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Showing posts with label Otaru. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Otaru. Show all posts

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Majiru Blanc (マージル ブラン)| Hamburger | Otaru (小樽)

"Majiru Blanc(マージル ブラン)" is my favorite hamburger restaurant in Otaru.

I love the atmosphere! How cozy it is!
The restaurant is around 550m away from JR Otaru station, and I often visit here after tours.

Look at the menu↓
Everything is delicious.

I ordered a avocado hamburger (アボカドバーガー).
The patty and buns are super recommended!!

The vegetables are fresh, and the burger is very juicy!! How perfect it is!!

If you want to try local yummy yummy hamburgers, I really recommend Majiru Blanc(マージル ブラン) very much!!

■Where is "Majiru Blanc(マージル ブラン)"?



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Sunday, March 16, 2014

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!!

■Where is Otaru Uminekoy (小樽 海猫屋 )?


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Saturday, February 22, 2014

16th Otaru Snow Light Path Festival (小樽雪あかりの路)

I went to the 16th Otaru Snow Light Path Festival (小樽雪あかりの路) with my tour guests from Hawaii.

When we arrived at Otaru Canal (小樽運河), one of the main venues of the festival, it was not very dark, but we could enjoy the scenery to get darker and darker at the nightfall.

I love huge snow and ice sculpture at the Sapporo Snow Festival (さっぽろ雪まつり), of course, but I also love...............

cute and lovely snow objects that volunteer workers make like this↓

Candles in the objects are lit up every night by volunteer workers.

See??
There are candles in each object!

Look at the pressed flowers on the ice candles!! How beautiful they are!

The objects are displayed along the canal, and we really enjoyed all of them..........

The darker it is, the more beautiful objects look!!!

Look at the face!!!
Although it was very cold (-15C), we enjoyed walking along the canal while taking pictures of unique objects!

The ice lanterns with maple leaves are one of my favorite art works here!! They look professional!!

Hokkaido remains me of Blakiston's fish owl↓, one of the most revered God for Ainu people, our indigenous people here.

How romantic the canal is!!

A lot of tourists took pictures with the heart-shaped object near Aasakusa Bridge (浅草橋).

Heart objects are scattered in the venue.....

I'll be back this festival next year!!

We had a wonderful time in Otaru.
The festival was held from Feb. 7th to 16th.

■Where is the Otaru Canal (小樽運河)?


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Friday, January 03, 2014

Aozuka Shokudou (民宿 青塚食堂)| Seafood Restaurant | Otaru

There are a lot of recommendable seafood restaurants in Otaru, and "Aozuka Shokudou (民宿 青塚食堂)" is one of them, serving very fresh seafood, and located near Panorama Observatory (パノラマ展望台).

Look at the ocean just in front of the restaurant! How beautiful it is!

Let's enter it!
Wow! Wow! Wow! It is always packed with a lot of seafood lovers like this↓

One of the attractions there is their cooking style. We can enjoy fresh seafood cooked in front of us! How yummy it is!

There are a lot of seafood dishes served in this restaurant, and one of my guests ordered............

a "grilled squid set special (イカ焼き定食スペシャル)"↓ The squid is really juicy and recommendable!!

The other guest ordered a "grilled Hakkaku rockfish set special (八角焼き定食スペシャル)". Hakkaku is local fish caught off Otaru area only. Sounds very Hokkaido, doesn't it?

They also shared this seafood bowl named "Hokkai bowl (北海丼)", which has salmon roe, scallop, and seasoned hearing topped on the rice. Great choice, isn't it?

Voila!
I ordered a "fresh scallop bowl set (生ホタテ丼)".

As it is very fresh, we can eat everything in the shell as sashimi (or raw)!!! I love this really big and thick local scallop!! 

This is a "Atka Mackerel set (ホッケ定食)"↓
The fish is loved by local people, because it is very fatty, and goes well with beer.

Do you like whelk (つぶ), a local shellfish?

If you love sea urchin (うに), how about a "salmon and sea urchin bowl (サーモンうに丼)"?

Yummy x 2!!!

Don't miss a giant abalone!!!

I really love channel rockfish (キンキ), too↓ This is the king of the grilled fish!!

Don't forget assorted sashimi (刺身盛り合わせ)?

How do you like the restaurant? You must love it!

■Where is "Aozuka Shokudou (民宿 青塚食堂)?


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Friday, December 27, 2013

Naruto Main Restaurant (若鶏時代なると本店)| Fried Chicken Restaurant | Otaru

Otaru reminds a lot of people of sushi and seafood, but how about delicious local food which we have long loved?
Today I'll show you "Naruto Main Restaurant (若鶏時代なると本店)", serving unbelievably yummy x 2 fried chicken.

This very popular restaurant is near JR Otaru Station.

Let's enter it!
Wow, wow, wow! It is packed with a lot of chicken lovers!!

When we come here, we always order some fried chicken, which is very HUGE and TASTY!

After taking orders, they start to fry chicken so that we can enjoy crispy outside and juicy inside!

They also serve sushi!

Voila!
I ordered a sushi and fried chicken set. Looks very wonderful, doesn't it? I'll give you good news! During the lunch hours, we can get a discount for some of the sets. Why don't we come here during the special hours?

Otaru is a town of sushi, but this is a fried chicken restaurant.......... Don't expect too much for their sushi! Hahaha!

Look at this↓
Can you believe that they use a half body for fried chicken! How HUGE it is! I really love its crispy skin, juicy meat, and perfect seasoning!!

As it is HUGE, we have to break it first!
Break and eat it♪

Break and eat it♪

Break and eat it♪

Break and eat it♪ Hahaha!

Mission accomplished!

Just for reference, this is a "zangi or fried chicken set (ざんぎ定食)"↓

Hot! Hot! Hot!
The ginger-flavored big chicken is super delicious!!!!

Not only local people but also a lot of celebrities love their super delicious fried chicken!

*Note: they also serve small pieces of fried chicken.

■Where is "Naruto Main Restaurant (若鶏時代なると本店)"?

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■Tour guide information■
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