About food in Japan

Fukumori (フクモリ) - food from Yamagata

Fukumori is a cafe restaurant located in Bakuro-cho, East part of Tokyo. The area is known for the textile industry office and storehouses where it is quiet with less people after office hour. However when we visited the unit on the weekday evening, all tables were occupied and the atmosphere was vital. The inside of the cafe cannot be imagined from the silence of outside.

What cannot be missed to mention about Fukumori is that the cafe is produced by three ryokan (Japanese traditional style accommodation) in Yamagata prefecture, North East region of Japan. It works not only as a cozy cafe for people working in the area but also as a showcase of local specialties from Yamagata. The menu list amazed us with the wide variety of fine ingredients harvested in the region; vegetables, rice, fruits, eggs, pork and beef, fish and sake... It was hard to choose which one we should try.

For example... the fast starter, above photo is tofu with "dashi"(local specialty, diced cucumber, eggplant and a few kinds of Japanese herb leaf, seasoned with soy sauce). The fresh green color stimulates our appetite even in hot summer.

Konnyaku balls(dumplings made from Japanese potato)

Cake sale (French words meaning "salty cake") baked with pieces of sausages

Steamed "Sangenton" pork with mushrooms

*Sangenton - a brand name of Pork

The sesame sauce is also tasty.

Yamagata beef tataki with Japanese mustard and wasabi

Simple but it is possible only with high quality fresh meat

 

Liquor made from the most famous specialty of Yamagata, apple

Even after those plates, there are a lot of dishes we missed. Next time surely we will have to do hard decision, because we liked all plates we ordered tonight and would like to try them again...

At the end of the unforgettable dishes, we knew where the restaurant name came from. Fuku (福) is luck and mori (盛) is heap. A heap of luck (福盛)...the name tells the truth, I believe.

Restaurant name: Fukumori (フクモリ)

Address: 1-2-10 Higashi-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Website (Japanese only): http://fuku-mori.jp/

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Dairy products from Hokkaido - Machimura Farm (町村農場) at Marunouchi

Hokkaido region is known for high quality dairy products (milk, butter, cheese, yogurt etc). Machimura Farm (町村農場, Machimura Nojo), which was founded in Hokkaido in 1917, provides its original dairy products at Marunouchi, business district in very heart of Tokyo. So we are able to enjoy fresh high quality ice cream, cheese cake, milk yogurt etc from Hokkaido, while we stay in Tokyo

The boutique by Machimura Farm is located on the basement floor (B1) of Shin-Marunouchi Building, just in front of Tokyo station. Its first boutique outside of Hokkaido offers chances to taste its fresh products with 12 seats there. Have a break with parfait, cakes or a glass of milk ?! while you are having shopping or working at Marunouchi area. The boutique also provides options to bring their products away.

Shop name: Machimura Farm Marunouchi (町村農場 丸の内)

Address: B1 floor Shin-Marunouchi building, 1-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Website (Japanese only) : http://www.machimura.co.jp

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