Yoshimi Kitchen Parco

Pricing Guide
(Avg. cost per person)
¥1000 - ¥2000
Opening Hours11:00 - 23:00
Closed-
Contact011-214-2205
NotesNon smoking
Seating 80
Location /
Getting There
〒060-0061 Hokkaido, Sapporo, Chuo, Minami 1 Jonishi, 3 Chome Sapporo Parco

Located on the 8th floor of Parco Department Store


Front area

Yoshimi Kitchen is a western style restaurant situated in Parco Department store. They offer a lunch menu and a dinner menu. Yoshimi is best known for its lunch and dinner set menus of mainly hamburg steak dishes with a side dish of salads, soups, and curries. The hamburg steaks come with a variety of sauces, such as curry, soy, or cheese sauces. These sauces can be mopped up with the breads that are available on the menu. They not only have hamburg steaks, but they have pastas, and a large selection of salads. 


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Side green salad

The set menus and dinner menus are a good value for your money. After your meal, there is the dessert menu which Yoshimi Kitchen is also well known. The selection of mouth watering desserts and sweets, has ice cream, pancakes in cream, and cakes. The photos on the menu (which comes in English) speak for themselves. Soft drinks, beers, and coffee can be ordered here as well. The tables come with compartments in which to put your bags, with seating for 50. There is also a separate space with large tables for big groups that can be reserved.



Kouka Chinese Restaurant

Pricing Guide
(Avg. cost per person)
Around ¥1000 - ¥2500
Opening Hours11:00 - 14:00 Lunch
16:00 - 20:45 Dinner
ClosedMondays
Contact0136-22-0207
NotesNon smoking during lunch
Cash only
Parking for 8 vehicles
English menu available
Location /
Getting There
2-5-2, Kita 4 Jo Nishi, Kutchan-cho, Abuta-gun, Hokkaido


Beef in black bean sauce

Kouka is a delicious Chinese restaurant based in Kutchan. There are many kinds of dishes available that are served individually. Bowls are provided so guests can share these meals with each other so you can taste as much as possible! Seafood, beef, pork and chicken are all served. Dumplings, noodles, fried and plain rice are also on the menu. There is a lunch time and a dinner time set menu. The menu is in Japanese as well as English, and there are images provided so it’s easy to order! Soft drinks, beer, and spirits are on order, as well as an interesting Chinese sake which is served either hot or cold!


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Tables are set up for up to groups of 8 and there is car parking available. While in Kutchan, Kouka’s is a great little restaurant where you can enjoy a meal by yourself or with friends in a nice Chinese setting.



Rusutsu Farmers’ Market

Opening Hours9:00 - 17:00
Closed-
Contact0136-47-2068
NotesFresh local vegetables
Location /
Getting There
127 Rusutsu, Rusutsu-mura, Abuta-gun, Hokkaidō 048-1731

10 minute walk


Fresh produce

Rusutsu is famous for its ski field, resort and the outlying farmlands. These farm lands produce a large variety of fresh and delicious vegetables. Rusutsu is especially famous for its daikon (radish), asparagus (green, white & purple), and potatoes. Fresh vegetables of the season are delivered directly to Farmers’ Market, making it a popular place to buy groceries for a cheap price! This supermarket is connected right next to Rusutsu Pizza Do, so it’s also a good spot to grab some lunch.


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Flowers on sale

The selection is quite vast, and each product is brought in by individual farmers. Anything from celery to chili peppers, every product has a picture of the farmer and information about them. It would be hard to find a better bargain in Hokkaido than at Farmer’s Market. Prices for cabbages, pumpkins, onions can be as little as ¥100, so there are many bargains to be found. Not are there vegetables to be found, but there are soups, seasoning, an assortment of breads, and flowers.



Tori Yo Sakana Yo Restaurant

Pricing Guide
(Avg. cost per person)
Each dish from ¥200- ¥1000 each
Opening Hours11:00 - 23:30
Closed-
Contact011-213-5608
NotesJapanese Izakaya
Location /
Getting There
Located in Paseo West at Sapporo station
060 0806 Hokkaido Sapporo City Kita-ku Northern 6th west 4-3-1 Paseo 1F



Grilled chicken

Tori yo Sakana yo (which translates to “chicken! fish!”) is a Japanese style bar/restaurant. As with all Izakayas in Japan, this restaurant serves up small dishes of Japanese cuisine. There is a good selection of salads, seafood and meat. Grilled chicken, and grilled pork on skewers is a popular dish. As is the large selection of delicious sashimi and grilled fish.  Not all the dishes are Japanese, however. There are pizzas, pastas, and a nice serving of avocado with melted cheese.


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Succulent sashimi

As with the food menu, the drink menu offers beer, a wide range of spirits, soft drinks and juices. There is a “Nomihodai” option (all you can drink), which goes for 2 hours. The nomihodai includes tap beers, and a selection of spirits. The “Tori Yo Sakana Yo” Restaurant restaurant is located in the Paseo restaurant section. It’s in a convenient area, and close to the station and Stellar place department store and Daimaru department store, so it’s a good spot for some lunch or dinner.



Okushiba Soup Curry

Pricing Guide
(Avg. cost per person)
¥1500 - ¥2500
Opening Hours11:00 - 22:00
Closed-
Contact011-213-5660
NotesEnglish menu
Location /
Getting There
Located at Sapporo station Paseo
〒060-0806 Hokkaido, Sapporo, Kita, Kita 6 Jonishi, 2 Chome, Paseo West 1F



Hamburger soup curry

Okushiba Soup Curry is a delicious soup curry restaurant based right near Sapporo station. This soup curry restaurant offers a few traditional soup curry dishes plus some unique ones, in a nice retro Japanese setting. Along with the soup curries they also excel in shrimp soups and puddings, plus fried chicken and beef cutlets. The staff are very friendly, and the menu does come in English with photos which is easy to follow. The hard part, is which dish to choose!


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Cool décor

The owner, Yosuke Okushiba, has based the shrimp soup (of which this restaurant is themed) on his grandmothers traditional recipe, that has been passed down from generation to generation. The soup curry servings are big and the bowls are HUGE, which will leave any customer content. They have the traditional vegetable dishes, chicken, and pork dishes. The unique dishes include the hamburger patty with egg soup curry, sliced beef curry, and their original karage (fried chicken) soup curry.

Benitora Gyozabou Chinese

Pricing Guide
(Avg. cost per person)
From ¥1000- ¥2000
Opening Hours11:00 - 23:00
Closed-
Contact011-213-5454 *Parco department store
NotesCredit cards accepted
Menu in English + photos
Non smoking
Seating 76
Location /
Getting There
Located on 8th floor of Parco Department Store
3-3 Minami-Ichijo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido


Design

Views into the kitchen

Benitora Gyozabou is a fusion Chinese restaurant located on the top floor of the Parco Department store. It is one of 8 restaurants in the Parco food court. It is open throughout the day until late into the evenings. There is a special lunch set menu and a dinner set menu. The menu is in English and has plenty of information about each dish. Benitora Gyozabou has plenty of seating, and has a nice layout with Chinese modern art, an open kitchen and a good design.


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Lava hot Dan Dan noodles!

The menu offers all kinds of Chinese cuisine. There are dumplings (5 different flavors), Chinese vegetables, Szechwan flavored noodles, including the hot & spicy Dan Dan noodles, which are probably the one of the spiciest things you can eat in Sapporo! Stir fried shrimp, sweet & sour pork, fried rice, salads, and side dishes are also on the menu. If you have room, then there is a delicious dessert menu as well! Alcohol and non-alcoholic drinks are also served. Lunch sets and dinner sets include a drink, soup and a dessert.