Otaru is a quaint little town 30 minutes away from
Sapporo and while many go on day trips, some head there for a mini
getaway. Near the JR Otaru station is plenty of accommodation. We were
however headed to Otaru Minami station (1 stop
away) where the main attractions are. The distance between the two
stations is horrendously far – especially in the cold! Having heaps of
tourists visiting did little to negate the cold but at least it gave us a
heads up where to go – where the crowds are.
Students were on some day excursion and many thronged to this
particular restaurant along the snow covered streets.
Large snowmen!
Large snowmen!
The restaurant that was garnering too much attention for us to ignore.It took up two storeys and two shophouses worth of space selling seafood – rice bowls and grilled items.
Chiraishi
Nearly every table had an order of this seafood
bowl. Value for money methinks with all the fresh seafood starring back
at me. The thing about chirashi dons here is they do not stinge on the
ingredients, rather they pile it so high up there
is way more ingredients than rice proper. As usual, we licked it
spotlessly clean.
Crunchy fins.
Crabmeat galore! A dab of wasabi does make a heaven of difference to the already delicious ricebowl. I never quite thought seafood could exist in this abundance and at such affordable prices. Blissed out!
Overkill of crab but who cares when it tastes so awesome! Soup always works for winter.
Grilled squid, so fresh! A simple miso sauce made this one of homely goodness.
Crunchy fins.
Crabmeat galore! A dab of wasabi does make a heaven of difference to the already delicious ricebowl. I never quite thought seafood could exist in this abundance and at such affordable prices. Blissed out!
Overkill of crab but who cares when it tastes so awesome! Soup always works for winter.
Grilled squid, so fresh! A simple miso sauce made this one of homely goodness.
Fried salmon fillets, somehow the food travels have taught us that salmon is hardly that fresh in this part of Japan. These were slightly salted.
The walk to find Otaru Canal that was quite underwhelming after the hassle.
Kita No Ryouba
Otaru
Hi, what you think are sharks' fins are actually herring roe, also known as kazunoko.
ReplyDelete@dresspark: whoops! thanks for pointing it out~ :)
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