by Mie
I have been applying on the web for "Food
ticket present" campaign of a restaurant
a long time ago. I was so delighted to get
the news that I won the prize, because I
have forgotten my application itself. Today,
we drove out pleasantly heading to the restaurant
in Beppu city with a copy of the mail from
the restaurant.
We drive up a shore drive to Beppu city. We pass under the foot of Mt. Takasaki (left), and soon Mt. Tsurumi (center in right picture) became visible in the haze that have arrived from mainland China carried by a strong prevailing western wind in this season.
Now we arrived a restaurant named "Machakou."
In front of the restaurant is a bill like
this beside beautiful iris flowers. The bill
reads: "Thank you for your close watching
on your children to enjoy meals with other
guests." I realized that the restaurant
really make important of the guests.
This is the wonderful open-kitchen. The restaurant
name "Machakou" was taken after
the name of Machakou city in Haerbin, China
in which the proprietress was born. She learned
from her mother how to prepare borscht, a
kind of Russian thick soup, favored by many
Russian residents nearby at that time. The
dish is one of main recipe of the restaurant.
I decided to take the borscht by the food
ticket. The soup was very tasty with refreshing
flavor of tomato, and full-bodied. My husband
ordered a recommended dish, original sandwich
with home-boiled tongue. It was also very
tasty with wonderful flavor.
