Ujiie Machiaijyo （氏家待合所） | Akkeshi Dining （あっけし食堂） | Akkeshi

It takes about 50 minutes from Kushiro by local train.

We've arrived in Akkeshi, which is an.....................

oyster town! Oysters produced in this town are much much more delicious than normal ones!! Actually Akkeshi is one of the best oyster production sites in Japan!

Let's eat oyster rice! You can buy an oyster ekiben (which means a box lunch sold at stations) at the Kiosk in JR Akkeshi station.

It looks very delicious, but would you like to eat freshly-made oyster rice? Yes, of course!

I've already made a reservation for it! "Ujiie Machiaisyo （氏家待合所）" or "Akkeshi Dining （あっけし食堂）" in front of the station makes yummy oyster rice ekiben depending on your arrival time! Perfect!

"Hello!!", a friendly owner said to me.

This ekiben won the grand prix at the Hokkaido Ekiben Competition 2011 （北海道駅弁選手権2011).

Even several celebrities came here all the way from Tokyo to eat this ekiben!

Voila!
It smells very oysters before I open it!!!

If you love seafood, you must be crazy about the rice! It has .............

some plump oysters,

juicy whelks, and

asari clams! The rice absorbs delicious seafood juice and special sauce!! Yummy x 2!!

Now I understand why it has long been popular since the beginning of sales in 1963!

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Soba Cafe （そば cafe）| Itadakimasu Company （いただきますカンパニー） | Obihiro

"Itadakimasu Company （いただきますカンパニー）" located in Obihiro operates several seasonable cafes outdoors. One of them is "Soba Cafe （そば cafe）". We visited there on the 15th of August.

The site is near "Uemura Naomi Obihiro Outwards-bounds School （植村直己帯広野外学校）, about one hour away from JR Obihiro station. As we arrived here a little bit earlier than we expected, we went up to the facility↓

If I were a child, I wanted to spend a facility like this for at least one month!!

Just for reference, this is information and background of Mr. Naoki Uemura, a famous adventurer in the world.

 Look at the buckwheat field! How huge it is!

"Soba Cafe （そば cafe）" is just in front of the field owned by Mr. Soma.

Tables and chairs are set up like this. I love this atmosphere!

Look at the buckwheat flowers! We could enjoy the time tricked by very slowly here!

Mr. Nochimura, an owner of "Clover （玄葉）", a soba restaurant, made soba from buckwheat flour  produced in this field by Mr. Soma!

He added water to the buckwheat, and kneaded it for a while to make soba dough.

 Only with the rolling pin, he made the circle dough to

the square dough!!! How professional he is!!

Dushing some flour on the pin and the dough, he cut it very thinly!

 Look very delicious, don't they?

Mr. Soma, its producer, and guests including us tried to cut the dough, but............

These are like udon noodles! Hahaha!

Until the soba served, we enjoyed shopping on the cafe counter.
Look at Tokachi Bran Mix, pancake mix, made of local flour only!

Have you ever heard buckwheat honey? Sounds yummy x 2!!!

This is buckwheat flour produced by Mr. Soma.

How about eggs from floor feeding poultry raised by Mr. Kusanagi? As it looked appealing, I put it on..................

hot rice, and enjoyed it! Yummy x 2!!

Here comes soba!!

Looking at the beautiful buckwheat flour flowers,

 we enjoyed very fragrant soba! How happy we are!!!

Next, I want to try their "potato cafe" in the autumn time!

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Kinchan's Ginzushi （金ちゃんの店 吟寿司）| Sushi Bar | Obihiro

Would you like to eat delicious (raw) beef sushi? If so, I know a great sushi bar in Obihiro, serving super-delicious beef sushi that you cannot eat anywhere else.
This is "Kinchan's Ginzushi （金ちゃんの店　吟寿司）" in the downtown↓

They serve reasonable sushi sets during the lunch time, but I recommend

"Gyutoro Kinchan bowl （牛とろ金ちゃん丼）"↓

Let's enter it! They have a lot of fans from abroad, too. The owner showed us a lot of celebrities' signatures and pictures with him. Actually costumers behind us were from Hong Kong.

Voila!
This is "Gyutoro Kinchan bowl （牛とろ金ちゃん丼）", a seafood bowl with gyutoro (minced raw beef).

You don't have to pour soy sauce over it. It is already seasoned with special miso sauce. Put gyuroto on seafood like this, and eat it! This is super delicious!!!

Would you like to try gyutoro sushi, too?

If so, I recommend "Kinchan sushi set （金ちゃん寿司）". Kinchan is the nickname of the owner.

■Gyutoro nigiri zushi
Just after I put it in my mouse, the beef part is melted instantly! Yummy x 2!!! I love it!

■Gyutoro gunkan zushi
I'm sure nobody can make this spacial miso sauce except him! The sauce really goes well with this sushi!! Perfect!

■Gyutoro maki zushi
Yummy x 2!!! I wanted to order another helping!!! Hahaha!

The set comes with three pieces of normal sushi including sea urcin, botan prawn, and queen crab!

When you look at the menu, you'll notice they also serve several other sushi such as

conger and squid sushi, but please ignore them! You can eat normal sushi anywhere, but cannot eat delicious gyutoro sushi at sushi bars in your town!!!

I really recommend their gyutoro sushi!!! Beef produced in this area has a lot of DHA, or Docosa Hexaenoic Acid, which is omega-3 fatty acid that is a primary structural component of the human brain cerebral cortex, sperm, testicles and retina. It is very healthy and delicious, as well as has anti-aging effects! Perfect, isn't it?

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