Ari （パスタと地中海料理レストラン アリ）| Mediterranean Restaurant | Tobetsu （当別）

If you want to enjoy delicious Mediterranean food, I recommend "Ari （アリ）" in Tobetsu Town, 30 minutes away from Sapporo↓

This restaurant is located in the Sweden Hills （スウェーデンヒルズ）, 2/3 of which is forest, and looks like a Swedish countryside.

The restaurant has a terrace, which is very recommendable especially at sunny and comfortable days!

Well, well, well, let's enter the restaurant! How cozy it is! 

Whenever I come here, I order the Ari set, because I want to eat both the main dish and pasta! Hahaha!

Their Focaccia is very tasty, and the ingredients are depending on the season. As it is very delicious, I bought a large one after finishing the meal. 

The appetizer was lotus root. How unique it is!

I reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally love their home-made smoked salmon, which tastes appropriately fatty and juicy! Please enjoy the texture and flavor!

Actually I don't usually select agnolotti at other restaurants, but their agnolotti is my favorite!! Of course the pasta is home-made and the cheese is also very yummy x 2!!!

Pork was used for Scaloppine! How juicy and savory it is! I was wondering how the chef cooked the meat. I've never eaten such tender pork! Buono!!

Last but nor least, we enjoyed the cake and almond ice cream with ...........

herb tea! We had a wonderful time on the weekend!

As I said, I bought a lump of Focaccia, and enjoyed it at home, too! Lucky me!!

■Where is "Mediterranean Restaurant Ari （パスタと地中海料理レストラン アリ）"? 

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siretoko sky sweets （シレトコスカイスイーツ）| Ice Cream & Baked Donut Stand | New Chitose Airpot

There are a lot of attractive sweets shops in the New Chitose Airport. If you like milk soft ice cream and baked donuts, I recommend "siretoko sky sweets （シレトコスカイスイーツ）"↓

Look at the poster, saying "I'm not so sweet. Don't say anything, gentlemen. Just eat "Salt Soft Ice Cream!" （俺はそんなに甘くない。男は黙って、しおソフト。）
Interesting poster, isn't it?

Naturally I ordered the salt soft ice cream!
Well, well, well...............
It tastes very ocean, and I felt a "unique aftertaste"............

One of the main products here is "siretoko donuts （シレトコドーナッツ）", yummy yummy baked donuts↓
"Hokkaido milk （北海道ミルク）" is the most popular donuts in this shop.

I've found cute and handy versions↓
"Corocoro green/ blue/ pink （コロコログリーン・ブルー・ピンク）" can be perfect snacks on the airplane!!!

Look at the champion combination↓
Their very milky gelato and the cute baked donuts can be eaten at the same time!!!

Of course I ordered "Kumagoron soft ice cream （クマゴロンソフト）"↓
The gelato is not too sweet and tastes very milk. I really recommend it!
The Kumagoron （くまゴロン）, cute baked donuts, is very fluffy and very delicious!!! Perfect♡, isn't it?

Good by, Hokkaido!! See you soon!

When you use the New Chitose AP, why don't you drop by this ice cream and baked donuts stand to enjoy the yummy yummy desserts?

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PRATIVO（プラティーヴォ）| Vegetable and Dessert Buffet | Niseko

Niseko （ニセコ） is famous for its powdery snow, fresh vegetables and milk. If you'd like to enjoy all of them at the same time, why don't you visit "PRATIVO（プラティーヴォ）", a local vegetable and dessert (dairy) buffet restaurant near Hilton Niseko Village （ヒルトンニセコビレッジ）?

It takes around 15 minutes on foot, or 5 minutes by shuttle bus from Hilton Niseko Village Hotel to the restaurant.

Look at the snow world. How beautiful it is!

Well, well, well, let's enter "PRATIVO（プラティーヴォ）"!

From the huge windows,

we can enjoy the wonderful nature!
(We should come back here in the summer time!!)

Main dishes are chosen among the four↓

and I ordered the shrimp tart （海老のタルト）.

Actually it is smaller than what I expected.... Hahaha!

It comes with bread↓

Are you ready?
I'll show you the wonderful vegetable buffet!

All of them are local products, which taste very dense and yummy!

Don't forget the dessert corner!

What makes different from other buffet restaurants is we can eat desserts made at "Milk Kobo （ミルク工房→click here!）", a famous dairy dessert shop, in this restaurant! How lucky we are!!

Voila!
This is custard pudding （特製プリン） made at the famous dairy shop! This is included in the buffet! Of course, I ate it a lot! How creamy it is!!

This is milk rice cake （ミルク餅）, which tastes unique..... Hahaha!

Look at the sponge cake （お乳かすていら） made of fresh milk! It is supper delicious! Am I in the heaven to be able to eat such yummy yummy desserts without going to Milk Kobo???

You must be surprised at the drink selections. Guess what?
Yogurt drink made by Takahashi Farm （高橋農場）, which provides fresh milk for Milk Kobo, is also included at the buffet! Wow! Wow! Wow!

The location is perfect!
The vegetables are perfect!
The desserts are perfect!

We really enjoyed the restaurant!

(If you are interested in "Milk Kobo （ミルク工房）", please refer to my other post→click here!）

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Hakodate Morning Market （函館朝市）

The Hakodate Morning Market （函館朝市） is located south of JR Hakodate Station （JR函館駅）, and as its name indicates, has many shops operating in the morning from 5 a.m. (6 a.m. during the winter) to noon.
The roots of the market are in farmers selling their products in the plaza in front of the station after World War Ⅱ. The market subsequently moved to its present location and developed into its current form.
There are now over 450 shops mainly handing crabs, salmon, salmon roe, and other fresh seafood caught in the ocean around Hokkaido, but also including vegetables, fruits, dried goods, clothing and a wide variety of items.
Visitors can enjoy meals made from fresh ingredients at restaurants in the market, with a bowl of rice tipped with sashimi!
The market is always very bustling, with over 1.8 million shoppers visiting every year!

Well, well, well, let's go!

Each shop has some fishing tanks like this↓

Alive king crabs, botan prawns,

Pacific oysters,

scallops,

whelks,

Pacific flying squids........... All of them are very fresh and still moving!!

If you like to eat a seafood bowl, I recommend the restaurant alley called Donburi Yokocho Ichiba （どんぶり横丁市場） in the market.

Tastes very yummy x 2!!!

One of the popular attractions here is a big seawater tank for fishing squid.

After we enjoy fishing squid, a chef cooks (slices) it. Would you like to eat very fresh sashimi?

See?? It is translucent and still moving!!! I love it!

One of my guests works in the fishing industry, and wanted to eat fresh sea urchin. We tried sea urchin reserved in the sea water （海水ウニ） first↓

Soon after that, we found some fresh (alive) horse-dung sea urchin in the market!

This was super yummy x 2!!!!

We also enjoyed hairy crabs, even after a big breakfast at hotel! Hahaha!

You may be surprised, but we wanted to eat something sweet, too, and found this local melon! it was very juicy and recommendable!!

During the summer time, you can enjoy super-delicious Yubari Melon here!!

And again we wanted to eat something salty, and enjoyed this grilled whelk!

We fully enjoyed the Hakodate Morning Market （函館朝市）!

■Where is the "Hakodate Morning Market （函館朝市）"?

It is across from the JR Hakodate Station↓

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