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When Miso Meets Deep-fried Pork

When Miso Meets Deep-fried Pork

Miso sauce is very common in Japan. Deep-fried meat is also very common. When they meet, that's an accident. The story goes like this: A drunken man was having snacks and drinks in a food stall in the 20s. He was so drunk that he dipped the deep-fried meat in the miso hot pot to cook and eat. An exclamation of “Very tasty!" enticed another drunken man to follow suit and said "Indeed!".  The drunken man was the first generation of owner of the most famous Miso deep-fried pork restaurant, Misokatsu Yabaton. Of course, he spent a lot of effort to come up with his own recipe of making miso sauce with soy bean and fermented naturally, and insisted on using high quality pork to build his business as the top deep-fried pork brand in Nagoya.

Other famous food in Nagoya are grilled chicken wings, barbecued eel on rice, the flat noodle in soup, and rice balls with tempura. And there are many restaurants offering similar food but most of them specialize in one type of food. Smart. So you will see many pork restaurants, chicken restaurants, eel restaurants, etc. So if your friends and families all have different tastes and preference, making a choice for restaurant will be challenging. At Nagoya Marubashi Shokudo「名古屋丸八食堂」, you may have them all in one place.

Nagoya Maruhachi Shokudo 名古屋丸八食堂
Locating in the basement of Lucent Tower near Nagoya station, you will easily find Nagoya Maruhachi Shokudo. Unfortunately, the signage is only in Japanese. All four different brands/types of food are on the window display.
「名古屋丸八食堂」在名古屋站附近的 Lucent Tower B1,大堂扶手電梯到樓下,不難找。櫥窗可以看到四個品牌及各種美食。
 

Nagoya Maruhachi Shokudo 名古屋丸八食堂
Judging from the waiting chairs outside, the restaurant must be popular or at least busy at some point.
看到門外排列輪後的椅子,就知道「名古屋丸八食堂」應該都受歡迎或有繁忙時間。
Nagoya Maruhachi Shokudo 名古屋丸八食堂
Misokatsu Yabaton, the famous Miso Port Cutlet kitchen is facing the entrance of Nagoya Maruhachi Shokudo.
名古屋名物「矢場炸豬排」的廚房正面對食堂的入口。
Nagoya Maruhachi Shokudo 名古屋丸八食堂
The restaurant is deli style, flexible for small and large groups. You may seat any where to order any type of food.
食堂算大,桌椅擺設可靈活調動,以適合三兩知己或一大班朋友。可以自由選擇座位,點任何菜色。
Nagoya Maruhachi Shukodu 名古屋丸八食堂
Another angle of the restaurant. The cashier is facing the entrance.
食堂的另一個角度,櫃檯面向大門入口。
Menu of Nagoya Maruhachi Shukodu 名古屋丸八食堂菜單
There is English menu with all four brands/types of food.
有英文菜單,四間不同餐廳的選擇都有。
Misokatsu Yabaton 矢場炸豬排
Misokatsu Yabaton is the most famous restaurant of its kind in Nagoya, offering top quality of pork and special home-made naturally-fermented miso sauce. It is probably the most popular Nagoya food.
「矢場炸豬排」在名古屋最有名,原因是食材講究,使用上等豬肉及自家調製黃豆天然釀造的味噌醬,其獨特濃郁味道是人氣之選
Torikai chicken wings 「鳥開」炸雞翼
Tebasaki (Deep fried chicken wing) is also very popular in Nagoya. These are the award-winning crispy chicken wings from Torikai which specializes in chicken. The wings have strong taste of salt and pepper. Very delicious!
炸雞翼也是名古屋名物之一,在食堂裏可以吃到獲得三年金獎的「鳥開」炸雞翼,鹽燒味道濃郁,十分香口!
Torikai chicken wings「鳥開」雞翼
Really, this is the poster with the award-winning message.
沒騙你,這是店內張貼的海報,「鳥開」的炸雞翼連續三年獲得最高金獎。
Tenmusu 天婦羅御飯糰
These rice balls with tempura called Tenmusu are recommended as popular food in the restaurant. 
侍應介紹了這款天婦羅御飯糰,說是人氣美食,當然要試。
Kate had grilled eel on rice in Nagoya
Hitsumabushi (Barbecued eel on rice) is another famous food in Nagoya. That's my main course.
我的主食是名古屋名物之一的燒鰻魚飯。
Grilled eel on rice. 燒鰻魚飯定食
The barbecued eel on rice (Hitsumabushi) set comes with some pickles, spring onion, wasabi, broth, miso soup and grilled eel on a bucket of rice bowl.
燒鰻魚飯定食有醃菜、蔥、芥末、湯、味噌湯、燒鰻魚飯一大桶。
 

 

 

Grilled eel on rice set 燒鰻魚飯定食
There are 4 ways of eating this eel with rice (actually 3). So you part the rice into 4 portions. The first is the original taste. The second portion go with condiments. Then add broth to eat like soup with rice. I also put onion and wasabi. This is my favorite. Last, enjoy the rest whichever way you want.
燒鰻魚飯定食有四種食法(其實只有三種)。首先把鰻魚飯分四等份,第一份吃原味,第二份加蔥、芥末,第三份加湯,像泡飯吃,這個口味我最喜歡,燒鰻飯加芥末及暖湯,很香;最後是喜歡怎樣吃就怎樣吃,所以不算。
Nagoya Maruhachi Shukodu 名古屋丸八食堂
There are some endorsements by celebrities on the wall, enhancing the positive image of the restaurant.
靠近門口的柱子上有不少名人支持,看到馬上覺得有信心。
Lucent Tower lobby
This is the lobby of Lucent Tower.
Address of Lucent Tower in Nagoya: 〒451-0046 Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya. Right near the JR station.
這是 Lucent Tower 的大堂。地址是:〒451-0046 名古屋西区牛島町6番1号 (JR 名古屋站附近)
電話:+81 52-589-0631
 

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