Asahikawa’s delicious takeout bento !

Hot cafe

If our writer, ryo, was asked:
“Do you know a good place where I can get a good takeout bento”
He will definitely recommend this shop.

He has been to this store many times for lunch. Here, the main side dishes AND all the side dishes are excellent !

Ryo went to many places to eat his lunch until now but this is definitely the place he would recommend.

The quality of the takeout bento is the same as the one you can eat at the store.
And there is plenty of side dishes ♪

You can choose between meat or fish for your main dish.
On the day of the picture, our writer chose meat as his main dish.

The chicken ankake was fried in crispy batter on which some sweet vinegar has been lightly poured on the top. The meat was tender and juicy.
The sweet vinegar goes well with chicken. This is the best combination !

Our reporter’s favourite side dish is the sesame flavoured one.
This is good!
The scent of sesame spreads gently, and it's so delicious that you almost want to only eat this.

The vinegared garnitures were crispy, and the other side dishes were gently seasoned delicious.
If you call the cafe beforehand, the waiting time will be faster and the takeout’s overall procedure will be smoother.

Handmade breads are sold at the entrance of the shop, some breads were made/mixed with spinach. ♪

■Informations

Name: Hot Cafe
Address: Hokkaidō, Asahikawa-shi Tōkō 7-jō 2-chōme 2 - 5
Tel: 090-7652-0864
Business hours: 9:00 - 17:00
Regular holiday: Sunday
Parking: Yes

Cafe chater

Often posted on Instagram, the food here looks great.
The red door situated at the entrance is impressive and unique.

There are many healthy vegetable-based bowl and bento available to satisfy health conscious consumers.

The Teriyaki Mayonnaise veggie bowl is a bento in which you can eat meat with many vegetables.
A lot of crispy and fresh vegetables are packed inside the voluminous energy bowl.

It's great for busy people who wants to eat healthy and get plenty of vitamins.

The sesame topped chicken mayonnaise is a golden combination and delicious.
This will even satisfy meat-lovers.
The whole bowl is topped with a runny soft-boiled egg. Yummy and healthy, this is the best !

The store also offers a lot of delicious sweets, so be sure to check it out on your days off !

■Informations

Name: cafe chater
Address: Hokkaidō, Asahikawa-shi Chūwa 5-jō 5-chōme 1 - 24
Phone: 0166-56-1526
Business hours: 9:00 - 18:00
Regular holiday: Sunday
Parking: Yes

Ki-Kurashi

Ki-Kurashi is a Western-style restaurant in Harumitsu where several types of takeout bento are available.

Our writer and his friends ordered 3 different takeouts.

The first takeout bowl is a Shiretoko pork loin cutlet with rice. Doesn’t it look appealing ?

Rice, crispy cabbage, cutlet with plenty of sauce… You can’t stop yourself once you eat one mouthful of this !

There are various vegetables reminding the soup curry’s.

The Shiretoko pork is unique to Hokkaido, be sure to try it out ! ♪

The second takeout is pure white and looks elegant.
Scallops and big, boiled vegetables are swimming in a rich white cream.
This dish is addictive!

Two scallops and big vegetables are in the bento, it's a good deal.

And the last lunch box is the restaurant’s popular clay pot stewed hamburger steak.
The main ingredient is a well-simmered juicy hamburger in harmony with the tomato sauce. Indeed, the cook managed to create the perfect balance between sourness and sweetness!
The fried vegetables are delicious by themselves, they don’t even need sauce to be tasty.

All these lunch boxes have their own personality and are something you probably can’t eat anywhere else.

■Information

Name: Ki Kurashi
Address: Asahikawa-shi, Shunko 5 Jo 4 Chome -4-10
Phone: 0166-55-7533
Business hours: Lunch 11: 30 ~ 15: 00 (last order 14: 30) / Dinner 17: 30 ~ 21: 00 (last order 20: 30)
Regular holiday: Tuesday and others
Parking: Yes

Bonus

Did you know that there is a popular lunch box featured on TV lately ?
You can now eat ANA's in-flight meals at home!

Our writer ordered some with a friend the other day, so here is a glimpse (laugh)

Your lunch box is handed frozen, so the only thing you have to do is to heat it in the microwave.
Our reporter seldom had the opportunity to eat in-flight meals.
With the coronavirus a lot of people can’t take the plane anymore. But do people who are used to take the plane actually miss the flight meals ?

Our writer ordered a set of chicken zanmai, all the dishes were so delicious and well-seasoned that you can’t tell that this was frozen food!

The ANA lunch boxes can be ordered from Rakuten, if you are interested, check it out ♪