We took the shinkansen from Tokyo to Akita on Day 3 of our trip to Japan in September.
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Arriving in time for lunch at Akita Station, the first order of business was looking for a decent place to eat. Not keen to go out and about the area looking for places to eat lunch, we just head to the nearest food court in the station and found this restaurant.
What drawn us to this particular shop was the plastic food display they put in front, along with the corresponding prices too.
And thank goodness for the plastic food display because we were given this menu which had almost no photo at all! Not wanting to second guess the food that we're ordering, I resorted to dragging the waitress back to the front of the shop to check out the food display again and asked her about the items in each of the set displayed.
I must say, if we were to do this in Malaysia, we would've gotten impatient or sullen looks from the staff but in Japan, every question I asked about the food item I was going to buy/order was answered patiently. Customer is indeed king there.
Our seating area.
They do have a section with tables & chairs but I think it's more fun to sit on the tatami mats. Don't you think so? Of course, if one wants to sit on the tatami mats, make sure you are wearing clean socks because it's shoes off here. Don't want to show those manky socks to the rest of the diners there!
Our meal for the day.
A completely satisfying meal of about 1,000yen++ per set. I think mine was the most expensive at abut 1,800yen. If I remember correctly, the total for the three set meals was about 4,000yen.
Posing time!
Dad and son enjoying their lunch. Raimie and Zaini do love their udons.
The next order of business for the day was to check-in at a nearby hotel and then, going on a train trip to Tazawako later in the evening.
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