Food from Fukuoka, Kyushu and Japan ♡

Attention : Yossou is closed for renovation from May 7 to July 30.
　　　　　　　It is scheduled to reopen from August 2nd, 2012.

お知らせ：吉宗は改装の為5/7～7/30まで休業、8/2に再開予定。
　　　　　2Fにテーブル席も少し出来るとのこと、楽しみです。

The Japanese restaurant Yossou opened in downtown Hamamachi,
Nagasaki city in 1866. Since then Yossou has offered quick,
nutritious healthy Japanese food to local people and visitors.
Yossou is especially famous for the restaurant's special menu
"twin steamed dishes"; chawanmushi and mushizushi (steamed sushi).
They serve not only the famous steamed dishes but also several other
Japanese favorites such as sushi, sashimi and tempura. People also
enjoy special local dishes such as Shippoku ryori (mixed Japanese,
Chinese and European cuisine), and butanokakuni (Chinese style
stewed pork). The restaurant is easy to go: it is near the crossing
of Kanko-dori arcade and Hamanomachi arcade. It's worth having
tasty local food in the old restaurant' building, which was last
rebuilt in 1927. Ask the staff if you can have lunch/dinner on the
2ND FLOOR where has chic Japanese atmosphere. Well, it's up to you
because on the 1st floor you don't need to take off your shoes!
(Althouth most of the seats are Japanese style on the 2nd floor,
there're some limited seats with sunken place for foot.)

吉宗は忙しい地元の人に美味しく栄養のあるものを手早くと
地元の食材をふんだんに使った茶碗蒸しと蒸し寿司をセット
にして出したのが始まりだとか。特に有名なのが蒸し寿司の
どんぶりと同じ大きさの大きな茶碗蒸し！お味はだしが効いて
とても上品、滋味深く具の豊富さにも驚きます。その他
吉宗には地元の新鮮な魚を使った寿司や天ぷら、鰻、とんかつ
といった人気の和食もあり豚の角煮、和洋中の豪華な卓ぽく
料理等の長崎名物も楽しめます。創業は1866年と古く1927年
に再建されたお店はとても雰囲気があり必見。１Fは普通の
テーブル席が主ですがここはぜひ２Fを希望して情緒ある
大広間ででゆっくりとくつろいでみて下さい。冷凍茶碗蒸し
や蒸し寿司は本店横や駅等で入手可、全国発送も可です。


chawanmushi @ 735 yen / fish cake, shrimp, chicken, conger-eel,
mushrooms, ginkgo-nut, bamboo-shoot in steamed savory egg-custard.
茶碗蒸し（単品７３５円）/ かまぼこ、海老、鶏肉、穴子、
しいたけときくらげ、銀杏、竹の子入り


Sushi (nigirizushi) @ 998 yen and chawanmushi @ 735 yen for dinner.
The fish is very fresh. The wooden plate is for the shoebox.
握り寿司（998円）と茶碗蒸し（735円）の夕食
魚が新鮮！木札は靴箱用


Near the window on the 2F　


Lunch set @ 1050 yen is reasonable with small side dishes;
weekday only from 11:00 to 15:00.
(Mon. stewed pork, Tue. tempura, Wed. sushi, Thu. chawanmushi,
Fri. makunouchi or mixed food)
1050円のランチは11時～15時、月曜日～金曜日
小鉢や小さめ（それでも普通より大きい！）の茶碗蒸し付き


Monday's lunch set　月曜日の日替わり


Friday's lunch set　金曜日の日替わり


The above "twin steamed dishes" set @ 1260 yen is very famous.
有名な茶碗蒸しと蒸し寿司のセット”夫婦蒸し”


Nagasaki's special, gorgeous Shippoku dinner menu.
卓ぽく料理メニュー（もれなく茶碗蒸しと蒸し寿司付き！）


Yossou's shoebox for customors going to the 2nd floor. (No need to
take off shoes on the 1st floor.) The staff at the shoebox claps
two wooden plates together hard to let the staff on the 2nd floor
know a new customer is going up, then one plate is handed to the
customor and the other is kept on the shoes!
名物の靴箱用の木札。２つありお店の人がカーンと打ちならし
２階へお客が行くことを知らせた後１つをお客へ渡す


Exterior of Yossou. 吉宗の入口


Yossou

Address: Hamamachi 8-9 Nagasaki city
(get off the tram at Nishiamanomachi or Kanko-dori and
walk to the crossing of Hamanomachi arcade and Kanko-dori arcade)

Tel: 095-821-0001

Open: 11:00 ~ 21:00 (LO 20:00)

Holiday: New Year

Web: http://www.yossou.co.jp/2/t/intro/inside.html

吉宗

長崎市浜町８－９
（路面電車にて西浜の町または観光通り電停で下車、
　浜の町アーケードとベルナード観光通りの十字路近く）

０９５－８２１－０００１

１１：００～２１：００（LO　２０：００）

お正月以外は無休

Year by year, Hakata Torimon has become one of Fukuoka's most
popular souvenirs. Combining new styles with old suits the Hakata
merchant spirit or the spirit of Fukuoka city!　This manju's filling
is a fusion of old and new; traditional bean jam with more modern
fresh cream and butter. Once you eat it, the manju melts in your
mouth and the taste on your palate lasts a long time・・！
The popularity of the manju has increased thanks to its mention in
the comic book "Nodame Cantabile" and its TV and movie versions -
as a popular souvenir from Fukuoka city. The taste is loved by
both foreign and Japanese people.　Hakata Torimon is available at
Meigetsudo shops, Fukuoka Airport, JR Hakata Station and many
souvenir shops in Fukuoka city and around.

明月堂の傑作饅頭”博多通りもん”の味は丁寧に練った白餡と
生クリーム、バターが溶け合ったリッチな美味しさ。
のだめカンタ～ビレでも博多のお土産として紹介され、さらに
知名度を上げました!　私もよく買うお土産のひとつです。

Hakata Torimon


Torimon has received the Gold Award for 11 consecutive years & the
Grand Gold Award for 5 consecutive years at the authoritative
confectionery contest "Mond Selection".
モンドセレクションも認めた世界に通用する味


The corner where Torimon are sold is a vivid yellow color as is the
paper in which the manju are packaged.
黄色いコーナーと箱が目印


A page from the comic book "Nodame Cantabile". Nodame, the
would-be-pianist student, presents Torimon to her teacher at
the Paris Conservatoire. 　
オクレール先生に通りもんのお土産を渡すのだめ


Delivery service information (domestic) 宅配も可

The Futabaya confectioner's offers fresh and candied fruit for core
of daifuku(a soft rice cake stuffed with bean-jam).
They are very colorful, and when all 15 kinds of daifuku are
assorted in the show-case, they look like beautiful jewerly.
They are colored with natural vegetable extracts. No food additives
or preservatives are used, so they must be refrigerated.
Each daifuku can last from one day to four days in refrigerator.
When you cannot take it out, you can eat it at the shop!
They are popular among tourists from both Japan and abroad;
especially among high-schoolgirls who love "kawaii(cute)"things.
(Nagasaki is a popular place for school-excursions as well.)
Fruit daifku are very soft and have an elegant taste. Some have the
fruit seeds inside, so be careful when you chew!

双葉屋のフルーツ大福。ちっちゃくて可愛くてカラフル、15種類の
フルーツ大福が箱の中にかしこまっているとまるで宝石箱のよう。
お味はとても上品。柔らかな求肥の中に白餡とごろんと大きな
フルーツが入り小さくても結構食べがいがあります。
天然色素を使い添加物も入っていない為日持ちは冷蔵庫で1日～
4日ですがお店の中や外ででぱくっと食べる人も多いです。
可愛いもの大好きな修学旅行中の女子高生を始め海外の観光客
にも人気のフルーツ大福。(種にご注意：）
長崎にお寄りの際はぜひ中華街に足を伸ばしてご賞味を！

Futabaya fruit daifuku　　双葉屋のフルーツ大福


Look at the right side of the leaflet.
From left to right, top to bottom; strawberry, banana, Kyoho grape
(these 3 items last for one day in a fridge), cherry, ume(Japanese
plum), kaki or persimmon, apple, loquat, apricot, young peach,
chestnut, kumquat citrus, chocolate, fresh cream-cheese, sweet-
potato (these 12 items last for 4 days in a fridge).
チラシ右のフルーツ大福断面図は右から左、上から順にいちご、
バナナ、巨峰（以上3個は当日中賞味）、チェリー、梅、柿、リンゴ、
びわ、あんず、姫桃、栗、金柑、チョコレート、クリームチーズ、
スイートポテト（以上12個は賞味期限4日間）


The show case. "Sugoku kawaii(very cute)!"　　店頭にて


Futabaya also offers other confections such as Castilla custard cake
which is the most famous Nagasaki souvenir), peach Castilla cake
(auspicious cake), and loquat jelly; Nagasaki prefecture produces
the largest number of loquats in Japan.
フルーツ大福の他にカステラ、桃カステラ、びわゼリーなども販売


Fruit daifuku are 178 yen for each. Two fruit daifuku cost almost
as much as one piece of cake. It's small but quite substantial.
I got the himemomo or young-peach daifuku on the spot; recommendable!
1個＝178円。姫桃（種ができる前の若い桃）大福は私のオススメ♥


The entrance of Futabaya. It is just inside of Nagasaki China Town's
southern gate that faces Minato Park, famous as the main site of the
Chinese-New-Year Lantern Festival.
双葉屋玄関。中華街南門（ランタン祭で有名な湊公園前）内すぐ


Delivery service information. (domestic)
クール便（冷凍）にて地方発送あり



Futabaya　双葉屋

Address: Shinchi-machi 8-15 Nagasaki city
(3 min walk from Tukimachi tram station to China Town)
　　　　　
　　　　　長崎新地8番12号（築町電停から中華街まで徒歩3分）

Tel: 0120-07-8581（toll free), 095-823-8581

Open: 9:30 ~ 20:00 (It closes when all's sold-out) 売り切れ次第閉店

Holiday: irregular 　　店休日＝不定休

Website: http://www.nagasaki-futabaya.com/

Sakasou; This pub-restaurant serves very delicious Kumamoto food
such as horse-meat and home-made spiced-lotus dish; yum!!

地元の人に聞いてずっと行きたかった熊本市繁華街の居酒屋
“酒湊（さかそう）”へ。仕事の合間だったのでお酒は控えめに
バリバリ食べること何を食べても美味い！絶品の馬にぎり、
揚げたて手作り辛子蓮根、肉厚の豚バラ、新鮮コーンの天ぷら..

Every dish I had was incredibly tasty! They apparently choose
their ingredients very carefully and cook them in the most
efficient way with the best seasoning. The staff welcome
customers cheerfully and take orders flexibly.

熊本の食材を一番の料理法と味付けで！サービスもスピーディー
で親切、半分や１/３のサイズの注文にも気軽に応じてくれます。

If you're looking for tasty food & drink including Kumamoto
delicacies in a cozy pub in Kumamoto city, Sakasou is the place
to go! I want to try sea food from the fish-tank and more drinks
next time!(I was on duty then..)

熊本市内にて美味しいもので一杯、さてどこに行こう？と思った
時はぜひ酒湊へ！生け簾のお魚やお酒も多種試したいものです。


Ba-nigiri; a horse-meat sushi consists of portions of vinegared
rice topped with thin sliced raw horse-meat. A set of 5 portions
is 1800yen; however, you can order by piece at 360yen each. It's
a bit expensive(to me :) but worth trying! especially @Kumamoto!
熊本に来たら試したい本場の馬肉。馬握りは決してお安くは
ないけれど酒湊で食す価値ありです！五貫で１８００円のメニュー
は一貫（３６０円）から注文可。とろけます！


Karashi-renkon or deep-fried lotus-root stuffed with mustard.
The one shown here is home-made, just fried! The mixed mustard is
tasty and not too spicy, so you can eat more than usual.
熊本名物の辛子蓮根、あのツ~ンと来る辛さで沢山は食べられない
と思っていたのですが酒湊手作りの辛子味噌がとてもマイルドで
美味しく揚げたてがいくらでも入ります！


Yakitori or grilled meat. Buta-bara or pork-rib and tebasaki or
chicken-wing were both very delicious. I've never had this kind of
grilled pork-rib on a skewer. It's less fatty than other sorts of
pork, yet thick and juicy!
びっくりする程美味しい赤身肉厚の豚バラとジューシーな手羽先。


Asparagus and corn tempura are very fresh. One of the most popular
menu items is this "corn-tempura".
地元とれたてアスパラとコーンの天ぷらはとても新鮮。コーンは
人気No1メニューでそぎ切りにしたコーンをまるごと食す幸せ・・♡


Kurogoma-ice or black-sesame ice-cram is rich in taste.
Although there is no dessert on the menu, if you ask "do you have?"
you'll find they have almost anything. Try asking! (my 6th sense*)
メニューになかったデザートを直感で発見注文。メニューにない
ものも聞いてみる価値あり・・！とても濃厚で後を引く美味しさ。


Kind staff members pose beside the pub's fish-tank.
お店の生けすの前でポーズをとってれた陽気で親切なスタッフ。


The Sakasou flagship restaurant(2F) is pointed at by the
restaurant's beautiful manager.(Sorry the photo is at dark night.)
美人の店長さんが酒湊本店（２F)をご案内。
(写真暗いので実際に行ってみてね）


How to go to the Sakasou.
(The tram Karashimacho-station →　Shimodori arcade →　turn left at
the first corner(the photo) and you'll be there in a minute!)
酒湊への行き方：
(辛島町電停前→下通りアーケードに入り最初の角を左＝写真）



Sakasou (flagship)
Address: Matsushita-building 2F Shinshigai 4-18 Kumamoto-city
Tel: 096-352-7117
Open: 18:00 ~ 1:00
Holiday: no-holiday
Reservation: available at the counter or the private room

酒湊（本店）
住所：熊本市新市街４－１８　松下ビル２F
電話：096－352-7117
営業：18：00 ~ 1：00
休日：なし
予約：可　（カウンターと個室あり）

Website ホームページ
http://www.sakasou.com/index.html
Coupon & Map クーポンと地図
http://www.hotpepper.jp/strJ000034684/map/?vos=nhppalsa000013

The Yamanaka's flagship restaurant near Nishitetsu Yakuin station
is a little hard to find because the restaurant's modern building
looks like a small museum and the sign board is small.
Designed by Arata Isozaki,a famous desinger,this building welcomes
you to an ideal meal of sushi as it has welcomed lots of celebrities.
The cool atmosphere of the modern Japanese interior and the
amazingly tasty sushi on stylish plates will surely satisfy you.
Yamanaka's newest restaurant opened on the Kuten restaurant
floor(9F)in AMU PLAZA at JR HAKATA CITY in March,2011.
Yamanaka also has a restaurant in the Hotel New Otani and the
Centraza Hotel in Fukuoka city.

We ordered 2600yen lunch set.
The sushi is served in several courses and with gorgeous plate
changes each time. The fish toppings are very fresh and tasty,and so
is Yamanaka's specialty: the shari or vinegar-rice made with
brown-rice vinegar that makes the taste very mild!








The lunch menu. Prices start at 2100yen~.


Type of fish and other menu items.


The entrance of Yamanaka.


やま中　本店
Yamanaka (the flagship)

Adress: 8-8 Watanabedori 2chome Chuo-ku Fukuoka city
(7 min walk from Nishitetsu Yakuin station)

Tel: 092-731-7771

Open: 11:30 ~ 21:30

Close: Sunday

Reservation: recommendable
(1F/counter,table, 2F/Japanese room:10% extra-charged)

http://r.tabelog.com/fukuoka/A4001/A400104/40003573/