A lot of gourmet food is crowded! 6 selections of Okinawa cafeteria with plenty of local feeling

A lot of gourmet food is crowded! 6 selections of Okinawa cafeteria with plenty of local feeling
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Fashionable cafes and restaurants are also good, but sometimes why don't you have lunch at the local Okinawa dining room? Because it is a trip between girls, let's enjoy B-grade gourmet without hesitation! This time, we will introduce 7 Okinawa cafeterias with plenty of local feeling. Every restaurant has a variety of reasonable and delicious specialties. The menu is full of volume and impact, so the photo looks great.

Spot.1 Oasis for a businessman working in Naha "Diet Mikado"

Located along National Route 58 in Naha, the restaurant Mikado is a restaurant where you can eat home-cooked dishes of Anma in Okinawa (mother in Okinawa dialect). The taste of the bag has gained tremendous support from businessmen working in the surrounding area. The recommended menu is Champon. Okinawan Champon is a dish of fried vegetables mixed with eggs on rice, and it has a sweet and sour taste.

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The exterior has a common and slightly clutter atmosphere, but the inside is clean. It is easy for women to enter. Since it is open until 21:00, it is very easy to use, not only for lunch but also for dinner.


Spot.2 Handmade Yushi Tofu, slowly and relaxing "Ocean Shokudo"

"Ocean Shokudo" has been loved by locals for a long time in Tomigusuku, the neighboring town of Naha. The specialty of this restaurant is tofu cuisine. You can taste a variety of dishes using freshly made tofu made at the next factory. The most popular is Yushi Tofu. It is a rag tofu before the tofu harden, and is offered here together with soup stock. Three pieces of pork boiled softly on plenty of boiled tofu, and underneath it is a half-boiled egg. If the flavor of soybeans and the umami of soup stock are added to the rich yellow taste, it will be definitely delicious.

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In addition to Yushi Tofu, there are tofu dishes such as tofu Champloo, tofu mubusa (simmered tofu), and yushi tofu soba. It is especially recommended for girls who want to enjoy the Okinawan dining room healthy.


Spot.3 Full of stamina, energy charge for beef soba "Maeda Shokudo"

Ogimi Village in the northern part of Okinawa Prefecture, just heading north on Route 58. The shop that stands there is "Maeda Shokudo". There is only a long-established store that was founded in 1972, and the atmosphere of the shop attracts attention. This restaurant's specialty beef soba is a gem that repeats the taste full of punches. Stir-fried beef sprouts on soba are fried with butter and garlic, accented with black pepper. Okinawa soba with perfect stamina before or after playing in the sea or mountains.

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The mountains of Yanbaru spread around the store, and nature is very rich. In addition, just in front of the shop is a blessed location called the sea. You can charge energy from the sea, mountains, and rivers along with meals.


Spot.4 Enjoy the fresh seafood! "Okinawa City Fishery Cooperative Phayao Direct Sales Shop"

The cafeteria attached to the Okinawa City Fisheries Cooperative Phayao Direct Sales Store in Awase Fishing Port in Okinawa City is a restaurant where you can enjoy exceptional fresh seafood. That should be the case, if you buy seafood caught near Okinawa at a direct sales place and bring it to the dining room, you can cook it on the spot. The menu is also abundant, and the recommended dish is Japanese spiny lobster sea urchin grilled set meal. A large half body of Japanese spiny lobster with plenty of special sea urchin sauce. Luxurious dish with rich sea urchin flavor and sweetness of Japanese spiny lobster.

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The market is full of colorful tropical fish that seem to be photogenic. If you want to eat such a fish but don't know what cooking method is good, feel free to talk to the staff. I'm kind enough to teach you.


Spot.5 Founded in 1974. Yanbaru Shokudo, a long-established store that continues to fill students' stomachs.

Yanbaru Shokudo, located in front of Okinawa University in Naha, is a popular restaurant boasting a high profile in the prefecture. There are more than 80 kinds of menus, only the cafeteria in the student district, all of which are volumey and reasonable. The specialty A lunch includes tonkatsu, hamburgers, fries, salads, etc., making it look like an adult children's lunch. If everyone looks at the plate filled with their favorite dishes, the tension will increase.

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Lemon tea, which is offered free of charge, is so popular that it is commercialized at a certain convenience store in Okinawa. You can feel a refreshing acidity in sweetness and taste like girls. This sweetness will heal the tiredness of your trip.


Spot.6 “Imaiyu no Oujima Marine Products Cafeteria” where you can enjoy gentle island time and delicious fish dishes.

Ou Island where a relaxing time like a remote island flows. The Oujima Marine Products Cafeteria, located on the side of the fishing port on the island, is a small local cafeteria. There is only an island where fishing is thriving, and dishes using fresh fish are lined up. What you definitely want to eat is the fish soup containing seasonal fish ara. Just drink a bite, the condensed umami spreads throughout the body. Why don't you try to experience the deliciousness of Okinawan fish at this shop loved locally?

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There are only menus that allow you to fully enjoy the seafood, such as grilled fish, sashimi set meals, and squid soup set meals. And right next to the sea! You can relax in the island time while feeling the sea with your five senses.


Post: May 2017 (Updated July 2023)

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