{"id":47624,"date":"2017-12-22T07:32:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T23:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/?p=47624"},"modified":"2017-12-11T00:13:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T16:13:40","slug":"asari-%e3%81%97%e3%82%83%e3%81%b6%e3%81%97%e3%82%83%e3%81%b6%e3%81%82%e3%81%95%e3%82%8a-hakodate-hokkaido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/2017\/12\/22\/asari-%e3%81%97%e3%82%83%e3%81%b6%e3%81%97%e3%82%83%e3%81%b6%e3%81%82%e3%81%95%e3%82%8a-hakodate-hokkaido\/","title":{"rendered":"Asari \u3057\u3083\u3076\u3057\u3083\u3076\u3042\u3055\u308a, Hakodate Hokkaido: Sukiyaki Chef-Owner Says, “I Want to Open a Shop in Singapore!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"We went to\u00a0Asari Honten<\/strong>\u00a0at Hakodate<\/strong>, a sukiyaki restaurant<\/strong> which is over 100 years old and receives a Michelin Bib Gourmand<\/strong> (and not a Michelin star as a blog has claimed), but we didn’t make reservations and they were full. Then we came here:\u00a0Asari \u3057\u3083\u3076\u3057\u3083\u3076\u3042\u3055\u308a<\/strong>. The names are super similar but we don’t know if it is an outlet or not because we cannot communicate well. The chef-owner, however, can speak a splattering of English. Over the course of the meal, the friendly boss chatted with us.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo credit: Taken from their website<\/em><\/p>\n

As we were driving, there is a carpark with a gantry just opposite the restaurant. Park there and you can redeem the parking from the restaurant.<\/p>\n

The restaurant serves shabu shabu (water hotpot) and sukiyaki (soy sauce based hotpot). They sell sets starting from \u00a52300 per pax, but most people order their premium beef set ranging from \u00a53200 to \u00a55200 depending on the cut of meat. We ordered the assorted set, which is about\u00a0\u00a54800 each.<\/p>\n

\"\"The set comes with vegetables. I’m not a big fan of greens, but these are beautiful. Pristine, very clean, superbly fresh and crisp. The tofu is already pan-fried on one side and the leeks are sweet. There is a noodle here too, which I think is gelatinous Shirataki\u00a0noodles made from Konnayaku. It’s almost 0 calories and bland but it soaks up whatever material it is in; super yummy.<\/p>\n

\"\"But enough about the greens. Here’s the star plated beautifully. For the assorted set we ordered, there are 4 cuts, each person has 2 pieces; so a total of 8 slices a person. You may think the portion is little but by the end of the meal, we were full.<\/p>\n

The set also comes with choice of rice or noodles and a dessert. The rice is served together with the hotpot but if you order noodles, the noodles come later when the meal is almost done so that the noodles is cooked in the hotpot. If you come in a pair, it’s a good idea that one of you orders the rice and the other noodles, so you can share.<\/p>\n

We weren’t quite sure what the cuts of beef were (because language barrier), but we found out from our conversation with the owner that the beef is from Tochigi wagyu.<\/p>\n

A piece of beef fat is used to grease the pan, and then SIZZLE! ON YOUR SOUND to watch the video:<\/p>\n