it up to you,” where customers entrust the chef to curate a personalized, multi-course meal, typically using the freshest, premium, and seasonal ingredients (Google).
I chose Gion Maruyama because by review it is claimed as consistently awarded 2 Michelin stars for many years.
The young chef serving my kaiseki set said it is a family owned restaurant that has run for almost 39 years; he is the 2nd generation & has been see ing for 9 years. Before I left the site, his father (the founder) greeted me with the typical Japanese salute (arigatou gozaimasu + body bowing deeply).
What an honor to have met both of them.
Gion Maruyama omakase should be part of a serene visit to Kyoto. Excellent food. Serene place.
Thank you very much!
I’ll be back.
Location: 570-171 Gionmachi Minamigawa, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, 605-0074
sakizuke
onjaku
mukozuke
Japanese owa sumashi-jiru (soup bowl)
main dish (yakimono — awabi, abalone)
main dish (yakimono — takemono, bamboo shoot & yaki-onigiri, grilled rice ball)
takiawase (simmered dish — kamo-nabe, duck pot; negi, scallion; awake, wheat gluten; Kona-sansho)
chinmi (delicacies) – tomato; anago-yawate-maki; fuki-no-to-dengaku; maguro-shoga-ni; aka-konnyaku; shiro-kikurage
soup, rice + mentaiko, miso soup
mizumono (dessert): warabi-mochi, strawberry, melon, Setoka orange, coconut-sherbet with peppermint
tea, roasted tea, macha & ginger ale
rike jokanan 
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