Fodor's Expert Review Yamasan Michishita-Shoten
$$
Hakodate
Japanese
Although squid is not the only thing on the menu, it is fresh—your squid is pulled flapping from the tank and might return minutes later sliced, with squid-ink black rice, delicious slivers of still-twitching flesh, soup, and pickles. If squid isn't your thing, don't fret, the restaurant has plenty of other seafood, and a picture menu for easy selection. Look for a sign with red letters on a yellow background.
Quick Facts
Known For:
- Reasonably priced rice bowl topped with uni (sea urchin), awabi (abalone) and ikura (salmon roe)
- Crab-cream croquette
- Squid in many ways, including raw