Dining at Shokudo Seifuku on October 29, 2022 (Meat Day). Today, I can do my part by supporting restaurants while being cautious. Let's all do our best! I visited the long-established soba restaurant, "Soba-dokoro Shokudo Seifuku," for the first time in a while. Located in Oozora-cho, Obihiro City, on the south side of Oozora Park. The exterior is a two-story building with a dignified white wall. Inside, it is cozy with a counter seating for 4, two 4-person table seats, two 4-person raised table seats, and three 4-person raised table seats. I resisted ordering a rice bowl dish as I plan to visit nearby shops later. I ordered the "Yamakake Soba" for 950 yen (tax included). The soba is probably machine-cut, thin, and made of a mixture of 20% wheat flour and 80% buckwheat flour. I like the thin cut of the noodles, which are long and easy to eat, with a rich bonito broth that is very delicious. This is a long-standing soba restaurant that has been in business for nearly 50 years. Keep up the good work! I will come back to enjoy your soba again. Thank you for the meal. Soba-dokoro Shokudo Seifuku ☆ Business hours: 11:00-14:00, 16:30-19:00 ☆ Closed on Wednesdays

I wanted to eat some old-fashioned cafeteria-style pork bowl, and when I mentioned it, the customer recommended this place and brought me here. Ah, it's a nostalgic pork bowl! And the sauce is delicious! The miso soup is also tasty! They also have delicious pork cutlet bowls and duck steamed buns!

It is an old soba restaurant located in Oozora Housing Complex. The interior has a counter with 4 seats, 2 tables for 4 people each, and 5 seats at a low table for 4 people. The menu with prices is displayed above the counter, which is a bit inconvenient. We ordered the "Tamago Toji Soba" for 700 yen and the "Butadon (pork bowl) - Large" for 1,100 yen. The Tamago Toji Soba arrived first, followed by the Butadon. The soba had a delicious broth and the noodles were slightly firm, which I liked. The Butadon came with miso soup, pickles, and a unique red turnip. The pork bowl had a generous amount of meat with green peas on top, and the sauce was not too sweet, complementing the fatty pork well. The food seemed to be prepared carefully, but it may take some time as each dish is made individually. However, when two other customers arrived after us and ordered soba, their dishes were served almost simultaneously. We could see the owner eating soba at the back of the kitchen from our seats. It was around noon, so it seemed like lunchtime for the owner as well.

It's a day off. Let's go to a hidden or faraway place. (-_-;) Since I haven't been to a soba restaurant recently, I visited the dining hall Masafuku for the first time. I had a zaru soba for 850 yen and my partner had kashiwa soba for 700 yen. The zaru soba had a slightly spicy dipping sauce on top of well-drained more-soba noodles, which was very delicious. The tempura bowl was filled with a variety of ingredients such as spring greens, shiso leaves, lotus root, red bell pepper, shiitake mushrooms, two shrimp, scallops, and squid, all coated in a tasty sauce. The rice portion was just right and easy to eat.

I went to Soba Restaurant Shokudo Masafuku! I think it's my second time visiting, during lunch. There are noticeably fewer shops in the Oozora Danchi area in Obihiro. Despite that, there are some soba restaurants that are doing their best, like Soba Restaurant Shokudo Masafuku. It's run by a husband and wife, with a history of 47 years. Today, I chose the hot soba, kashiwa soba. The menu doesn't have prices listed, but they are written on the signs (laughs). It was 700 yen including tax. The interior has table seating and a raised tatami seating area. They also serve pork bowls, which seem quite popular. I had to wait about 10 minutes because there were other customers. The green onions are served separately. The soba is thin and not too soft, just right. It's light in color and smooth. The kashiwa is tender and easy to eat, pairing well with the soba. The broth is lightly flavored but still enjoyable, with a good dashi flavor. The warm soba has a nice aroma and warmed me up. It's been a while since I ordered warm soba instead of standing soba, and it was good. Thank you for the meal, Soba Restaurant Shokudo Masafuku!

Today, I visited Sho Fukusaya for the first time in several years. This long-established restaurant, in business for 45 years, has raised its prices. I ordered the large Mori Soba for 800 yen and the regular Pork Bowl for 900 yen. The noodles are white, hand-kneaded, and slightly thin from machine cutting. I prefer hand-cut noodles, as machine-cut noodles are longer and harder to dip into the broth. The dipping sauce is made with soy sauce and is not too sweet, very delicious. The Pork Bowl features fatty pork loin with a flavorful sauce that is sweet and savory, typical of Tokachi cuisine. Unfortunately, they did not serve soba broth. Thank you for the delicious meal!

I went there and ordered, and my food came out in less than 10 minutes! The noodles were thin but had a nice firm texture and were delicious. They also quickly served buckwheat tea for each person, which was much appreciated. I will definitely come back!

Obihiro is a shop located in Oozora-cho, and it exudes a retro atmosphere from its exterior. Inside, there are counter seats, table seats, and raised tatami seating, making it quite spacious. All the customers, except for me, seemed to be regulars as they ordered without looking at the menu, saying things like "What's good today?" or "The usual!" I ordered the "Duck Soba for 1,000 yen," which was listed as their specialty on the wall. As expected, it was a delicious dish with a refreshing soba and chewy meat in a well-balanced broth, adding a rustic charm. I was also curious about other menu items! I would like to visit again. Thank you for the meal!

I visited the dining hall Masafuku that I was curious about for a solo lunch. The Daiku-danchi where this shop is located is a bit isolated, as it is away from the center and has two entrances to the housing complex. I have been there a few times in the past, even though I have acquaintances living there. Around 12 o'clock, there were three customers, probably neighbors. I originally planned to have the duck seiro, but since I had bread for breakfast, I wanted rice as well. I ended up ordering the pork bowl (regular) for 840 yen and the mori soba for 600 yen, with a little less rice. There was a sign in the store saying, "We use the finest flour for our soba, and our sauce is made with traditional soy sauce and authentic bonito flakes, creating a truly blissful taste." As I sat at the counter, I watched the process of making the food. First, they sliced a chunk of pork loin, then added sauce to a frying pan and cooked the meat. The pork bowl arrived first! The shine of the meat caught my eye - the thick pork loin was easy to eat as the knife went through it, and the not overly sweet, well-cooked sauce coated it nicely. The fat from the meat was distributed evenly, bringing out the goodness of the fried pork bowl. The freshly cooked rice was delicious, and the simmered warabi fern on the side dish had a rich dashi flavor. When I had eaten about a third of the meal, the mori soba arrived. It was quite a generous portion (sweating). The thin-cut 80% buckwheat soba had a good texture, moist but not overly so, and the noodles were long! They were not standing up straight, but they seemed to be as long as my outstretched arm. The broth, made with bonito flakes, had a good flavor - not too sweet or too salty, just right. If this place were closer to my neighborhood, I might come here for regular meals! The soba broth seemed to be made with a medium-rich boiling broth (based on how it tasted, but not confirmed). I had a meal at this locally loved shop run by a couple who work together seamlessly. Thank you for the meal!

Tokachi specialty "pork bowl" - Masafuku Shokudo has become quite famous for the Tokachi specialty "pork bowl". When passing through the streets of Obihiro, you can see pork bowl banners here and there. Not only at pork bowl specialty stores, but also at soba and ramen shops, it has become a regular set menu or side menu item. Many people make sure to eat it when they visit Obihiro. Today, we had dinner at Masafuku Shokudo, a restaurant where almost no tourists or business travelers visit, only regular customers. As we entered, the regular customers were already sitting at the counter, drinking beer. We waited for the pork bowl while chatting with the slightly tipsy regular customers. There are various types of Tokachi pork bowls, cooked over charcoal or in a frying pan, using thin belly meat or thick loin meat, and each store has its own unique style. At Masafuku Shokudo, the pork bowl is made with thick-cut loin and has a rich soy sauce flavor, yet it is light! The old-fashioned atmosphere of the restaurant is somehow comforting. The secret of its popularity is that it is not a specialty store, which makes it a relaxed and welcoming place. The menu includes various items such as kake (600 yen), tsukimi (650 yen), oyakodon (700 yen), curry (800 yen), stamina (1100 yen), etc. Masafuku Shokudo is located at 12-1-6 Oozora-cho, Obihiro City, Hokkaido. Phone number: 0155-48-5283. Business hours are 11:00-14:00, 16:30-19:00, closed on Wednesdays.