[Oita ]You must eat when you come to Oita! 7 exquisite local delicacies!
2022-03-15 Management office
Oita is known as the best "music prefecture "in Japan, including the popular Beppu Hot Springs. Oita is not only famous for its hot springs, but also for its delicious local food. We would like to introduce some of the best Oita gourmet foods that you should try. Please take a look at them when you travel to Oita.
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Oita Prefecture is famous for its chicken tempura, and this is one of the best places to enjoy juicy and delicious toriten.
Chicken tempura has a different flavor from fried chicken, being moist and juicy. It is crispy on the outside and moist on the inside, making it very satisfying. It can be combined with other menu items such as kamameshi, hamburgers, and steaks, so it is recommended to go there with an empty stomach and plenty of food.
Freshly fried toriten is the best!
They fry toriten after receiving your order, so you can always enjoy freshly made food.
The most popular dishes at Antore are toriten and dice steak set menus, and the restaurant has a relaxing atmosphere reminiscent of a Showa-era coffee shop. The toriten is made from Kyushu chicken meat, and is by far the most popular among the many toriten restaurants.
"Store Information "
Store name: Antere
Address: 2-2-22, Chuo-cho, Oita-shi, Oita 870-0035
Phone number: 097-536-4208
Hours: (Lunch) 11:00 - 15:00 (Evening) 17:00 - 21:30
Closed: Wednesday
Budget: (Lunch) 1,000-1, 999 yen (Dinner) 1,000-1, 999 yen
No smoking and no eating: No smoking at all seats
Space & Facilities: This restaurant serves delicious toriten, a specialty of Oita. You can combine toriten with steak or kamameshi, so it is recommended to go there with an empty stomach.
URL:http://www.antore.jp/
Bungo Beef Steak Restaurant Somuri Beppu Main Store
This is a restaurant where you can enjoy Bungo beef steaks. Oita Bungo Beef, the highest grade of Bungo Beef, is a particularly beautifully marbled beef that is free-range and free from stress, and is famous for its delicious taste. As only a well-established steakhouse can offer only the most carefully selected Bungo beef, Somuri is the best place to eat Bungo beef. They also serve it grilled to the highest quality, so you can enjoy the best Oita Wagyu beef.
Steak at its best!
Not only steaks at their best, but also beef stew, filet mignon, hamburgers, and more are available. You can also take your food back to your hotel.
The steak course comes with onion gratin soup or corn potage, salad, rice, and espresso coffee for a luxurious experience. The restaurant is also open for reasonably priced lunches.
"Store Information "
Name: Bungo Beef Steak Restaurant Somuri Beppu Honten (Bungo Beef Steak Restaurant Somuri Beppu Honten)
Address: 2F, 1-4-28, Kitahama, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, 874-0920, Japan
Phone number: 0977-24-6830
Hours: (Lunch) 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Evening) 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Closed: Monday
Budget: (Lunch) 3,000 - 3,999 yen (Dinner) 6,000 - 8,999 yen
No smoking and no eating: No smoking at all seats
Space & Facilities: A steakhouse where you can enjoy the best tasting Oita Bungo beef at its best. You can spend a luxurious time here.
URL:https://www.somuri.net/
Second generation and one
This is a restaurant where you can enjoy Oita's specialty, Ryukyu-don.
It has a reputation for being delicious and is open only during lunch hours for this ryukyu-don. Ryukyu-don is a bowl of rice topped with sesame and green onion on top of a bed of Seki horse mackerel with a sweet sauce. Seki horse mackerel is delicious, but it is famous as a bowl of rice to be eaten every day because of the exquisite sauce involved. Try this exquisite bowl of rice topped with sesame and green onion, made possible by the fresh, odorless and tasty horse mackerel.
Lunch is only Ryukyu-don!
The fact that only ryukyu-don is sold at lunchtime means that we are confident that it is delicious. The restaurant is crowded at lunchtime with customers clamoring for only ryukyu-don, but in the evening, customers can enjoy toriten (chicken tempura), other sashimi, and other dishes.
Please try our pride and joy, Ryukyu-don.
"Store Information "
Name: Yoichi Nidaime
Address: OTS Building 1F, 4-1-21 Chuo-cho, Oita City, Oita Prefecture 870-0035
Phone number: 097-532-4714
Hours: (Lunch) 11:00 - 13:30 (Evening) 18:00 - 21:30
Closed: Monday
Budget: 1,000-1,999 yen
No smoking and no eating: No smoking at all seats
Space & Facilities: This is a restaurant of the original ryukyu-don, a specialty of Oita. The carefully laid out Seki horse mackerel is fresh, resilient and delicious.
URL: None
cafe featuring Japanese-style sweets
This is a restaurant where you can enjoy Oita's famous gourmet food, hand-pulled dango soup. Dango soup is a miso soup filled with vegetables and containing kneaded flour that looks like very thick udon noodles.
It is more like suudon than udon and is known as Oita's local cuisine. Amaichaya's hand-pulled dumpling soup has become especially famous, and the restaurant is popular among tourists for serving most of Oita's local cuisine.
Oita's specialty, Yaseuma, is also available!
The café is decorated in the style of an old private house, and of course, you can enjoy not only sweet dishes but also Oita's local cuisine. Dumplings and puddings are available, but the one you should definitely try when you visit the cafe is the Oita specialty yaseuma. Yaseuma is a hand-pulled dumpling covered with soybean flour, and is a kind of food between shiratama dumpling and udon, which is less elastic than omochi (rice cake). Freshly made dumplings are still soft and tasty, so be sure to try them freshly made.
"Store Information "
Name: Kanmijaya
Address: 1-4 Jissoji, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, 874-0835
Phone number: 0977-67-6024
Business hours: 10:00 - 21:00
Regular day off: irregular
Budget: 1,000-1,999 yen
No smoking and no eating: No smoking at all seats
Space & Facilities: This is a restaurant where you can enjoy Oita's local delicacy, hand-pulled dumpling soup. It is also a popular restaurant where you can enjoy Oita's specialty, yaseuma, freshly made.
URL:http://amami.chagasi.com/Yoshino Chicken Meal Preservation Society
This takikomi gohan is called Yoshino Torimeshi. The Yoshino Torimeshi Preservation Society was formed to pass on Yoshino Torimeshi, which is a well-established home-style dish. Although it consists only of chicken, burdock root, and rice, it is a deeply flavored takikomi-gohan (rice cooked with chicken, burdock root, and rice), which gives the dish a nostalgic taste. You can also eat it at the eat-in restaurant. The set shown in the photo is reasonably priced at 600 yen.
Delicious even when cold!
You can also buy chicken rice balls to take home. Freshly made rice balls are delicious, but they are also popular as souvenirs because they taste richer and tastier when cold.
It can be eaten without a side dish, so we recommend buying it for breakfast and going home. Also, since it opens early in the morning, it is a good place to go for breakfast.
"Store Information "
Name: Yoshino Chicken Meal Preservation Society
Address: 278 Yoshinohara, Oita-shi, Oita 879-7875
Phone number: 097-595-0332
Hours of operation: 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Closed: Open every day
Budget: ~999 yen
No smoking and no eating: No smoking at all seats
Space & Facilities: This is a local dish from Oita Yoshino that consists only of chicken, burdock root and rice. It is a simple yet delicious takikomi-gohan with a rich flavor.
URL:https://www.torimesi.jp/
Jigokushi Kobo Kannawa
Jigoku-mushi is a specialty of Oita Prefecture. Jigoku-mushi is a steamed dish using geothermal heat unique to Oita Prefecture, where hot springs spring water is abundant. You can choose your favorite set and steam it by yourself. It is a delicious dish that conveys the taste of the ingredients as they are. Not only vegetables, but also meat and other items such as shumai are available, so you can make your own favorite dish and eat it freshly prepared.
You can also set it yourself!
You can also set your own ingredients for jigoku-mushi (steamed food from hell), a recommended ending to your visit to hell. The food you make yourself tastes the best after all.
The restaurant also has free footbaths and other amenities, so after a leisurely meal, you can relax and heal in the footbaths. You can also bring in your own ingredients and steam them.
"Store Information "
Name: Jigoku Mushi Koubou Kannawa
Address: 5, Furomoto, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, 874-0044, Japan
Phone number: 0977-66-3775
Hours of operation: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Fixed rest day: 3rd water Yao
Budget: 1,000-1,999 yen
No smoking and no eating: No smoking at all seats
Space and Facilities: The restaurant is a hell-steaming restaurant, where you can steam your own food using geothermal heat. You can enjoy the taste of the ingredients as they are.
URL:http://jigokumushi.com/
Okamoto-ya Kiosk
This restaurant is famous for its jigoku-mushi pudding. This is also one of the dishes steamed using geothermal heat, Jigoku-mushi Pudding. It is the original jigoku-mushi pudding, and the bittersweet caramel taste is addictive. There is also a teahouse inside the restaurant, where you can eat in and take your time before leaving.
Specialties such as the famous Jigoku Steamed Egg Sandwich are available from lunch to dessert. Sandwiches made with jigoku steamed eggs are also a popular menu item.
Pudding software is also available!
There is also a pudding soft serve with bittersweet caramel in mind. Oita's specialty toriten (chicken tempura) is also available, so we recommend that you stop by and try it when you come to Oita for sightseeing.
Of course, there are hot spring eggs and even a Hell Parfait on the menu, so there is something for everyone to enjoy.
"Store Information "
Store name: Okamoto-ya Baiten
Address: 3-gumi, Myoban, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, 874-0843
Phone number: 0977-66-6115
Business hours: 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Closed: Open every day
Budget: ~999 yen
No smoking and no eating: No smoking at all seats
Space & Facilities: The store is famous for its jigoku-mushi (steamed in hell) pudding. The pudding is delicious with a slightly bitter caramel accent.
URL:https://jigoku-prin.com/
summary
Oita Prefecture has an abundance of delicious seafood, and after you have eaten your fill of seafood, we recommend that you relax and enjoy the goodness of the ingredients in a steaming bowl of hell. We hope you will return home with plenty of delicious food from Oita.
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