Local Cuisine Spots in Around Kenrokuen Garden Area

  • Ootomorou
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    4.5
    19 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Oyamamachi 2-27
    This Japanese restaurant is representative of the “Kanazawa Ryotei,” which convey the traditions of the Kaga Hyakuman-koku Clan. It is located in Oyama Town, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. This long-established restaurant served the Kaga Domain’s Maeda Clan for generations, with its Gozen cuisine and ritual dishes. The restaurant proudly serves dishes such as “Otai-no-Karamushi (Chinese-style steamed sea bream)” and “Shiki no Jibu (duck meat simmered in soy and broth soup)” in its course meals, and even carefully selects the vessels it uses in its “Shokado Bento” lunches. The building and furnishings are historic, and there is a stunning four-seasons Japanese garden. Reservations must be made to dine at the restaurant.

    金沢市尾山町にあります、金沢でもとびっきりの日本料理の老舗ですここは金沢駅の駅弁の大手です今日は新しく出来た一井庵で加賀れんこんのわらび餅です変わっていて美味しく頂きました。

  • Amatsubo (Kakinokibatake Main Restaurant)
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    3.5
    32 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kakinokibatake 4-7
    "A Japanese izakaya pub serving traditional Kaga cuisine and oden stew made with Kanazawa ingredients. The establishment's traditional Kaga dishes, made with select local ingredients, are created with a focus on being able to enjoy them together with tasty local liquors at reasonable prices. The establishment stocks its ingredients fresh each morning from the Omi-cho Market, known as the ""kitchen of Kanazawa."" The establishment also offers around 40 distinctly Kanazawa-style oden dishes at any given time, including awabu (steamed wheat gluten mixed with millet), rock octopus, and banjugai clams. The establishment carries an abundant selection of local liquors, including several varieties of local Tengumai sake, such as ginjo and kizake pure sake varieties."

    Very good place for fresh sea food. I especially like the crab and the sweet shrimps... Service is ok and fast. Restaurant is crowded at lunch time during week end.

  • Kenrokutei
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    3.5
    29 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kenrokumachi 1-20
    "A restaurant adjoining a souvenir shop in front of the oldest water fountain in Japan in the Kenrokuen garden. The restaurant serves as an oasis for visitors who come to enjoy the garden's seasonal beauty. Serving regional Kaga cuisine and sweets, the restaurant's traditionally Japanese dining area can accommodate 120 customers. The restaurant's signature dish is its ""Jibu Soba,"" a unique take on the popular local dish jibuni duck meat stew. The dish consists of soba noodles topped with jibuni stew. The restaurant also offers the tsukemen noodles with dipping sauce-style ""Tsuke Jibu Soba"" as well as ""Jibu Udon"" for udon noodle lovers. The adjoining souvenir shop sells traditional crafts and souvenirs from Ishikawa Prefecture; popular sweets like the ""Kotoji Toro,"" modeled after the elegant stone lantern which serves as a symbol of the garden, are particularly recommended."

    兼六園の霞が池を水源とした自然の水圧で水を噴き上げる噴水前にある茶店がこちらです。英語の案内もあって観光客に親切なところです。

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Long, thin Ishikawa prefecture runs along the Sea of Japan up into Noto Peninsula. Highlights of the seaside towns lining the west coast include Kanazawa, often described as a "Little Kyoto" thanks to its old wooden tea houses and geisha culture as well as its picturesque Japanese garden, Kenroku-en.

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