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When I check the articles I have posted on my page, sometimes I find out that a favorite restaurant has closed. This was the case with Monkur. However, on December 3, 2019, I saw on the store's social media that they were relocating, so I kept an eye on it. They started selling bread as an event, but since the location was in Kushiro, it was not easy to get there. Then in June of this year, I found out that they had opened a store in Kushiro. This was another highlight of this tour. I made a phone reservation the day before, as their Sunday opening hours were from 10:00 to 16:00. I visited their mobile sales location first, confirmed they were sold out around 1 pm, and then headed to the store, which was just around the corner. I parked my bike in the parking lot, entered through the entrance with the "sold out" sign, and greeted the owner. I told him how delicious the mackerel baguette I had in Sapporo was, how shocked I was when they closed, how I couldn't visit during their events in Kushiro, and how this was a rare chance to visit them again in Kushiro. He was very happy to hear all this. I love the feeling that customers make a store, and a store has customers, and I believe in the equal relationship between the two. For dinner at the inn, I enjoyed the mackerel baguette I purchased this time. It had been 3 years since I last had it, and it was still delicious. Why do mackerel and bread go so well together? Japanese people love salty food. The slight saltiness of the baguette combined with the mackerel's fat made it very tasty. And when I drank a Suntory lemon sour as advertised by Tomihiro Sawai, it was even better. As I left the store, the owner saw me off outside. I wish them continued prosperity in Kushiro, where I used to live.

