Along National Route 150 in Makinohara, at the corner of the Shizunami Coast entrance intersection, a Japanese restaurant with an indigo-dyed noren (curtain) swaying in the breeze, where you can enjoy handmade soba noodles and set meals.Restaurant Mine」。
Makinohara City is home to the magnificent "Mt.FujiWith its beautiful tea fields stretching out before you, this is a healing hometown blessed with the sea, rivers, and mountains. This is my family home, and since my parents opened it when I was little, it has already reached its 46th year thanks to local regulars and tourists who visit Shizunami Beach. After my father, who was a chef, passed away, my younger brother...Suguru MinenoShe took over the business, and now runs it on a small scale with her 74-year-old mother.
In front of Shizunami Beach in Makinohara City, Japan's first large-scale artificial surfing pool, which had its grand opening on August 16, 2021, is located.Shizunami Surf Stadium PerfectSwell®There is a "[something]" and it seems that the number of visitors from overseas has increased compared to before. Occasionally, my mother asks me on LINE, "How do you say this in English?" (laughs) This is what my husband made for me before.Smartphone siteThey've also added English translations, so I hope you'll take a look for reference.
Shizunami Surf Stadium PerfectSwell®
Oval wave pool: Width 160m, Depth 60m, Area 5,000m²
Wave generator: AMERICAN WAVE MACHINE Perfect Swell 240 model
(Same type as the wave-making equipment at BSR Resort in Texas, the official practice field for the US national team)
Admission fee: Free to 550 yen (tax included)
*One accompanying person is admitted free of charge per surf session participant.
*Admission is free for children up to 2 years old (but they are not allowed to enter the water).
Thanks to my late father's brother, a carpenter, the restaurant has undergone several renovations, offering a warm, inviting space with a sense of history. There are four counter seats and three raised tatami rooms seating four people each. Here, you can enjoy a well-balanced Japanese set meal, featuring handmade soba noodles made by my brother, as well as eel, tempura, sashimi, and a variety of à la carte dishes that pair well with drinks.
Many solo diners prefer counter seats, and you can enjoy a drink or two in a relaxed, evening-drink style.
The raised tatami seating area is partitioned by screens, creating a spacious and comfortable atmosphere. For those with mobility issues, we have tatami chairs available for easy sitting and standing. On this particular day, I was visiting my parents' home for the first time in a while and had lunch with my daughter and her husband, who are expecting a baby next week.
During lunchtime, the "Recommended Lunch Set" is popular. In particular, the "Unadon Set" (¥2,100 including tax), available only on weekends and holidays, is a great value set that includes a half-portion of eel rice bowl and cold soba noodles, attracting many customers who come specifically for this meal.
"Whelk" ¥400 (tax included)
From the menu on the whiteboard, we recommend the sweet and savory simmered whelk. It's perfect as a side dish with rice or as a snack with drinks.
"Tempura Rice Bowl" ¥1,380 (tax included)
The tempura, served in a deep bowl, is a satisfying dish with two flower-shaped shrimp tempura, eggplant, shimeji mushrooms, pumpkin, shishito peppers, okra, and perilla leaves on top of rice. The tempura is coated in a sweet and savory sauce, making a delightful crisp sound when bitten through, and offering a light and fluffy texture inside. It comes as a set meal with a small side dish of the day, miso soup, and pickles.
"Eel rice bowl set" ¥2,100 (tax included)
The most popular lunch set, available only on weekends and holidays, is the "Unadon Set," a generous offering of eel rice bowl and zaru soba noodles, seemingly at the expense of profitability. The unadon is served in a shallow bowl filled with rice, topped with the restaurant's secret eel sauce, and garnished with half an eel. The eel is prepared in the Kanto style, steamed before grilling. After being grilled without sauce, it is steamed for about 10 minutes. Steaming removes excess moisture, leaving only the flavor, and resulting in a plump and tender eel. This eel is then grilled while being brushed with the restaurant's secret sweet and savory sauce, which has been continuously added to since the restaurant's founding. The zaru soba noodles are made with high-quality domestic buckwheat flour, and the younger brother handles every step from kneading to cutting. The proportion of wheat is slightly reduced from the usual 2:8 ratio of wheat to buckwheat, bringing out the flavor of the buckwheat. The broth is a rich, sweet and savory sauce with a strong umami flavor and depth, made by adding dashi (broth) from thick bonito flakes to a special soy sauce base. You can add your favorite condiments to the broth and dip the noodles in it for a delicious meal.
Since eel takes time to grill, please understand that if you do not have a reservation, you will have to wait about 25 minutes after ordering.
With the lingering summer heat still intense, a bowl of zaru soba (cold buckwheat noodles) between servings of eel is particularly appetizing.
It was a joyous reunion with family after a long time. As my family runs a Japanese restaurant, I've always witnessed the hardships of the food service industry, and I wonder how long this restaurant, run by my elderly mother and younger brother alone, will be able to continue. Since I'm not nearby, all I can do is watch over them, but I want to support them in any way I can as a family.
Suya Main Store's "Chestnut Paste"
I brought Nakatsugawa's specialty product as a gift so that the whole family could enjoy it.Suya Main Store"Kurikinton (sweet chestnut paste)." Every year, when this goes on sale, it's a treat that makes me feel like autumn is here. We all enjoy it as a snack during the downtime after lunch service.
A specialty product of Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture:Suya Main Store"Kurikinton" is a limited-time product available from September to January. Famous as an autumn delicacy of the Kiso region, "Kurikinton" is made using only carefully selected chestnuts and sugar, and adheres to the long-standing tradition of "chestnuts should taste like chestnuts" and "kinton should be returned to the shape of chestnuts," allowing you to enjoy the unpretentious, simple taste of chestnuts. When I asked my younger brother for a large plate so I could take it out of the box and serve it, he immediately prepared bamboo leaves for me. I think this is something you would expect from brothers who grew up watching their father, a chef with a craftsman's spirit. Ideally, I would have liked to have some delicious sencha or matcha, but since my mother always looks forward to the coffee I make, on this day too I used coffee beans from a local roastery in Fukuroi.Mameya CafeI brought a freshly brewed iced coffee from [brand name] and enjoyed a delicious and fun time♪
In addition to the "Unadon Set" which is only available on weekends and holidays, we also have other recommended set meals, so please stop by when you visit Shizunami Beach.
Restaurant Mine
Address: 2276-2 Shizunami, Makinohara City, Shizuoka Prefecture
TEL: 0548-22-1886
Opening hours: Lunch 11:30-13:30, Dinner 17:30-20:30
Closed on: Mondays and Tuesdays
http://mine.lade.jp/
