I love Japanese food and it saddens me sometimes how I can't eat many of the delicious food that Japan has to offer. This is why whenever I discover a new muslim-friendly restaurants in Japan, I become very excited!
While waiting for our flight to Tokyo in the New Chitose Airport, we found a muslim-friendly restaurant called Donburi Chaya in the domestic departures terminal. I was elated! Never before have I tried an authentic Donburi in Japan! So, I embarked on a little adventure, trying to find this restaurant with a name that is written in a mix of Hiragana and Kanji letters. At last, with the help of the airport map and my rusty knowledge on Hiragana, we were able to find it!
The restaurant offers a lot of muslim-friendly meals, as most of the dishes in their menu are seafood-based. Having missed breakfast, we were extremely hungry, so we ordered a lot from the menu: salmon sashimi and tamago over rice, scallops, grilled fish and grilled squid. The plates and tablewares for muslim-friendly meals are treated separately from the general ones, they even had halal soy sauce, too! ( I could eat salmon sashimi with shoyu!!)
The salmon and tamago donburi that I ordered was simply delicious. It was served with a generous amount of fresh and thick salmon slices! The scallops donburi ordered by my mom was another crowd pleaer, too. It was sauteed with scallions and each scallop was very tender!
Both the grilled fish and squid came as a set, served with white rice and a bowl of soup. The two dishes are perfect for sharing! I especially liked the grilled squid, as it was cooked in a savoury sauce and topped with bonito flakes. It reminded me a lot of takoyaki, sans the batter!
I hope that there will soon be more restaurants like this around Japan, as I am starting to get bored of having to eat Indian food (don't get me wrong though, I love cheese nan and saag paneer with all my heart!) every time we go to Japan. If you're flying domestic from the New Chitose Airport, drop by Donburi Chaya for their fresh and authentic dishes!
Donburi Chaya
New Chitose Airport
Domestic Terminal Building 3F
http://www.new-chitose-airport.jp/en/spend/shop/s117.html
While waiting for our flight to Tokyo in the New Chitose Airport, we found a muslim-friendly restaurant called Donburi Chaya in the domestic departures terminal. I was elated! Never before have I tried an authentic Donburi in Japan! So, I embarked on a little adventure, trying to find this restaurant with a name that is written in a mix of Hiragana and Kanji letters. At last, with the help of the airport map and my rusty knowledge on Hiragana, we were able to find it!
The restaurant offers a lot of muslim-friendly meals, as most of the dishes in their menu are seafood-based. Having missed breakfast, we were extremely hungry, so we ordered a lot from the menu: salmon sashimi and tamago over rice, scallops, grilled fish and grilled squid. The plates and tablewares for muslim-friendly meals are treated separately from the general ones, they even had halal soy sauce, too! ( I could eat salmon sashimi with shoyu!!)
Both the grilled fish and squid came as a set, served with white rice and a bowl of soup. The two dishes are perfect for sharing! I especially liked the grilled squid, as it was cooked in a savoury sauce and topped with bonito flakes. It reminded me a lot of takoyaki, sans the batter!
I hope that there will soon be more restaurants like this around Japan, as I am starting to get bored of having to eat Indian food (don't get me wrong though, I love cheese nan and saag paneer with all my heart!) every time we go to Japan. If you're flying domestic from the New Chitose Airport, drop by Donburi Chaya for their fresh and authentic dishes!
Donburi Chaya
New Chitose Airport
Domestic Terminal Building 3F
http://www.new-chitose-airport.jp/en/spend/shop/s117.html
