新春を寿ぐ料理をリーズナブルに : Akita Kurumaya

On Monday, January 1, 2024, I visited at around 2 p.m. ✴ Recommendations & Lunch Information I ✴ am always grateful that there is a Japanese Cuisine shop and car shop in Akita City, Akita Prefecture, where I live. It is almost a miracle that there are only 7 restaurant car shops in Japan, mainly in Tokyo and Kanagawa, but they continue to be located in Akita City. Except for Tokyo and Kanagawa, there are only Sapporo City and Akita City. ---------------- In the past, there was a store in a high-rise building in Shiodome, Tokyo, and I ate and drank there as well, but now it has been withdrawn. For nearly 30 years, we have been receiving New Year's dishes here, so-called osechi dishes. My family has been convinced that osechi cuisine has a strong taste and is cold, so Mr./Ms. does not want to eat it, so I do not make or buy it at home. Due to the Corona disaster, there was a time when we were not open for the New Year, and I have been very lonely. This year, I had checked in advance that it would be open at the beginning of the year, so I came. ---------------- On New Year's Day, it was open until 3 p.m. only at lunchtime, and most of the people had eaten at the table, and there were no customers at the table. Half of the normal table seats were partitioned and seemed to be used as private rooms. There were still customers with families in the private room. ---------------- If you ask for this menu in the New Year, you will receive "osechi cuisine" as a garnish. ------------------------------------------------ The dishes are all congratulatory things with the New Year in mind, and the presentation is wonderful. ---------------- The most wonderful thing is the "osechi cuisine" served on a wooden platform in the shape of an ema, in a bowl in the shape of a three-sided (Mr./Ms.). It is "rice making, matsukaze yaki, sweet potato, mayonnaise-flavored toss, plum-shaped kneaded slice". It was "Simmered dish carrots and potatoes", "stewed sawaan and seaweed", "steamed teacup", and "miso soup with red dashi". All of them had a light taste that I liked, and they were very delicious. Even if it has the same light taste, this dish has an elegant light taste and is my favorite. However, I don't like the fact that the miso soup is red. I like the miso soup with white miso paste the most. I think that the people of Akita Prefecture will be better suited to white miso. The plum-shaped kneaded slices are Japanese Confectionery, so they have red bean paste in them and are sweet, so I had them at the very end. The kneaded slices were elegant and delicious, not too sweet. ---------------- It's a little unfortunate that the coffee cup has become smaller than before and has become a demitasse cup. -------------------------------- Rice refills are free of charge. ---------------- The bill was 1400 yen including tax. The price of the "Ginger Grilled Set Meal" has also risen somewhat from before, but I am impressed that you can enjoy it at this price with a dish that will make you live up the new year. ---------------- In January, it seems that you can enjoy dishes to celebrate the new year for a while in a congratulatory bowl. ---------------- -------------------------------- If you are interested in art, this is a work that you should definitely take a look at. Although he is not as famous as Shiko Munakata, a printmaker from Aomori Prefecture, there are many works in which you can feel the local love for Akita, and he is loved by the locals. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ★ ----------------

2022年6月27日(月)、13時30分くらいに、訪問しました。
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ひさしぶりに、訪問しました。7階の店内から、完成した「ミルハス」が、よく観えます。ミルハスは、2022年6月に、秋田市に完成した「あきた芸術劇場」というコンサートホールの名称です。今日は「豚肉の生姜焼き・鮪の山かけ　税込み1185円」を注文いたしました。プレミアム飲食券が、使えるとのことで、1階のコンビニで、プレミアム飲食券を購入してから、来ました。1階のコンビニが、しばらく、御無沙汰しているうちに、ローソンから、セブンイレブンに、変わっていました。
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窓際の席は、いっぱいでしたが、壁よりの席は、空いていました。コロナ禍前は、年中無休でしたが、水曜日定休に変更されたようです。窓際のお席のお客様が、2組帰られたので、窓際の席に変えていただきました。ミルハスが、よく観えます。ほどなくして、注文したランチが、来ました。豚肉のしょうが焼きには、きゅうり・茹でたもやし・千切りキャベツが、添えられています。しょうが焼きの味付けが、丁度いいです。野菜に、マヨネーズと、しょうが焼きのタレをからめて、おいしくいただきました。鮪の山かけ鮪に、すりおろした山芋・寒天・人参・赤大根が添えられています。山芋には、緑色のピリッとした何かが、入っているのですが、何か、わかりませんでした。それが、何か、尋ねたら、よかったのにと、後で、後悔しました。季節を感じさせる小鉢は「七夕」をイメージした、そうめん・豆腐・しょうが・おくらでした。そうめんが「天の川」、おくらは、断面が五角形なので「星」をイメージしているようです。上品な白だしのような、つゆでした。緑色のお皿には、蒸し海老・揚げかぼちゃ・卵焼き・クリームチーズ・甘く煮たミニトマト・つくね・ふきの煮物が、盛りつけられていました。どれも、薄味で、好みです。「漬け物」は、たくあん・わらびの漬け物でした。わらびの漬け物は、初めて、いただきました。塩味は、強いですが、わらびの粘り気は、ありました。「味噌汁」は、わかめ・油揚げ・ねぎです。
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こちらのお店で、一つ、残念なのは、味噌汁が、赤味噌なことです。私は、白味噌のほうが、好みです。御飯の量は、何も言わないと、通常の量は、幼稚園児が、いただくくらいの少なめの量で来ますので、本日は、最初に「御飯は、多めで、お願いします」と、言って、おかわりしなくてもいいように、いたしました。食後のコーヒーは、デミタスカップのサイズですが、おいしくいただきました。お茶も、おかわりしました。他の席の方を見ると、女性二人連れが多く「車屋膳　税込み3448円」を注文されている方が、多かったです。お値段の高い、お膳は、量も多くなりますので、私は、本日、いただいた「しょうが焼き＆鮪の山かけ」くらいの、お膳の量で、十分です。ひさしぶりに、参りましたら、以前いらした、お着物をお召しになったスタッフの方は、いらっしゃらなくなり、制服をお召しになった、ホテル従業員の女性と、男性が、配膳してくださっていました。コロナ禍になり、いろいろ、変化があったようです。ただ、以前のように、ランチがいただけるようになって嬉しいです。お会計は、税込み1185円で、プレミアム飲食券を1000円分、つかいました。こちらでは、駐車券は、3000円以上、飲食しないと、いただけません。キャッスルホテルの来店ポイントは、付きません。1階のキャッスルデリカで、1000円以上、買物すると、1時間の駐車券がいただけます。そちらで、スイーツを購入するので、駐車料金は、大丈夫です。こちらのお料理の味は、大変、好みなので、また、来たいです。
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On January 8, 2022, I visited at about 12:30. This time, I would like to introduce for the first time the store that I have the most feelings for among the Japanese Cuisine stores in Akita City, so I apologize for the longer sentence than usual. ----------------Japanese Cuisine restaurant---------------- There are only 6 restaurant in Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures, and Akita City and Sapporo City north of the Kanto region. The location is on the 7th floor of the Akita Castle Hotel. If you come to Akita Castle Hotel by bus from Akita Station, you can get on the Akita central city circulation bus "Gururu" and get off at "Kiuchi-mae" for 100 yen. On the way back, if you get on the bus from the bus stop where you got off and get on again, you can return to Akita Station for 100 yen. ---------------- If you are coming on foot from Akita Station, turn your back to Akita Station and head toward Asahikawa on the Hirokoji on the far right, and it will be at the left corner of the fourth traffic light. Sorry for the insistent directions. Recently, I've noticed that there are "likes" from people outside of Akita Prefecture, and I've come to think that I want to be more polite in guiding the way to the store. ---------------- I am grateful that this shop accepts reservations, even if it is just one person. The other day, I tried to make a reservation at a long-established restaurant in a city other than Akita City, but I was refused because I was told that I could not eat and drink unless there were more than two people. ---------------- On the Internet, it was written that the year-end and New Year holidays were open normally, so I came to the store and found out that it was not open, so I had a New Year's lunch at "The Castle" on the first floor. ---------------- Maybe I'm avoiding the three Cs, but it seems that I was allowed to reserve a space with table seats by myself, and I had a luxurious time. In the parlor, the customer who made the reservation seemed to be a look. ---------------- It's a wonderful snowy scenery, and you can almost sing the song "Snow Scenery". It seemed that the dishes that make you feel the new year are usually served until the middle of January, but the woman in charge of customer service told me that the "Kurumaya set 2850 yen (3448 yen including tax)" and the dishes are also made to make you feel the New Year, so I decided to go with that. ---------------- First, warm tea was brought. When I was taking pictures of the menu, the food was brought to me without much waiting. It seems to overflow from the tray. In addition, "furofuki radish" in a tableware with a lid was also served. The word "snow" is written on the chopstick rest. They must have adapted it to the snowy scenery. I am grateful. The chopstick rest is probably "Snow Moon Flower", and it is presumed that there is also a "moon" and "flower". This is the first time I've seen this chopstick rest. It was usually a white chopstick rest. ---------------- The vertical bowl was filled with mozuku and ginger. In a bowl with a lid in the shape of a gotenmari, there was a light soy sauce flavor and seasoned tofu. Egg salad consists of yolks rubbed in a strainer and poured over lettuce. It looks like the so-called mimosa salad. The dressing is like a Caesar dressing. It's delicious. The sashimi is beautifully served with tuna, salmon, mackerel, kelp, etc., and the Small dish is also served with grated radish. Pickles are red turnips. ---------------- The amount of salt is also moderate. It is also served with Simmered dish of "nisaku", which is often eaten in Akita Prefecture. Onisaku is similar to "butterbur" that is also eaten in Akita Prefecture, but it is a green wild vegetable that tastes more elegant than butterbur. It seems that this "nisaku" is called "nnyo" or "unnyo" around Gojome Town in Akita Prefecture. It may be that "nisaku" has become "nyosaku" and is changing even more. This "osaku" is a food that people from outside Akita Prefecture often say that it is the first time they have seen it or eaten it for the first time. The green one next to the kamaboko on the square plate in the upper right corner of the set is "nisaku". Simmered dish There are many things that you can do. At supermarkets in Akita Prefecture, it is sold as a preserved food, such as salted food. If it is sold at a supermarket, it seems that the product name may be "Saku". ---------------- It may be that it is based on the tastes of the people of Akita Prefecture. During the long period of business, the person who cooks the food has changed, and there has been a change in taste, according to other reviewers. For me, the only dish I can't get used to is the miso soup. The miso is red miso, so it's not my preference. I was born and raised in Akita City, and since I was a child, I have been accustomed to "white miso" miso soup as a hobby of my mother, so I can't help but like red miso. In addition, the rice is very tasty, but the rice bowl is so small that I think it is for kindergarten children. Involuntarily, I asked, "Can I refill it for a fee?" and he replied, "It's okay." I had two cups with this bowl, but with this amount of side dishes, I would have liked to have had another one. --------------------------------Tempura---------------- The frying is exquisite. Tempura Tsuyu is also wonderful and delicious. The dessert was "apricot pudding", which was moderately sweet and delicious. There was a time when the coffee was contracted with Nagahama Coffee, but now it seems to be Key Coffee. Coffee cups used to have a blue floral pattern, but now they have a white background. It took about an hour and it was delicious. There are many comments from other reviewers praising this breakfast, but this breakfast is limited to hotel guests. I would like to use Go to Travel and prefectural discounts to stay at this hotel and eat so much that I want to have breakfast. ---------------- I also saw a restaurant in a building in Shiodome. One of the most famous people who loved car shops is Taro Okamoto. There was a time when the works of "Taro Okamoto" were exhibited here. Taro Okamoto's work was avant-garde, but his food preferences were extremely orthodox and traditional. There was also a handwritten colored paper on display that said, "You don't need words for deliciousness, yes, it's delicious, that one word is enough, and that's what a car shop is all about." In 1996 (26 years ago), Taro Okamoto had a dinner after his death at a car shop in Tokyo, and there was a time when I was able to see an album of photographs of him at the Akita store and the general public, and Mr. Shintaro Ishihara was also in attendance. ---------------- The name Castle Hotel has been around since 1981, and it will be 50 years this year. I am not sure if there was a car shop from 1970 or 1981, but in my earliest memory, around 1984 (38 years ago), a relative's wedding was held at "Azalea" on the same floor as the car shop, and it was provided by Western Cuisine because it was Azalea, but only for 4 people, with hope, Japanese-style meal It seems that it was done. I didn't attend the wedding, but my mother and paternal grandmother gave me Japanese-style meal. I remember my mother's comment on the Japanese-style meal of that wedding was that she said at the time, "It was the best Japanese-style meal of my life." I was later told by a relative that the Japanese-style meal was higher than the Western Cuisine in Azelia. Japanese-style meal was cooked in a car shop. I also had the opportunity to eat at the car shop, and I was convinced that my mother's compliment was true. I have used it many times for New Year's dinner parties and ceremonies, and I have also received reasonably priced dishes at lunchtime. The cheapest set meal is "Grilled pork with ginger and tuna Yamakake set meal for 980 yen (1185 yen including tax)". If you want to try it, I think it would be good to try it from here. So, if you like it, we recommend that you try a dish in a slightly higher price range. ----------------Japanese Cuisine---------------- Another reviewer wrote, "I don't know if this taste is sought after in Akita," which prefers a strong seasoning with a high salt content. Maybe. Even so, I can only hope that you will continue to operate in Akita as much as possible. Before the Corona disaster, there was also a culture school in the same building, and it was full of middle-aged and elderly women called madams. Since the Corona disaster, it seems that they are operating with a reduced number of seats to avoid the three Cs, so we recommend that you be sure to check by phone to see if it is open and whether you can eat before visiting. ★ Ease of entry for one man 10 points of scale -- 8 ☆ Ease of entry for one woman 10 points of scale -- 8