[Kochi ]4 selected ryotei and beautiful Japanese cuisine in Kochi, including mizutaki and kaiseki

A short walk north from "Tenjin Ohashi Bridge "over Kagamigawa River, you will find "Restaurant Midorigawa ". This small restaurant is located along Tenjinbashi-dori Avenue, where you can enjoy an exquisite kaiseki course prepared with sincerity and care. The course content changes depending on the season and price, but courses are available for around 5,000 yen, making it a recommended place to enjoy delicious Tosa cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere.

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The dishes are seasoned to a standard that anyone would find tasty, while at the same time being creative in their aromas, textures, and combinations of ingredients, making for an enjoyable dining experience with a little surprise each time a dish is served.

Kochi Prefecture is blessed with abundant fresh seafood and flavorful vegetables. You can spend a blissful moment sipping a little of the best Tosa sake to go with "Yakimono Hassun ", which is made with seasonal ingredients. In winter, the restaurant sometimes serves deep-fried toshigoroi sardines with their scales still attached, kuei sashimi, and hot pot.

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Summer is the season for plump hamo (Japanese conger eel), and sometimes you can get cold cooked hamo with okra and Kochi's famous fruit tomatoes. It looks elegant and colorful, so beautiful that you will want to take pictures from various angles before putting on your chopsticks. In addition to pike conger eel, summer is also the season for delicious "tokobushi ", a member of the abalone family and a kind of high-end shellfish, and you can also enjoy this shellfish dish, also known as nagareko "in Tosa ".

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One of the most popular dishes in the kaiseki course is the rice served at the end of the course. The flavor of the aromatic rice, topped with a raw egg from the Kochi chicken "Tosa Jiro ", is so delicious that it will keep you coming back for more, even when you are full. In spring, you can also enjoy rice with plump and crispy bamboo shoots imported from farmers. We blend delicious rice such as "Hinohikari "from Onomi Village and cook it in an earthenware pot with a dusting of rice.

"Store Information "
Name: Midorikawa Restaurant
Address: Satake Bldg. 1F, 1-1-2 Takasho-cho, Kochi-shi, Kochi 780-0862
Phone number: 088-822-0788
Business hours: 18:00-22:30 (L.O. 22:00)
Calculation: ¥5,000 to
Space & Facilities: Calm space, counter seating available
URL： https://tabelog.com/kochi/A3901/A390101/39006068/

With only a five-seat counter and three private rooms, the small ryotei "Hanahachigawa "is located in Otesuji, Kochi City. In a quiet environment with the Enokuchi River flowing nearby, it is a hidden gem where you can enjoy authentic kaiseki courses assembled according to the individual tastes of each visiting customer. Usually course meals have a fixed menu, but "Hanahachigawa "can come up with a menu for you that will satisfy you.

"Hana Hachigawa "has been operating its restaurant here in Otesuji for over 20 years. Seasonal ingredients from Kochi are carefully prepared by hand, and you can also enjoy the seasons of spring, summer, fall, and winter. The restaurant's commitment is to strive to have all of its ingredients natural and to use locally grown products as much as possible. With a philosophy of leaning toward local production for local consumption, the restaurant is also Tosa-friendly.

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In addition to the beautifully cut sushi rolls, you can also enjoy the most delicious rice dishes such as chestnut and mukago rice, asari rice, and sea bream sushi wrapped in elegant bamboo leaves, depending on the time of year you visit. You can also choose your sake and next dish according to your stomach and mood.

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Bite-size and beautifully colored appetizers that are sure to be enjoyed with drinks include homemade melt-in-your-mouth fresh yuba, carefully prepared in the restaurant, spicy lotus root with an elegant flavor, and "dorome ", which is considered a delicacy among Tosa's marine products.

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"Store Information "
Store name: Hanabagawa
Address: R Bldg. 1F, 1-6-17 Otesuji, Kochi-shi, Kochi 780-0842
Phone number: 088-875-3900
Office hours: 11:30 - 14:30 ※Appointment required / Night: 17:00 - 23:00 (LO22:30)
Calculation: Daytime: ¥4,000~ / Nighttime: ¥8,000~
Space & Facilities: Calm space, 5 seats at the counter, 3 private rooms
URL： http://hanayakawa.com/

Legend has it that before Ryoma Sakamoto was assassinated, he had his young men go to buy some chamo to eat at "Hirome Market "'s "Gundori Den "offers a delicious selection of chamo. This restaurant offers various ways to cook Shamo, and there are three types of hot pots alone: mizutaki, sukiyaki, and Shamo nabe. Among them, mizutaki, which allows you to taste the pure deliciousness of the gamecock, is the most popular menu at the restaurant.

＼シャモで南国市を元気に🍲✨／
冬といえば鍋❣️龍馬が食べよった頃と同じ、昔ながらのシャモ鍋。ぜひ一度、ひろめ市場内「軍鶏伝」へご来店いただき味おうてください！😆軍鶏伝の「シャモ鍋」まっことうまいぜよ！✨
つづき(#高知 支部記事)はhttps://t.co/0dINnZOAFk pic.twitter.com/adZsTtmWGS

— JAF (@jaf_jp) January 30, 2019

Mizutaki, which is cooked in a rich, thick broth made from the gamecock guts, can be eaten as is or with condiments such as rock salt or yuzu ponzu (citrus ponzu). To begin with, it is said that the best way to eat shamo is in a hot pot, which can be made into a light soy sauce-based shamo nabe, sukiyaki with sweetened warishita, or a miso-based dish. When approaching the end of the nabe, udon noodles are added to the mild broth, allowing you to fully enjoy the flavor of the shamo until the very end.

Many other Shamo dishes are available, such as Jyujyu, grilled Shamo directly on the teppan to the desired degree of doneness, chicken wings, fried chicken, Shamo dashimaki tamago, tempura, oyakodon, and more.

軍鶏伝。あおさの天ぷら。 pic.twitter.com/CVQjvkyj2d

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In addition to chamois, you can also enjoy other ingredients unique to Kochi's proximity to the sea, such as crispy fried aosa (aosa) and moray eel tempura. Fresh bonito tataki is also available, so you can order it as a set along with the chamo nabe.
Enjoy.

Thinking of Ryoma Sakamoto's regret, Nankoku City began to focus on purebred Shamo. The purebred Shamo raised in Nankoku City is called "sorry Kenka Shamo "and is a high-class brand chicken. At this restaurant, you can easily experience Shamo, which is hard to find in the market. The prices are also affordable, starting at 400 yen for a single dish, making it a must-visit restaurant in Kochi at least once.

"Facility Information "
Name: Shamo Cuisine Gundori Den Hirome Ichiba
Address: Hirome Ichiba, 2-3-1 Obiyacho, Kochi-shi, Kochi 780-0841
Phone number: 088-855-5815
Stay: Sunday: 10:00-22:00 / Tuesday-Saturday (including national holidays): 11:30-22:00
　*Closed: Monday *Closed from 12/31/2016 to 1/3/2016.
Calculation: ¥400~
Space and Facilities: Large seating area, barrier-free
URL：https://hirome.co.jp/shop-details.php?id=43

Located a short walk from Kochi Bridge near Kochi Station, "Zaya "is a popular restaurant with a very good reputation for its cuisine. They offer kaiseki courses to suit any budget, and they also offer sake pairings that go well with the dishes, such as Kochi Prefecture's junmai-tailored local sake, champagne, and wine.

高知の夜は、座屋で美味しいシャンパーニュ、日本酒、ブルゴーニュワインに、高知ならでわの食材を使った料理で、じつに美味だった！ pic.twitter.com/QKIEzbtPNY

— 古谷 徹 Toru Furuya (@torushome) August 3, 2014

Course content varies depending on the price, but the quality of each dish is so high that you will be satisfied with any of the courses. Sashimi that allows you to enjoy fresh seafood such as seared bonito tataki and bluefin squid, grilled swordfish with a thick, sweet tomato sauce, albacore tempura, and handa somen noodles served in a soup stock combined with snow crab are just a few of the dreamy dishes you can enjoy.

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The earthenware pot rice of Onomi rice served at the end of the course has a dazzling glossy shine. You can eat it as you like, with a Tosa Jiro egg over the rice, with bonito on top, or with baby sardines, but this rice is said to be a fantastic rice that is not distributed in the market, and you will be satisfied even if you just eat the rice without anything on it. Furthermore, after this, sweet treats such as Buntan jelly and sherbet, a specialty of Kochi, are also waiting for you.

What a beautiful dish this is, "Zaya-don "is a seafood bowl named "Zaya-don". Even though it is a purely Japanese-style kaiseki lunch, the beautiful appearance of this dish will raise your spirits. It also comes with two kinds of kobachi (small bowls of cooked food), seasonal chawanmushi (steamed egg custard), and miso soup for 1,500 yen. As with the regular kaiseki course, this lunch menu also includes a sweet dish.

"Facility Information "
Name of store: Zataya
Address: 2-8 Hatsukaishiro-cho, Kochi-shi, Kochi 780-0843
Phone number: 088-824-1308
Hours of Operation:
　Lunch: 2nd floor only
　12:00-14:00 (L.O 13:30)
　Closed on Saturdays

　Dinner:
　Sunday - Thursday, Holidays 18:00 - 21:30 (L.O. 21:00)
　Friday, Saturday, and days before holidays 17:30-23:00 (L.O. 22:00) (Drinks at 22:30)

Calculation: Daytime: ¥2,000~ / Nighttime: ¥8,000~
Space & Facilities: stylish space, calm space, counter seats available, sofa seats available, tatami room available, sunken kotatsu
URL：http://www.izariya.com/top_kochi.html