Otaru Uminekoy （小樽 海猫屋 ）| Italian Restaurant | Otaru

After a tour, I visited "Otaru Uminekoy （小樽 海猫屋 ）", my favorite Italian restaurant in Otaru.

If you are a fan of Takiji Kobayashi （小林　多喜二）, I don't have to explain about this building, which was a setting of his novel.

Hello! Long time no see!!!

Let's go upstairs!

I love this atmosphere, which makes me relax..........

This is a menu↓

I ordered Heragani Crab Pasta with Tomato Cream Sause （ヘラ蟹のトマトクリームスパゲティー）, the most popular pasta in this restaurant↓

Heragani Crab is a local crab caught only off Otaru city. The sour and sweet  tomato sauce really goes well with rich crab butter!!!

I enjoyed pasta with crab meat. Yummy x 2!!!

I love this delicious pasta and historical building!!

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Ristorante Kaoru （レストランテ 薫）| Italian Restaurant | Ebetsu （江別）

I've found a wonderful Italian restaurant in Ebetsu.
This is "Ristorante Kaoru （レストランテ 薫）", not located on the main street, and easy to miss it. Please be careful!

The secret restaurant has only four tables, and you should make a reservation in advance!
Time passes very slowly here. There are no noisy kids, or housewives, neither. Wonderful, isn't it?

This is a 1,500 yen course.
(If you want to order a 3,500 yen course, you should make a reservation at least one day before your visit day)

The focaccia is homemade and yummy x 2!!!

Look a the salmon, scallop, and asari clam↓, which are cooked at a low temperature.

The soup is not too rich, enhancing the seafood flavor itself!

All of them are heated properly, and appetizing!!!

This is today's pasta.
The Berkshire pork produced in Niikappu （新冠） is very tender and tastes deep!!

Next time, I'll order a 3,500 yen course!!!!
I'm so sad that I've missed their main dish today!!!!

This is today's dessert; mascarpone cheese cake and chestnut ice cream.

As I don't take caffeine, I ordered pineapple vinegar juice. How healthy it is!

I love everything in this restaurant; service, dishes, atmosphere, and smiles of the staff. They choose best ingredients produced in Hokkaido very carefully.

I'm sure I'll be back!

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Dining Kinoya （ダイニング 木の家）| Italian Restaurant | Ebetsu （江別）

It is snowing heavily in Hokkaido..... How about your place?
Today we went to "Dining Kinoya （ダイニング 木の家）" to eat delicious pasta↓

Happy New Year!!

Let me see.... What should I order?
I wanted to eat pasta, but now want to eat risotto, too.... Hahaha!

■Appetizer
Homemade ham, zucchini omelet, carrot and sweet potato salad
I love this omelet. It is fluffy and yummy x 2!!

The focaccia is freshly baked, and hot, hot, hot!!!

■Main 1
I ordered two mains(!!) This is pasta with beef tendon ragout and mozzarella cheese （牛すじ肉のラグー）. As I took a lot of collagen today, my skin will look younger tomorrow! Hahaha! I love this delicious ragout!

■Main 2
Cream cheese risotto with scallops （ホタテのクリームチーズリゾット）
As Japanese rice is used for this risotto, it is a kind of mixture of Japanese and Italian cuisine...
Surprisingly, it has a lot of scallops! Lucky me!!

■Dessert
Custard pudding and chocolate cake
Before coming here, I wanted to eat pudding for dessert!
Look at this↓
My dream comes true!!!

They constantly serve around 10 kinds of lunch sets at the price of 1,260 yen.

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ANDIAMO （アンディアモ）| Italian Restaurant | Otaru

Otaru has a lot of recommendable restaurants, which use historical warehouses or buildings constructed in the 19th to 20th century, but as hard as it is to believe, it is quite difficult to find a cut and fashionable "modern" restaurants that especially young ladies love.
Today we went to an Italian restaurant, "ANDIAMO （アンディアモ）", near JR Otaru station.

Let's enter it!
Almost all customers at the restaurant were young local ladies when I went there. That's the restaurant I want to find!! There were no tourists there, neither! I'm so lucky to find a reasonable restaurant for daily use!

I ordered a dinner course like this↓
I love the smoked salmon and foie gras patty, which go well with wine!!

I chose canard viande and mushroom pasta among several kinds! Yummy x 2!!

The stewed chicken was very tender, and I felt spring when I ate broccoli and field mustard! Actually we had a lot of snow just one week ago in Hokkkaido!

See?! It is very tender!!!

Last but not least the dessert was served, but it was a little bit too sweet to me..... That means it is delicious to typical ladies! Hahaha!

The location is perfect, and I'll be back here in the near future!

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La locanda del pittore （ラ・ロカンダ・デル・ピットーレ）| Italian Restaurant | The Windsor Hotel TOYA

I've experienced wonderful restaurants as a tour guide, and this is one of my favorites! "La locanda del pittore （ラ・ロカンダ・デル・ピットーレ）", an Italian restaurant in cooperation with the Windsor Hotel TOYA（ザ・ウインザーホテル洞爺）, is located on the hill, from which we can enjoy a wonderful scenery!

They hold a large stock of wine↓ Perfect location for a party!!!!

From the restaurant on the hill ..............................

Voila!
Look at Lake Toya （洞爺湖）!!!! How beautiful it is!!! This is more picturesque than composite photos!!! Hahaha!

The menu is like this↓

We tried to order everything!!
My guests are from
China,
Singapore,
Taiwan,
and Hong Kong!
All of them are so excited with the party planned by me!

Until pizzas would be baked,

we enjoyed wines such as "VILLA ANTINORI TOSCANA 2007".  

Cheers!
One after another, the bottles were empty. Could the restaurant catch up with the speed? Race you to the goal!!!

■Grissini

Munch, munch, munch.........

■Marinara （マリナーラ）

First of all, we enjoyed the Marinara （マリナーラ）↓ I love this simple and delicious pizza!

■Pittore （ピットーレ）
We should eat local mushrooms!

■Prosciutto Crudo （プロシュートクルード）
Uncured ham really goes well with wine!!

■Calzone （カルツォーネ）

The delicious tomato and Mozzarella ignited our appetite again!!

 A member found seasonal limited pizzas! Sounds wonderful!!

■Gorgonzola Miele （ゴルゴンゾーラミエーレ）
The dessert pizza is very tasty!! We love the local miele (or honey) and apples.

■Carbonara （カルボナーラ）
Don't forget the pasta! How creamy it is!!

As everyone scrambled to order pizza or pasta, I couldn't take pictures of all of the dishes!! Hahaha!

■Minestrone （ミネストローネ）
The local vegetables taste very rich and dense!!

■Clams steamed in white wine （貝の白ワイン蒸し）
Yummy yummy in our tummy! As the leader liked it very much, he ordered a clam soup, too!!

■Clam soup （貝のスープ）
Hokkaido seafood is really recommendable!

■Steak
Oh!!! We also ordered beef steak? Yes, of course!!!

Our stomach must be huge like a black hole! We ordered it rare!

Last but not least, some of them enjoyed tiramisu （ティラミス）.

As this is a tour planed by me not a travel agent, we could choose wonderful restaurants only! I'm so happy that they love my choices!!

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