Gin-nan

Visitors who come for yuba have also enjoyed Gin-nan’s creative dishes. A meal here might begin with sashimi-style yuba and scooped yuba, then continue with a few plates showcasing ingredients associated with Kyoto.

One diner who ordered the scooped yuba singled out its smooth texture. Paired with sashimi-style yuba, it offers a chance to appreciate yuba in its own right. Fried nama-fu and three-colour dengaku—grilled nama-fu topped with sweet miso—bring a different take on the soft, chewy wheat-gluten cake. A diner described the fried nama-fu as fluffy and chewy, with the flavour of sweet miso.

For something more inventive, there is a teriyaki pizza with yuba and nama-fu. One visitor wrote that they particularly liked the “Japanese-style pizza topped with fu”, and the menu also lists a dish combining yuba and nama-fu. Shibazuke pickle fried rice and a miso gratin with aubergine and nama-fu offer further variety. One diner remembered the fried rice for the texture of the pickles and their distinctive tartness.

Beyond yuba and nama-fu, the menu includes aubergine dengaku with cheese. It has been described specifically as soft aubergine and cheese coated in sweet miso. Omi beef steak and rolled omelette with dashi are also available, so diners can build a meal around small plates or branch out according to their tastes.

Drinks include Gin-nan’s Kyoto sake and other sake, including labels from Kyoto. Beer, shochu, plum wine and non-alcoholic beer are also available, making the selection suited both to a leisurely evening of drinks centred on yuba and to a meal where the food takes the lead.