Abashiri Zangi Rice Bowl Has Salmon not Chicken -Kinemakan in Abashiri-

Kinemakan (キネマ館) is a restaurant in Abashiri city located in the northeast part of Kitami city. There is a restaurant on second floor of roadside station "Drift Ice Highway Abashiri (流氷街道網走)". I visited here to eat Abashiri Zanki Rice Bowl (網走ザンギ丼). The Abashiri Zanki Rice Bowl is a rice bowl topped with fishery products and vegetables harvested in Abashiri and is served at about 9 restaurants in Abashiri city. I did not know why interior decoration of a building was a movie theater style with the Showa period. I bought a meal ticket of the Abashiri zanki rice bowl via a ticket vendor at once. The price was JPY 880.

Approximately 10 minutes later, and a number of my meal ticket was announced. This restraunt was a self-service restaurant. Contents of combo were the Abashiri zanki rice bowl, a bowl of short-necked clam soup and a dish of salad. I was surprised at the zanki. Speaking of the zanki (ザンギ), chicken was usually used in Hokkaido, but salmon was used. The salmon seemed to be the Okhotsk salmon that Mr. Rosanjin Kitaooji (北大路魯山人), a famous artist, praised highly. Because I thought that the zanki was meat, I was surprised still more. The taste was a Chinese cuisine style. When I mixed mountain wasabi and yam with rice and ate it, it was interesting that the Abashiri zanki rice bowl had a light taste.

Abashiri Zanki Rice Bowl and Atmosphere of Restaurant Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Abashiri Zanki Rice Bowl

A page of Abashiri is here