During my stay in Hakodate, I ate nothing but seafood, so I suddenly had a craving for meat. When thinking about meat in Hokkaido, jingisukan (grilled lamb) came to mind. However, I was also in the mood for something spicy. So, I decided to have lunch at Yoshida Shoten (吉田商店), a soup curry restaurant. I ordered a spicy soup curry with a chicken leg. The restaurant has a retro vibe.
The seating is divided with tables on the left and counter seats on the right. The shop features old-fashioned signboards, and the interior is also retro. The tables are small, similar to the ones you’d find in elementary schools—almost like a school lunch setting!
At Yoshida Shoten, they only serve soup curries, and you can choose the level of spiciness and add various toppings. The options are plentiful, which makes it a tough choice!
They also have drinks and desserts.
“Do you like curry ? ”
I couldn’t resist ordering the chicken leg curry. Although you can add chicken leg to any of the soup curries, I decided to stick with the chicken leg as the main topping. The curry came with a lot of ingredients, including a chicken leg, egg, carrot, green pepper, cabbage, snow peas (kinusaya), mushroom, and lotus root. It was a lot of ingredients! I also chose a medium level of spiciness (level 5).
The curry was quite watery, more like a curry soup, with a blend of spices that gave it a delicious flavor. I enjoyed alternating between the curry and rice, as dipping the rice directly into the soup didn’t work as well.
Each table had a container of Kaori Masuyo (香 増世), which means ‘adding flavor.’ As the name suggests, it enhanced the curry with an additional burst of flavor, though it wasn’t too spicy. I found that level 5 spiciness was perfect—not too spicy but just right.
The draft beer available was Sapporo Classic, and I opted for a small size. It was the perfect accompaniment for lunch!
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Name Yoshida Shoten (スープカリー喰堂 吉田商店)
Open Lunch, Dinner
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