Iga, Mie, Japan｜味のお福

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I visited ``Aji-no-Ofuku'' for the first time to eat Iga's specialty doteyaki set meal, which is located on the Iga Ueno PA (outbound) of Meihan National Highway (National Route 25). I ordered a doteyaki set meal for 1,400 yen (the highest price including consumption tax) and the bill was 1,400 yen. By the way, the small rice set meal costs 1380 yen, and the large rice set meal costs 1450 yen. The large bowl of rice was like a cartoon, and even though it was rice, it had a lot of volume. Small rice is the normal rice you see at restaurants. When I think of Iga Ueno, I think of Todo Takatora, but the tendon meat was very creamy and delicious. The rice was firm to my liking, and the miso soup was made with red dashi (I guess this is the food culture of the Tokai area).It's obvious that the staff is family-run. There was a water tower and water was self-service.

I visited for takeout. (2023.9) When I visited around 3pm on Sunday a week ago, there was a line. When I started lining up, I was told by the person at the store who was currently lining up and taking orders that it was sold out. So I'm visiting you for revenge. They open at 12:00, and when we arrived a little early, there was already a line. (About 4 to 5 groups) It was starting to rain, so some people were waiting in their cars for the store to open. They say it opens at 12:00, but on this day the shutters were raised at around 12:10. It's a counter-only restaurant, so those who eat inside are shown to their seats, and those of us who wanted to take out were asked to enter through the takeout entrance and had to wait inside. I bought 3 packs of doteyaki. One pack contains two deep ladle scoops. It's quite heavy. They take great care to ensure that there are no leaks. It also comes with green onions. I take it as a lunch box and pour it over rice. It has a huge amount of meat and is very filling. The sweetly simmered meat falls apart and is extremely delicious. It was a store worth waiting in line for. It looks quite old from the outside, but the inside seemed clean. Payment is by cash. The parking lot is located in Iga Ueno PA, so you don't have to worry about where to park. It seems that reservations can be made by phone after 12:00.