For a restaurant, a good location is usually critical, but what can we say about a restaurant that retains its popularity even though it’s on the outskirts of town? I say, very impressive! The udon shop “Otafuku” in Awagasaki is a good example. Even though it’s out of town, the lunchtime customers keep coming in・・・
I was invited to the Minrai shop in Wakamiya by a young friend who loves Chinese food. At lunchtime it’s always full, so I was glad we went early in the evening and easily found seats. My young friend ordered the hot and sour noodle soup; I had fried rice with shrimp, egg, and “nira”・・・
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A businessman acquaintance of mine who recently moved here from Tokyo really likes the soba restaurant, “Matsumoto.” I think it’s because the taste is close to the soba restaurant he was used to in his Tokyo neighborhood. The donburi and soba set my friend ordered comes with two small bowls of tasty extras that make・・・
La Maison de Mizuki is a pastry shop run by two beautiful sisters. It’s a modest pastry shop, but it’s a part of the local community, frequented by men and women, young and old. Today, my father, who lives nearby, asked, “Want to get a piece of cake or something?” and we soon ended up・・・
An older neighbor sometimes says to me, “How about lunch?” Today was the day, so off we went to Daikokuya, Kanazawa’s famous udon restaurant. My friend ordered the soft and fat udon noodles with boiled up delicacies; I ordered the seafood tempura with soba noodles. At heart this is an udon restaurant, so I can’t・・・
Cold soba noodles at Kura are delicious. I especially like the “oroshi” (grated radish) soba. My way of eating soba noodles is to first sample the full flavor of the soba all by itself. Next, I pour a little bit of the “tsuyu” (broth) on the “oroshi,” dip the soba in, and have another bite.・・・
Chinese customers eating here would probably say, “It’s not exactly Chinese, but it’s really good!” For more information on Minrai Wakamiya, see the full report by the excellent restaurant critic, Asukarin. ● Minrai Wakamiya tel: 076-231-1775 2-37 Wakamiya, Kanazawa Open for lunch: 11:00 – 14:30 (last order 14:00) Open for dinner: 18:00 – 22:00 (last・・・
Crisp “nori” (dry seaweed) on top of cold soba noodles with freshly fried tempura on top of that. Delicious! In my opinion, Daikokuya is among the top three Kanazawa soba/udon restaurants. Kuroiso: 960 yen Daikokuya tel: 076-231-0384 Ishikawa-ken, Kanazawa-shi, Nagadohe 2-18-23 Open: 11:00 – 14:45 and 16:30 – 20:15 Closed: Sundays and holidays
