My first encounter with 'Osechi Ryouri'

I have spent my New Year for the year 2013 in Japan. Once I get out of bed that morning, I quickly get myself ready for the luxurious breakfast.

During the very last day of 2012, I have participated in this 'event'. This annual event was held by the 'Isetan' departmental store located inside 'JR Kyoto station'. They will be selling the 'Osechi Ryouri', which is also known as traditional Japanese New Year food, over here. In fact, there's already a long queue of people queueing up for it at 8am in the morning. I managed to secured a place in the queue 安ｄget myself a set of 'Osechi Ryouri' too. O.OV

Here's my reward for queueing up for more than an hour+.

Here's the 'Osechi Ryouri' by 'Izusen' restaurant.

And here's the menu. According to the menu, there's a mixture of seafood, meat and vegetables dishes. And I'm looking forward to taste everything.

Not only luxurious, it looks glamorous and there's a great variety of tastes. In fact, though most Japanese will have it for breakfast, but it took me 2 whole hours to finish up all the food. I even have to skip my lunch to finish this. My conclusion for this meal, 'Satisfying'. (My only regret for this meal, would be the beef stuff. Since I couldn't eat them, therefore I have to throw them into the rubbish bin. :( )

* Click here to find out more about the restaurant 'Izusen'. (Japanese website)