Nakamuraro | Lunch at a well-established restaurant that has been around for 480 years,popular menu is Dengaku Tofu

Date of visit: Thursday, May 2, 2019

Dengaku tofu

We went to the restaurant called Nakamura-ro, which was founded in Muromachi period and has been in business for 480 years.

They started running the business as a Mizuchaya in front of the gate of the shrine, at the end of the Edo period, and it became one of the best cooking teahouses in Kyoto.

Torii of Yasaka Shrine (It is not a torii from Shijo-dori seen on TV.)It’s the South Tower Gate.Go through and your right hand immediately.

Next to the restaurant, the Nakamura-ro tea shop, Gion Nikenchaya, is also available, where you can enjoy light snacks.

Nakamura-ro Tea Shop

Basic information about Nakamura-ro

Official site

I recommend Nakamura-ro to the following people

People who want to eat authentic Japanese food should go to Nakamura-Ro.”

Private rooms can also be reserved for up to 50 people (receptions, rituals, etc.), so it is suitable for everyone who wants to eat Japanese food.

Exterior and interior of Nakamura-ro

The exterior of Nakamura-ro

Nakamura-ro’s interior

There are counter seats and table seats.

It’s so quiet that you wouldn’t know it’s near the crowded Shijo Kawaramachi tourist area.

It’s nice and comfortable with greenery to enjoy.

Nakamura-ro’s garden

The weather was nice and the green was very good.

The season of autumn leaves seems to be good, too.

Nakamura-ro’s cuisine

I ordered “Hiru-no-kaiseki” (6,480 yen including tax).

Nakamura ro’s menu

(Usui Tofu Snap Peas, Usui Beans, Hoshiso, Beanseed Sauce)

Vivid green.

In the past, I had only eaten hoshiso with sashimi.

In the appetizer made of the bean paste of the season, hoshiso is accented, and the flavor is different from when it is eaten with sashimi.

Even people who are not good at bean are ok.

Soup (Aburame Kudzuuchi, yomogi tofu, Udo,wood bud)

Yomogi tofu was on the menu, but based on the ingredients, the Yomogi tofu was actually Atsuage tofu.

Aburame is a fish.

It had a light taste.

The drop on the lid of the soup indicates what the contents are.

Sashimi (Isaki Yakimo Mizumatsuna Mirna Murame Tosa Soy Sauce)

Isaki also had a simple taste.

The Hassun is chimaki sushi, sweetfish fried chicken, tenaga shrimp tsuyani, Anago Yahatamaki, Shin-Junsai, sweet vinegar, bean, Iris lily root

This is one of Hassun,chimaki sushi.

The sushi has a faint scent of bamboo grass and is delicious.

The boiled dish is a bamboo shoots, sea ​​urchin, and butterbur.

I ate sea urchin for the first time in a long time.

So I only took a little and savoured it well.

soup, Rice（Tokisilazu,Seri）、 pickles

It’s called “tokishirazu” in Japanese.

I couldn’t read the Chinese characters.

Even though I wasn’t able to read it, I understood that if you’re a salmon lover, you will find this fish delicious too.

Tokishilazu・・・

The name of the type of salmon caught in the summer is the same as the type of salmon caught in autumn, chum salmon. However, since summer salmon are not caught before spawning season, they have no eggs or milt and their bodies have plenty of fat, so summer salmon tastes better.

The origin of this type of salmon’s name is that salmon are originally caught in autumn. Since they are also caught during summer (out of season), they are said to be timeless since they do not follow the usual seasonal patterns.

Souce:Hamada-syouten

Nakamura-ro Dengaku tofu

Single item menu

This month’s “Hiru-no-kaiseki” did not contain the specialty Dengaku tofu.

There is also no Dengaku tofu this month.

This time, I ordered additional items separately.

It does not look good, but the flavor of the bud of the tree spreads to the mouth, and it is a taste that the children do not understand.

Homemade sweets (Kuzu-kiri), matcha

I like the intensity of this matcha.

Long time no see?

No, no, it’s the most delicious matcha I’ve ever had.

Nakamura-ro: Review of the Members of the Gastronomy Club

Nakamuraro was delicious, and It was fun because I was surprised that they used this food like this way.

I’d like to visit you again when the season changes,because the menu changes depending on the season

Click here for a list of the establishments of the long-established stores that we have visited so far⇒ List arranged by year of establishment of the store

Sainara（See you）.