Today was an "ara" (fish fin) course. Started with Vandole's champagne, followed by Fugu from Genkai. The Fugu was slightly thick with red meat, a characteristic of Genkai Fugu. The fins were fresh and also aged for 3 days, becoming mellow. The engawa (fin muscle) was incredibly rich. The skin was served separately. The ara's liver, stomach, and skin in a small dish were very fresh and delicious, my first time trying them. Probably a slightly salty grilled ara. Ara simmered with konjac, enhanced with chili peppers, was tasty! I forgot to take a photo. Ara miso hotpot with Chinese cabbage, green onions, and tofu was simple yet flavorful. Finished with udon and egg, and Kagoshima bamboo shoot rice. For dessert, strawberries. I thoroughly enjoyed the ara today. It was delicious, but personally, I might prefer blowfish. However, today's ara weighed 22 kilograms! It had an amazing fatty flavor. Thank you for the meal. I will definitely visit again.

The work is very polite. The ingredients are cooked very carefully. It starts with a refined simmered dish. Fresh and flavorful blowfish. The sashimi includes aged tuna, squid with sea urchin, and slightly sweet soy sauce. The white sea bream soup is elegant. The grilled throat fish is very fatty and tender. The white sea bream in vinegar marinade is served with abalone and prawn. The main dish is a simmered dish with a lot of fat. Konjac, thick fried tofu, and lotus root are crunchy and spicy. The meal ends with a fish curry made with fish broth, starting off refined and gradually becoming rich in flavor. It was very delicious. Thank you for the feast. I will definitely visit again. By the way, now I am at Kataichi in Nishi Nakasu.

It seems like a shop that specializes in fresh ingredients. Their main dishes are raw fish and simmered dishes.

The food was delicious but the service was too slow (^^;

The flavors match well. The price is high but the food is delicious.

I visited this place for the first time. The atmosphere inside is quite nice, but it smells a bit fishy? Turns out they are drying some kind of fish, like sweetfish or something. It reminded me of the smell when I went to Musashi in Nagasaki. However, Musashi was also really good, so I thought maybe this smell is a sign of delicious food? And I was right! The blowfish and horse mackerel were both delicious! The appetizers were tasty, and the sake was also good. I ended up drinking three cups of sake with my friend, the president of S company. By the end, maybe because I was a bit drunk, I didn't even notice the smell anymore. As others have mentioned in their reviews, the head chef, who is a heavy smoker, was smoking near the food area, which bothered the president of S company. Personally, I thought that as long as the food is delicious, it can't be helped, but it's also harsh to tell someone of that age to stop smoking now.

I made a reservation in advance and when asked if I wanted to order individual dishes or leave it to the chef's choice, I opted for the chef's choice. The chef's choice course starts from 10,000 yen. I requested the 20,000 yen course, where dishes range from 1,000 yen increments, which I thought was a good value. We were seated at a table behind the counter, which seemed to be for regular customers. For drinks, my companion had beer while I opted for plum chu-hi as I'm not a fan of beer. The alcohol options were limited to beer, shochu, sake, and plum wine. The appetizer was simmered daikon radish, a local dish from Fukuoka. The sashimi included tilefish, sea urchin, squid, and tuna. The tilefish was served with its liver, skin, and stomach, and it was incredibly delicious. We also had grilled eel with a choice of sauce or salt, a clam miso soup with large clams, and what seemed to be golden threadfin bream. The abalone and crab in thickened sauce served in a lacquered dish was a pleasant surprise. The conger eel simmered in soy sauce was unique, as was the steak, which was medium rare with a good amount of fat. The meal was comforting, and the rice, pickles, and spicy cod roe were enjoyable. For dessert, we had figs from Kyushu and American cherries, with the hostess emphasizing that they were locally sourced from Fukuoka. The restaurant seemed to be popular among regulars, and while we visited on a weekend, there were no young customers. Overall, it was a good choice for visitors from outside the prefecture looking for hospitality.

It's been a year since my last visit. I made a reservation at "Hakata Tenno" for the first time from overseas because many of the notable restaurants and hotels were fully booked with doctor-related events. I was surprised that I was able to easily make a reservation for Thursday evening without any suspicion even though the phone number was different. When I entered the restaurant, the landlady greeted me with "Welcome back~". She seemed to remember me from my previous visit and even recalled the conversation I had with the president of a certain company. The chef was a friendly man who offered curry even though it's not typically served at a Japanese restaurant. The meal started with a simmered root vegetable dish followed by a sashimi platter including fugu, uni, and more. The selection of shochu was impressive, with rare brands like "Murao" and "Maou" available. I enjoyed several glasses of shochu and various dishes, including a soup with fugu and matsutake mushrooms. The atmosphere was lively with unique regular customers, including a sumo wrestler-like man. After enjoying whale meat and mentaiko ochazuke, I left a note in a magazine about this recommended restaurant, despite feeling a bit drunk from the generous servings of shochu.

This is a representative Japanese restaurant in the shopping street of Hakata. This time, for a friend's promotion celebration, for some reason, we were treated to a meal by the restaurant, which was super lucky! The restaurant is located on the 3rd floor of a building, so we took the elevator up to the 3rd floor and when we got off, we were right in front of the entrance to the restaurant. There were six of us dining, so we rented the furthest tatami room and had a meal together. When we sat down at the table, delicious meat and potato stew was served as an appetizer. We, a group of former JC members, toasted with beer! The first sashimi was blowfish and fish collar sashimi, the beginning of the delicious fish dishes prepared by the chef, Mr. Shigeyoshi Amano. From here on, sake and shochu were the main drinks. The soup was matsutake mushroom and clam miso soup, with lots of large clam meat in it! The grilled dish was salt-grilled sweetfish, the biggest sweetfish I've ever eaten... The simmered dish was the highlight of the meal, everyone agreed it was delicious, the broth was really tasty. The next dish was vinegared crab, served with delicious mentaiko on rice and miso soup... Finally, we had a dessert and the meal was over. Truly a representative Japanese restaurant in Fukuoka, all the dishes served were delicious. The restaurant is located near Ohori Park, just off Doi Street. Hakata Tenno Address: 5-5 Tenyamachi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City 4th floor TEL: 092-262-2689 Business hours: 17:00-21:00 (by reservation)

I visited a highly rated restaurant last month that I had been wanting to try for a while. The reservation process was smooth, and I was able to inquire about the menu options beforehand. The restaurant offered courses priced at 12,000 yen and fugu courses at 15,000 yen each. I asked if it was possible to mix the fugu and other courses for 15,000 yen, and they kindly agreed. The restaurant was located on the 3rd floor of a building, and upon entering, I was seated at a table near the counter. The dishes I enjoyed included vegetable stew, fugu and fish skin sashimi, steamed fugu milt, grilled fish, simmered fish, fried fugu, fish rice bowl, and dessert. The sashimi was delicious, with a perfect balance of protein and fat, and no fishy taste. The fish rice bowl was a unique dish with sesame sauce, similar to a sea bream rice bowl. Overall, the food was tasty, although some dishes were a bit too strong in flavor for my taste. The service was attentive and considerate, and I even noticed sumo wrestlers dining there due to a sumo tournament happening at the time. I look forward to returning to try more seafood options in the future.

The food is reasonably priced, with a variety of dishes including fresh fish from the Genkai Sea in the summer. I finally found the "Okoze" dish that I have been looking for. The taste reminds me of the delicious flavors from Yoyogi-Uehara's "Yamagata". The menu includes sashimi, grilled Okoze, grilled sea eel, simmered nodoguro, and rice with Okoze bone soup. The female owner is young and friendly, and the restaurant's interior design is a mix of elegance and simplicity. I will definitely visit again, even though it may be a bit pricey.

I eat out once a week. I love sashimi and go to various places to try it, but this was a new taste for me. The sashimi was delicious and I was really impressed. Since it was my first time there, I ate what was served without really knowing what it was. I thought maybe it was an omakase style meal. The miso soup was also a new taste for me. I wondered what was in it, and thought maybe daikon was mashed and added to the soup. I couldn't make it myself. I have a chef's license so I want to try to replicate it. It was really delicious, a bit pricey but worth a visit. I recommend it.

All the dishes were delicious and had a great sense of taste. The mackerel was crispy and delicious! It goes really well with a fruity and dry sake. Oh, what a blissful moment. The boiled octopus was also very good. Eating it with salt and sesame was a great combination! The yellowtail daikon dish was also excellent, with the daikon cooked perfectly and soft. The crispy tempura was irresistible... Ah, it was so delicious!! It cost a little over 4000 yen per person. It may be a bit pricey to eat as much as you want, but the consistent deliciousness of the seafood and the ability to order each dish individually make it worth it, especially for those who enjoy drinking sake. Thank you for the feast!

I had dinner at "Hakata Tenno" in the district of Tenno-machi. Kyushu is known for its delicious fish, and Hakata is particularly famous for its high-quality seafood. In winter, fugu and ara are popular choices, while in warmer weather, okoze is a must-try. This restaurant serves the finest seafood from Hakata all year round, depending on the season. I had: sashimi of okoze, including skin, flesh, stomach, and liver, whale fin, and ark shell; simmered sea bream; fried okoze; fugu porridge; pickles; spicy cod roe; and dekopon. The okoze sashimi was incredibly flavorful, with a rich broth-like taste when you bite into it. The simmered sea bream was seasoned perfectly with Kyushu's unique sweet soy sauce. However, the highlight of the day was the fried okoze. It was so tender and flavorful, with different tastes that were both subtle and intense, leaving a sense of happiness in my mouth. I couldn't resist grabbing it with my hands. I ended the meal with fugu porridge, which had a fragrant broth that elevated the overall taste. It was a night where I truly indulged in the seafood delicacies of Hakata.

I visited the restaurant alone to eat Ara cuisine. In the Kyushu region, "Ara" and "Kue" are considered the same thing. I had always thought that Ara, belonging to the Suzuki family, and Kue, belonging to the Hata family, were different types of fish. Taste: The simmered dish was not just rich in flavor, but also quite spicy. The only light dish was the steamed Shirako. Atmosphere: The customers were mostly businessmen using the restaurant for business entertainment. When I visited, there were discussions about banking and finance among the customers. Service: There were two female staff members providing attentive service. Unfortunately, the restaurant allows smoking throughout, which was a downside. Although the smoke from the owner's cigarette was sucked into the kitchen ventilation, so there was no smell, having someone smoking nearby can ruin the dining experience. It would be better if the owner refrained from smoking during work.

I visited a restaurant with a luxurious companion after going to a field in Karatsu the day before. The restaurant was located on the third floor of a building, with a fish tank at the entrance where various fish were swimming. The menu was omakase style, and the prices were surprisingly reasonable, averaging less than 15,000 yen even when crowded. The food was delicious with a sweet and savory flavor, showcasing high-quality ingredients in well-balanced dishes. The service was friendly and attentive, and the sake selection was varied and well-presented. Overall, the experience was enjoyable and made me want to visit the restaurant again to further explore the flavors of Hakata cuisine.

Knowing that it is a difficult time for shops that sell fish, I visited the restaurant. As expected, the dishes that came out were luxurious and splendid, including pufferfish, fresh whale, blackthroat seaperch, matsutake mushrooms, and snow crabs, in a lavish display. I enjoyed a lively evening with plenty of Koshu daiginjo sake. However, I felt a bit tired of eating because there was no healthy vegetable side dish. The owner seemed like a honest Kyushu person, but I wish the counter and kitchen aprons were kept whiter and cleaner. It's a great place where you can experience the true essence of Hakata-style cooking. However, I have a similar restaurant called "Fujiki" in my local area, and when comparing the value for money and cleanliness, I feel like giving it four and a half stars was a bit harsh. I would like to challenge this restaurant again in the dead of winter for a serious showdown.

When I visited Fukuoka for work, my senior at university made a reservation for me at a high-end kaiseki restaurant called "Amanoya". The owner, who used to work at Amanoya, had a gentle demeanor. The restaurant had a relaxed atmosphere with a counter seating for six and tables. I tried the fugu and ara dishes, which were all delicious. It's rare to find a place where everything is tasty. I enjoyed some sake as well. I can't remember much after that, but I do remember the delicious food. I don't recall the bill, but I think it was around 40,000 yen for a meal with premium steak. If this was in Tokyo, the price would have been much higher. I definitely want to revisit this restaurant when I go back to Fukuoka.