YS↑O2 （ワイエスオーツー）| Cafe Restaurant | Sapporo

"YS↑O2 （ワイエスオーツー）" is a small cozy restaurant located in Odori, Sapporo.
Actually it is difficult to find homely restaurants serving nutritionally-balanced meals at reasonable prices in the downtown area, where we can relax even without alcohol at night. I really recommend "YS↑O2 （ワイエスオーツー）"↓

The white walls and carefully-chosen ornaments make us feel comfortable. The owner is so friendly that you may feel as if you were at home with your family members.

Beside a menu book, they have a special menu↓

One of them is a "chicken and egg bowl", whose chickens are raised in an open yard, not an indoor farm. They stick to healthy ingredients.

I ordered a "dinner plate" with meat and a lot of vegetables! The main and side dishes are depending on the day.

Voila!
This is a "dinner plate".

The set includes small side dishes such as "namul (seasoned vegetables)" and "herb chicken". We, especially women, want to eat several kinds of small-portion side dishes with a big portion of main, right?

The minestrone has a lot of vegetable. Very nutritious, isn't it?

This rice is "Nanatuboshi （ななつぼし）", brand rice produced in Hokkaido. Their selection of ingredients is wonderful! We can have extra-large helping! Hahaha!

This is the main!

The grilled pork is covered with a lot of melted cheese and tomato olive sauce. Yummy x 2!!!

The plate has fresh green salad and..............

Grilled lotus roots are laid under the meat. Root vegetables can keep our body warm and be a perfect food especially during the winter time!

The sauce and cheese go well with this thick grilled pork!

This plate is only 1,000 yen!

I love this reasonable restaurant serving very healthy meals!

Just for reference, I'll show you one of their lunch sets↓

The set comes with the three kinds of appetizer↓

We can enjoy home-made focaccia as much as possible! Yes! The set comes with all we can eat focaccia!!! Wow! Wow! Wow!

In addition to that, we can order a large-portion pasta without any additional charge!!!! Perfect lunch, isn't it?

P.S.

They use milk directly purchased  from dairy farmers. I recommend their desserts, too.

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Kushiro Ramen Kawamura （釧路ラーメン河むら）| Ramen Restaurant | Kushiro

Kushiro （釧路）, located in the eastern part of Hokkaido, is one of the famous ramen cities. Today I'll show you one of the most popular ramen restaurants in the city, "Kushiro Ramen Kawamura （釧路ラーメン河むら）".
They have several their branches, but this main restaurant （釧路本店） located in downtown Kushiro is the best↓

Let's enter it!

What is Kushiro ramen like, anyway? The typical Kushiro ramen is very thin and wavy ramen noodles with soy-sauce flavored soup whose broth is manly from seafood.

This is the menu. They serve several types of ramen, but if you haven't tried Kushiro ramen, I definitely recommend soy-sauce flavored ramen（醤油ラーメン）↓

Don't forget the side dishes!! They are also very recommendable!

Voila!
This is soy sauce-flavored ramen↓ Looks very simple, but well-balanced with each other!!!

One of the topping is the roasted pork. They make not very tender char ciu, so that we can enjoy the meat texture itself.

The bamboo shoot is very thinly sliced like this↓ It goes well with the seafood-based soup and thin noodles.

The minced green onion is also a great accent for ramen. Yes, the toppings are very simple, but very sophisticated!

Look at the very thin wavy noodles! Yummy x 2!!!!

Don't forget the side dish! This is Butameshi （豚めし） or pork bowl. Finely-minced roasted pork and green onions are mixed with mayonnaise, and special soy-based sauce is added to it.

Personally, I really love it! Whatever I eat ramen, I'm sure to order it! It is super-delicious!!

This ramen restaurant is open until 2 PM, and I recommend to go there after drinking, too!

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Restaurant Izumiya （レストラン泉屋） | Kushiro

Kushiro reminds a lot of young people supakatsu （スパカツ）, which is so popular that MOS BURGER serves Supakatusu Burger for a limited period now!

Let's go to a restaurant serving the most delicious supakatsu!!
This is "Restaurant Izumiya （レストラン泉屋）"↓

All of their dishes are delicious and large in quantity!

Let's enter it!

Local people around us ordered dishes other than supakatsu, but as I cannot come to Kushiro so often, I ordered supakatsu, of course!!!

Voila!
This is spakatsu!! Yes, supakatsu means spaghetti and cutlet!! Because it is very hot, the sauce is overflowing from the iron plate!!

Because it is very hot, the steam from the dish mists over the camera lens!!!

Look at the volume! Perfect!!!

I love this juicy cutlet!!

Baked spaghetti on the very hot iron plate goes well with this rich and delicious meat sauce! Yummy x 2!!

Except Supakatsu, how about an A set? It is included with hamburger steak, spaghetti, salad, crab croquette, gratin, and............

pilaff! Do you have any idea how much it is?

The set is only 1,200 yen!!! How reasonable it is!!!!

Personally, I recommend a D set↓ 

Look at this very tender beef!!!! You don't need to use a knife to cut it! Hahaha!

Wow! Wow! Wow! The set comes with this doria.

It's very creamy, and yummy x 2!!!

I really recommend the cheap but very delicious dishes in this restaurant!!

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Dining Natoriya （食事処名取屋） | Kuriyama

Kuriyama （栗山） is one hour away from Sapporo, and has a lot of attractions. Today I'll show you a popular dining among local people in this small town.
This is "Dining Natoriya （食事処名取屋）"↓

They serve dishes everybody loves, such as.........................

curry and rice, ramen, and tempra bowl, but the most popular set in this restaurant is...................

"horumon soup set （ホルモン鍋定食）"↓　Horumon means guts in Japanese. Are you interested in this dish? I'll open the lid!

Voila!
The horumon miso soup has a lot of tofu and sliced leek. How healthy it is!

Under the thinly sliced tofu,

there are a lot of tender pork horumon! Yummy x 2!!!

* You can take out the soup.

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