KAMADO MARUYAMA （竈円山）| Hamburger Steak Restaurant | Sapporo

Do you know Japanese Shorthorn （短角牛）? It's a rare brand beef whose red meat is very delicious. If you want to try it, I recommend "KAMADO MARUYAMA （竈円山）"↓

All of their ingredients including Japanese shorthorn and vegetables are produced in Hokkaido. Sounds wonderful, doesn't it?　They serve very delicious hamburger steak grilled on kamado oven, not a pan.

Look at the menu! There are a lot of options about the sauce; from several types of cheese, red wine to wasabi sauce..................

Well, well, well................
Cheers!!! I love sparkling wine!

We ordered a set B including appetizer, salad, bread, soup, main, drink, and dessert. This is the appetizer.

The salad is very fresh!!!

Today's soup was asari clam chower with corn. After eating the half,

we added Chinese red chili oil to it. One bit, and multiple taste. Hahaha!

The bread was served. That means we will soon have the main!!!

Here comes the wood plate! I cannot wait!!!

Wearing a paper apron, we were so ready! Hahaha!

Voila!!!
I ordered a "hamburger steak and grilled freshwater prawn with tomato cream sauce （手長海老とサロマ産ルッコラのトマトクリームソース）" set. Look at the rocket produced in Saroma, Hokkaido. It was also great!!

As the red meat is delicious, I ordered it rare! They don't use onions nor bread for the hamburger steak. Yes, this is made 100% of Japanese shorthorn.

First, the chef poured shorthorn juice, and then tomato cream sauce over it.

Furthermore, he sprinkled cheese over it! This is super-delicious!

This is "hauberger steak with cheese fondue sauce （竈特製ブレンドのチーズフォンデュソース）".Personally I recommend their cheese sauce!

We were so hungry that we also ordered beef stronganoff, which were simmered for more than four hours. Of cause they use shorthorn for it.
As shorthorn is less fatty and tastier, we could eat three portions!!! Hahaha!

Cheers, again.

Last but not least, we enjoyed panna cotta.

■Where is "KAMADO MARUYAMA （竈円山）"?

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Yotsuba White Cozy （よつ葉ホワイトコージ） | Ice cream Stand | New Chitose AP

The New Chitose Airport （新千歳空港） has a lot of delicious ice cream stands because Hokkaido is very famous for its dairy! Today I'll show you "Yotsuba White Cozy （よつ葉ホワイトコージ）"↓

Look at the wide variety of menu!! Which should I choose? Hahaha!

"Parfait with Four Kinds of Berries （4種のベリー&ベリーのパフェ）" is the most popular parfait in this stand, but I ordered ..............

"Parfait with Hokkaido Ebisu Pumpkin and Azuki Bean Jam （道産えびすかぼちゃとあずきのパフェ）", because it is a seasonal limited item from the 22nd of September to the 31st of October!

Why is their ice cream delicious? It says that ①the milk is form Tokachi district, which is famous for its milk, ②fat in the ice cream is 100% from milk, and ③it is shipped at the temperature of less than 10% in order not to damage the milk flavor.　That's why..............

Very cute stand, isn't it?

Voila! Here comes the pumpkin and azuki parfait!!

The soft ice cream is topped with bean jam and pumpkin paste produced in Tokachi district! Sounds yummy x 2, doesn't it? Actually the area is famous for its beans, too!

It is very milky!! Would you like to eat it? (Yes!!)
Yotsuba （よつ葉） is a dairy company based in Tokachi district, loved by a lot of local people.

Look at the body! It has some dices of castella or cake, which is a little bit sweet.

Just for reference, if you want to eat high-grade castella, I recommend "Hokkaido Milk Castella （北海道牛乳カステラ）" at the same airport.

The cake is super yummy x 2!!! It is not too sweet, and please eat it with non-sugar fresh cream. Actually this is my favorite sweets!

They also serve a delicious parfait.

If you like sweet cake and want to order one from a lot of choices, I recommend "Yotsuba White Cozy （よつ葉ホワイトコージ）", while if you want to enjoy flavors of each high-grade ingredient, I recommend "Hokkaido Milk Castella （北海道牛乳カステラ）" although their menu is limited.

(* If you are interested in "Hokkaido Milk Castella （北海道牛乳カステラ）", please refer to my other post→☆)

"Yotsuba White Cozy （よつ葉ホワイトコージ）" is on the second floor, and "Hokkaido Milk Castella （北海道牛乳カステラ）" is on the third floor of the New Chitose AP.

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Grand Hotel Daisetsu （グランドホテル大雪）| Hot Spring Hotel | Daisetsuzan National Park

Asahidake area （旭岳） in the Daisetsuzan National Park is one of the famous hot spring areas in Hokkaido. It is surrounded with the great nature, and we can enjoy calm atmosphere here. Today I'll show you "Grand Hotel Daisetsu （グランドホテル大雪）", a small hot spring inn, in this area.

Look at this↓ The hotel serves genuine 100% pure hot springs!!! Sounds very relaxing, doesn't it?

Whey you enter the building, the shika deer and a brown bear welcome you at the lobby area.

Let's go through the lit-up corridor and..............

This is a single room.............. Don't expect too much about rooms in this hotel. We came here to enjoy hot spring!!! Hahaha!

From the room window, the vapor from the hot spring and beautiful nature can be enjoyed. There are no noisy city sounds around here. 

This is a dinner set. Again, don't expect too much about food here! Hahaha!

Well, well, well, the is a main event!!!! Let's take hot spring!!

Their hot spring is brilliant! Some mineral encrustations are floating in the water, which is one of the evidences this water is 100% pure natural hot spring!!

This is an inner bath area, which has both high-temperature and low-temperature hot springs. I chose the latter one, spent here for about 30 minutes, and enjoyed the water with a lot of minerals such as calcium, magnesium, salt, and sulfate.

Let's go to the outdoor hot spring area! This is in the forest, and we can enjoy the very fresh area here!

Look at the abundant water!!! The hotel has four kinds of hot spring sources.
After taking the hot spring, our fatigue and stress were completely gone, and our skins became very smooth and younger!!!

After eating breakfast, we went to Mt. Asahidake (2,291m), the highest mountain in Hokkaido. It takes only five minutes from this hotel to the rope way station.

Voila!!! How beautiful the autumnal leaves are!!!

I really love avens↓
We can go near the craters, and enjoy the sulfur smell and vapor close by.

We enjoyed the 1-hour walking course near the Sugatami station （姿見駅）, a summit station.

If you want to enjoy autumnal leaves here, the mid October is the best season, but please check the real situation constantly before climbing the mountain.

■Where is "Grand Hotel Daisetsu （グランドホテル大雪）" hot spring area?

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↑See!! The hotel is by Mt. Asahidake!!


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KINOTOYA 2 （きのとや 2） | Ice Cream & Cheese Tart Stand | New Chitose AP

The New Chitose Airport has a lot of attractive restaurants and cafes. Today, I'll show you "KINOTOYA 2", a yummy x 2 dairy sweets stand"♪

One of the popular items here is the cheese tarts↓

We can enjoy freshly-baked hot hot hot cheese tarts at this stand!!! Perfect ♪

How about their soft ice cream? Among four kinds of flavors; milk, raspberry, chocolate, and caramel, I chose........................

Raspberry! The ice cream is made of Hokkaido milk, and very rich, dense, and ..............................

super-milky, which goes well with this sour raspberry sauce!!! Yummy x 2!!! "Kinotoya （きのとや）", is one of the famous sweets companies in Hokkaido, and I also recommend their other sweets such as cookies and cakes.

This stand is on the 2nd floor of the Center Plaza at the New Chitose Airport.

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