"Hayabusa" is run by a friendly and youthful owner who focuses on seasonal ingredients. Their grilled liver skewers are rich and flavorful without any unpleasant smell, a must-try dish! They also offer a variety of appetizers that pair well with drinks. The owner's carefully selected Japanese sake includes rare brands, offering a chance for a special encounter with sake.

Shop details can be found in previous articles. This time, we will introduce the weekly dishes provided by the shop owner. First dish: "Shigi-yaki" is also known as miso dango with eggplant, named after the shape of a migratory bird called "Shigi." The shop owner here presents shiitake mushrooms with deep-fried octopus, grilled leeks, and white hair leeks to create a Shigi-like presentation. The special sauce used to cook the shiitake mushrooms and fresh octopus complements each other perfectly. Second dish: Yellowtail collar simmered in a clear broth. The collar is carefully processed to remove scales and blood, blanched several times, and simmered for a day. The daikon radish is cooked separately, resulting in a different taste from amateur dishes. Finely shredded ginger adds an accent to this delicious dish. Third dish: Hiroshima oysters Matsumae-yaki. Matsumae refers to the northern part of Hokkaido, where oysters are placed on Matsumae kelp and grilled. This dish allows you to taste the umami of kelp and oysters directly, making it a dynamic dish. All dishes were delicious. Everyone should definitely try them. The shop will reopen on January 5, 2013. I visited the shop after 8 pm. There were four local customers at the counter. I ordered a draft beer and chatted with the shop owner about New Year's events. Suddenly, the sliding door at the entrance opened, and an elderly woman in a red down jacket entered. It was Kazu, a drinking buddy from another shop. She sat next to me and ordered cod and mochi simmered in miso, chicken tenderloin with grated daikon, grilled silver cod, chicken wings, and skewered chicken gizzards at a rapid pace. As expected, she couldn't finish all the food, so she shared some with me. Despite trying to save room due to New Year's weight gain, the delicious food made me keep eating. To accompany the delicious food, I ordered a warm sake called "Dassai" from Asahi Brewery in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The sake was served in a square container that kept it at the perfect temperature. The taste of warm sake was deep and different from cold sake. To finish off the meal, I decided to have a delicious plum wine recommended by the shop owner, called "Uguisu Tomari" from Yamaguchi Brewery in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The plum wine was refreshing with reduced sweetness, pulp texture, thickness, and acidity, similar to discovering a French sauce. The shop is located in Nishino, Nishi Ward, Sapporo, and has been open since October 17, 2012. I have visited the shop almost every weekend because the shop owner always surprises me with high-quality ingredients and rare sake selections. The shop always makes me wonder, "What will they have today?" This time, I attended a year-end party organized by an acquaintance, and the set menu included a hotpot (three types: chicken meatball shio-chan, pork shabu-shabu, and tantan sesame hotpot), salad, skewers, fried food, today's recommendation, and seasonal nigiri sushi. The salad consisted of daikon, Italian tomatoes, mizuna, carrots, dried young sardines, and bonito flakes with a Japanese-style dressing. The recommendation of the day was a fresh sashimi platter of tuna, sea bream, and salmon. The tantan sesame hotpot was a large pot filled with ingredients like sliced potatoes, shimeji mushrooms, onions, okra, scallions, chicken, Chinese cabbage, and carrots, cooked in a calculated broth that brought out the flavors of the ingredients. It was a delicious hotpot experience. The skewers were of seashore birds in sauce, the fried food was chicken and shrimp with mayonnaise sauce, and the nigiri sushi included tuna, flounder, and salmon, all handmade. The set menu also came with all-you-can-drink for 3,500 yen, which was a great deal.