3 Hot Doria to Warm up your Winter

Italian restaurant Heartland

It is an authentic Italian restaurant located opposite Asahikawa Medical University.

You have the choice between more than 30 pasta dishes and pair menu sets.
There are about 10 kinds of voluminous sets for lunch.

One of them is the “Daily Doria Lunch” changing almost every day.

Doria is tightly packed in a heat-resistant ramekin with a diameter of about 15 cm.
The creamy yet not-too-heavy white sauce is spilling from the sides.

The creamy white sauce with only the just right amount of thickness, the slightly browned salty cheese and the butter-rich rice. The harmony between those 3 ingredients is perfect.

The portion is large but don’t feel heavy on the stomach.

The “Daily Doria Lunch” is at 820 yen with a salad and a drink.
The “Daily ingredients" are displayed on the blackboard at the entrance and in several places inside the store.

Our writer went on the Bolognese day.

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Name: Italian restaurant Heartland
Address: Hokkaidō, Asahikawa-shi Midorigaoka 2-jō 4-chōme
Phone: 0166-66-1001
Business hours: 11:00 - 15:00 (14:30 Last Order), 17:00 - 24:00 (Sundays, public holidays 11:00 - 21:00)
Regular holiday: Thursday
Parking lot: Yes (5 cars)

Gallery Cafe Yui Yui Honpo

In Higashikagura, a town next to Asahikawa, there is an employment support facility for people with disabilities called “Yui Yui Honpo”.
People with disabilities are happily working here.

Here, you can enjoy dishes and sweets made with local farmers' agricultural produces and home grown vegetables.

Among Yui Yui Honpo’s dishes, our writer’s most favorite one is the “Hamburg Doria”.

The two bright green broccoli placed just between the two round mini-hamburgers looked very cute !
There is also a nice contrast with the yellow rice (probably turmeric rice).

The white sauce is light and milky.
Even if they are small, the two hamburgers you will make your stomach full quite easily.

Recently, a new dish named “Dam Curry” has been released.
Inspired from the Chubetsu Dam, it looks volumey and yummy.
Our writer will be coming here again soon !

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Name: Gallery Cafe Yui Yui Honpo
Address: Hokkaidō Kamikawa-gun Higashikagura-chō Hijirino Kita 1-jō 3-chōme 1 - 3
Phone: 0166-76-4237
Business hours: 10: 00-16: 00
Regular holidays: Sundays and public holidays
Parking lot: Yes

Risotteria.GAKU tre

In the Risotteria.GAKU tre, our writer discovered that with choosing cheese as a topping for his risotto it was reallly doria-like.

Risotteria.GAKU tre is a well-known popular shop.
If you want to eat lunch there, be prepared to wait for at least 20 minutes. It’s even more difficult to eat at Risotteria.GAKU tre the week-end without reservation.
Risotteria.GAKU tre is a restaurant specialised on risotto.

There are four risotto bases: tomato, brodo (broth), cream, and homemade minced meat sauce.
Each bases are combined with sets of ingredients. There are 20 sets per bases.
Put together, there are probably more than 100 types of risotto!
If you choose a roasted cream risotto type and top it with cheese, it’s a doria!

Look at this amount!
120% satisfied!

The broth soaked in each grain of rice and the mellowness of the cream spreads in the mouth.
The cheese acts like a lid, it's a roasted risotto, but it's like a doria.

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Store name: Risotteria.GAKU tre
Address: Hokkaidō, Asahikawa-shi 4-jōdori 20-chōme 1720 - 4
Tel: 0166-
Business hours: 11: 00-15: 00 (14: 30LO), 17: 00-24: 00 (Sundays, public holidays 11: 00-21: 00)
Regular holiday: Thursday
Parking lot: Yes (5 cars)

Conclusion

Dorias are the best thing to eat in winter. But be sure to blow it to cool it down first !
A creamy sauce with cheese, dairy products lovers will love this dish.
It's still cold in Asahikawa so let’s burn our tongue together with dorias !