10 days self drive in Hokkaido

[Weez911]

The chef of Ryouriya So is a genius of cooked fish. Tonight we have fugu, tilefish, rockfish, flounder and tuna cooked in different ways for the keisaki. This was a brilliant dinner!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Afternoon we had shingen ramen. The noodle was very Q and the soup simple tasting.

 

[Weez911]

For breakfast, we had the uni don, kaisendon, kani don and oysters at Sakanaya No Daidokoro next to the Nijo Market. The uni was very creamy! The kaisendon has almost everything from the ocean, and the shrimp was very fresh and sweet!

 

 

 

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[Weez911]

Dinner tonight was gut-bustingly full, but very satisfying. The chef at Tempura Araki is a master of frying seafood. Here are some pics, there are just too many courses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lala81]

Looks wonderful.

[Weez911]

Dinner tonight at Katsukani no Hanasaki. It was a restaurant that specialised in king crabs (our favourites!). The appetizers were a combination of various seafood such as crab roe, oyster, shrimps and some others. Next we have uni/abalone depending on what menu we ordered. The abalone was just grilled next to us. After that was the 3.4kg king crab. It was shown to us alive (we took pics too), and was killed and prepared by the master chef, and presented in 3 styles - sashimi, shabu and grilled. The portion was huge and we could barely finish the crab. I personally preferred the body meat done shabu style. Last few courses were rice in roe, kumbu tea, melon and macha. Great fun overall!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tohto]

For breakfast, we had the uni don, kaisendon, kani don and oysters at Sakanaya No Daidokoro next to the Nijo Market. The uni was very creamy! The kaisendon has almost everything from the ocean, and the shrimp was very fresh and sweet!

 

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How much is the Kaisendo don and Uni don?

I will be in Hokkaido from mid of next week. 4 days self drive out of Sapporo. 3 days spend in Sapporo during Christmas period.

Edited December 14, 2018 by Tohto

[Weez911]

How much is the Kaisendo don and Uni don?

I will be in Hokkaido from mid of next week. 4 days self drive out of Sapporo. 3 days spend in Sapporo during Christmas period.

There are 2 grades of uni don. Grade 1 is ¥6,500 and grade 2 is ¥4,500. The kaisendon is ¥2,500 IIRC.

[t0y0ta]

How much is the Kaisendo don and Uni don?

I will be in Hokkaido from mid of next week. 4 days self drive out of Sapporo. 3 days spend in Sapporo during Christmas period.

Upload some pics..... Of the rental car

[Tohto]

Upload some pics..... Of the rental car

Will do.

[Weez911]

Hanakoji Sawada tonight, and this is the best kaiseki-ryōri I have had anywhere in Japan. From the yuzu-scented appetizer, to the tempura corn, various parts of a Kegani crab, uni on eggplants, fugu sashimi, hamadai sushi, tuna and squid sushi, Hokkaido beef, soba and the splendid apple puree, every dish is beyond excellent. Every dish leaves an impression. We were taught to eat fugu sashimi with spring onion which turned out to be a great combination. The uni on eggplant is another combination that was so harmonious and brings out the best of both ingredient. The skin of the fried hamadai, how can I describe it, it's like eating crackers with vinegar rice - it was so damn crispy! The dessert of apple puree is also a special mention. We never had it before and what a delight!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tohto]

Bro, post some scenery photo leh.

[Weez911]

 

 

 

 

[Tohto]

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Look snow this are not very thick yet. This year Hokkaido snow was late by almost a month.

And next week when I visit, base on weather forcast will be ago no snow day

[Weez911]

JR train journey to Otaru. So beautiful...

 

 

 

[Weez911]

Beautiful Otaru canal

 

[Angcheek]

Nice holiday .... when u guys bring me there ?

 

[Jamesc]

Why no one visit my MIL?

 

 

[Volvobrick]

Jamesc looks very miserable behind his MIL having to have onsen together... poor thing!

 

 

Why no one visit my MIL?