Calbee PLUS （カルビープラス）| Potato Chips Shop | New Chitose Airport

New Chitose Airport has been renovated recently, and has a lot of recommendable shops & restaurants now. Today I'll show you one of my favorite shops, "Calbee PLUS （カルビープラス）"↓

Calbee is proud of No.1 potato chips share in Japan, and use Hokkaido potatoes for its products. Actually I used to eat its potato chips at least once a week when I was a child. Hahaha!

Look at the shelves↓

The shop sells potato chips not only with typical flavors , but also with unique and rare flavors. 

Small bags of "Jagariko", a potato snacks, are available here so that we can try several different kinds! 

How about "Kappaebisen", a shrimp-flavored flour snacks, one of their flagship products, with several unique flavors, which we cannot find at normal supermarkets? Have you ever tried  curry flavor, Kyusyu soy sauce flavor, laver salt flavor, ginger flavor, wasabi horseradish flavor and so on.......????

Calbee produces regionally marketed potato chips throughout Japan. When you come to this shop, you can get a rare one without travelling! How wonderful the shop is!

Actually I came here today to eat very tasty potato chips. Do you have any idea how unique the chips are? "

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A. We can eat freshly-fried potato chips in this shop! 

Sounds perfect, doesn't it? Of course the ingredients are carefully selected!!

First we can choose the slice type; thin or thick, and flavors among several kinds; salt butter, two kinds of cheese, and sour cream and so on. They also serve other types potato snacks, soft ice cream, soft drinks and beer.

 Well, well, well, let me try "Poteriko （ポテりこ)", a popular potato snacks, first!

Voila!
This is freshly-fried potato snacks!

Hot! Hot! Hot!
It is so delicious that I couldn't stop eating it!!!

Next, we ordered thickly-sliced potato chips with two kinds of cheese!!
Yummy x 2! I need beer!!! Hahaha!

How about maple syrup & cheese flavor?

Would you like to try it?? Open your month and here you are!!
The kind of the flavors seems to change regularly, and I have to check them whenever I come to the airport!

I love strawberry flavor, which is available only in the spring time.!

Last but not least, I'll introduce the king collaboration between Calbee and Royce to you!

Voila!

Delicious Royce chocolate is covered with yummy x 2 Calbee potato chips!! Perfect♪ No! No! No! More than perfect♪ Hahaha!

I really recommend freshly-fried potato chips and potato snacks here in "Calbee PLUS （カルビープラス）", which is located on the second floor at New Chitose Airport!

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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.

■Where is "YS↑O2 （ワイエスオーツー）"?

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Monthly Ice Cream (Made by MISSU HOUSE) on the Limited Express Trains of JR Hokkaido | September, 2012

When I use a limited express train here in Hokkaido, I always eat monthly ice cream sold on the train.

This time, I went to Sapporo from Hakodate. This is JR Hakodate Station↓ Here we go♪

We took a Super Hokuto Limited Express Train as usual!

Voila!
This is my favorite ice cream!!! The monthly ice cream in September is.....................

Kurosengoku black beans(黒千石）!!

It contains a lot of anthocyanin, and very healthy! 

This ice cream is made by MISSU HOUSE, which is one of my favorite ice cram makers in Sapporo!
Hokkaido is famous for dairy products, and we can eat delicious ice cream here!

Do you wanna try it? Hahaha!
It is very fragrant and dairy!!! I love it!

After enjoying the yummy x 2 ice cream, I drank corn tea↓

It is a caffeine-free drink, and also contains black beans! Actually Hokkaido is famous not only for its milk but also beans and corn!

We've arrived in Sapporo!! 

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Sapporo Autumn fest 2012 （さっぽろオータムフェスト2012） | Sep. 14 (Fri.) - Sep. 30 (Sun.)

"Sapporo Autumn fest （さっぽろオータムフェスト）" is a food festival, showcasing the richness of food production around Hokkaido and its capital city Sapporo. The five sites along Odori Park in downtown Sapporo bring visitors to the food world of Hokkaido! It's a really enjoyable and recommendable festival! Here we go!

■Odori 4-Chome Site
This is the first block to begin your exploration of Sapporo Autumn fest. Please get the information of each site in this block.
Personally I recommend "Sapporo Chef's Kitchen （さっぽろシェフズキッチン）↓

A famous restaurant chef serves their delicious meals at reasonable prices. The restaurant booth is switched, depending on the day, and please check your favorite one before coming here. This is lasagna served by Sagra, my favorite Italian restaurant in Sapporo.
(* If you're interested in this restaurant, please refer to my other post→☆)

How about this minestrone? Yummy x 2!!!

■Odori 5-Chome Site
What are the local dishes of Hokkaido? Ramen is one of them, but many places around Hokkaido also have their own delicious dishes. This block introduces some of the wonderful local cuisine to visitors.

This is salt-flavored chaw mein with seafood （北見塩やきそば）, a local meal in Kitami. Actually when we went to Kitami this summer, I ate the same fried noodles at a local beer brewery. 

(* If you're interested in the noodles, please refer to my other post→☆)

■Odori 6-Chome Site

Many local restaurants and the tapas bar provide high quality of local dishes in this block.

Look at the Sapporo Sweets Cafe! We can enjoy cakes in the festival!!

■Odori 7-Chome Site
Hokkaido is one of the best environments in Japan to produce good alcohol beverages. When you are thirsty, please come to this block. Let's enjoy beer, wine, shochu, whiskey and sake!!

If you love bread, this is a must place. "Hokkaido Bakery Marche （ほっかいどうベーカリーマルシェ）" collects popular bakeries' bread at one booth! All of the bread is so popular that it is usually sold out in the morning!

■Odori 8-Chome Site
Hokkaido has as many as 180 municipalities, and more than half of them come all the way to the festival to serve you with their local products.

I really recommend the char-grilled queen crabs （炭火焼本ずわい蟹甲羅盛）, a local product in Monbetsu↓ They are so popular every year that you may wait in a long line, but it's worth doing so!!!

This food festival lasts until the 30th of September!

■Where is the festival venue (Odori Park)?

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