A WOMB. Kyoto, Japan.

The Wallpaper City Guides have yet to fail us. The latest example of frickin awesome food is the 5000 yen set course dinner at A WOMB near the Kyoto Art & Design University. We had a hell of a time getting there as we jumped on the no. 5 bus in the wrong direction and then landed ourselves a taxi driver who spoke no English and could not read small text, so despite having 5 different maps and photographs of the directions from Yahoo!, he had no idea where we were going. He was kind enough to call up the restaurant and ask them for directions and half an hour later, in -1 degrees, Puss in boots and Domus in shirt rocked up to a hidden concrete restaurant which only seats 10. There were only two other people there. We were a tad nervous but as the food started rolling, we couldn't contain our excitement, I haven't included all courses but each plate was immaculately displayed with so many different colours and flavors and the waitress, who spoke fabulous English and told me where we can get chicken sashimi and those funny toe separating shoes, explained every last detail. Unlike the 120000 yen traditional meal the other night, nothing here could be mistaken for turtle ejaculation or hardened sea moss. Don even got to choose which glass he'd like to drink his Sake in. Full on! I'd be back here in a second.