in hiroshima, japan (aug’24)

stopped by hiroshima for the day and made our way to this little shop a distance away from the city center. an innovative twist in japanese cooking, which to me didn’t really hit the ‘innovative’ nor traditional genre. still struggling to pin point the style of chef’s cooking, and for me this meal fell short of its accolades.

began with a refreshing suppon jelly, and a raw ayu dish with cucumbers. the grilled ayu on rice with sansho was one of my favourites of the lunch, also liked the juicy shiro nasu of the owan. suppon karage was very enjoyable and the steamed isaki resembled that of cantonese cooking. ended with a generous slice of venison on and off the grill with a sweet confit onion puree, before a serving of gohan with octopus, tomato and shiso. i liked the basil ice cream a lot, terrine pudding was average, expected more flavour from the burnt sugar caramel.

a nice meal but had no wow factors or excitement, nothing drawing me back to return nor urge to recommend anyone to make the hike just for it.
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ランチおまかせコース (¥16,500):
夏野菜 すっぽん煮凝り suppon jelly, summer veg
天然鮎胡瓜 raw ayu and cucumber salad
✨焼き鮎飯蒸 grilled ayu on rice
廿日市白茄子のお椀 white eggplant
山口県天然すっぽんのからげ suppon karage
蒸しイサキ、ネギ steamed isaki
蝦夷鹿 roast venison
瀬戸内蛸飯 octopus rice
✨バジルアイス basil ice cream
プリン pudding terrine
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would revisit: try once if in the area
reservations online
price range pp: ¥10,000-¥30,000
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📍アカイ AKAI
location: 4-3-41 miyajimaguchi, hatsukaichi, hiroshima
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