Ohayo everyone! Happy belated new year! How did you spend your winter holiday? I hope you could spend time with your family and friends! And I imagine you ate a lot of delicious foods and your stomachs could be getting tired. In this article, I’ll show you the Japanese horse meat restaurant which makes you get healthier! In addition, you can find the longest green onion you can get at the farmer’s market in front of the restaurant!
There is the restaurant in Mitane Town, it takes about an hour by car from Akita station. We tend to pass by there on trip because it’s a small town. But our family found it when we drop by farmer’s market. This is Sakura-Tei（さくら亭）.
The restaurant operates the meat shop too at the next to it. Mainly the horse meat is popular to the customers. There are tables, counters, and tatami room. You can choose seats you like. We every time choose the table next to fireplace! It makes us more relaxing.
You know well our family like fire place if you read my last article!
By the way, Do you know why the horse meat is more healthier than the others? This is written on the menu.
Good quality protein
Horse meat is abundant protein and it is included about 20g per 100g. These animal protein is made by Amino acid, and it produces valuable Amino-acid makes the basic of a human body, such as muscles, organs, hormone, blood, enzyme, and antibody. Horse meat is especially abundant the essential Amino-acid like lysine, leucine, histidine.
Good quality fat
Horse meat is the special treatment for people who take care of consuming calorie. This is because it is included under 5% of fat in the part of eating, and the most of the fat (about 60%) is unsaturated fatty acids. Some of unsaturated fatty acids (linoleic acid, α-linoleic acid) is seemed to have the effect to prevent the disease of heart blood vessels being synthesized.
Carbon hydrate and vitamin
Horse meat has the nutritional character which the other meats don’t have: it is including Carbon hydrate. The amount of glycogen gives horse meat smooth and sweet taste. In addition, horse meat is abundant water soluble vitamins categorized vitamin B that is good for muscles. B12 is effective for red blood cells, and B3 and B6 are effective for the function of cells.
Like this, horse meat is good for our health than the others! In actual, I didn’t feel like heavy after eating horse meat, very light and I can keep good condition!
I ordered horse meat sashimi set meal, this is with some side dishes! I’d like to eat horse meat sashimi dipped in soy source with garlic. This is the best way to pull out the taste of horse meat in maximum!
In addition, when we eat the dish for the first time, we were surprised at the freshness of the meat! Horse meat is sometimes smell fishy but it was different at this restaurant! It tells us how good quality is this restaurant! This is why our family visit here repeatedly!
After the lunch, we usually drop by the farmer’s market, “Dragon fresh center”! In 2024, Japan is in the year of the Dragon according to the Chinese zodiac, so it may be an auspicious place!
There is a lot of ingredients, especially vegetables, we buy it every Autumn, it’s green onion! It is useful for Nabe, Soba, Udon, and Kiritanpo which is the traditional Nabe in Akita. It is especially thick and the longest I’ve ever find, more than 1.3 meter!
We can’t find it like this in other places, only there! It’s great not only size but also the taste! It tastes soft and moist than the others. It’s good for roasting with salt too! We ate it making Sukiyaki in this time.
Every time I find the good place to get the fresh foods, I feel Akita is the best place to be healthier from inside of body! If you have the opportunity to drive around there, check them!
