Enjoy Kurosengoku soybean dishes prepared by top chefs at the Kurosengoku Soybean Fair in Hokuryu Town (Hotel Polestar Sapporo, Sapporo City) for lunch and dinner

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

The Hokuryu Kurosengoku Soybean Fair is being held for one month in March as part of the Hotel Polestar Sapporo Hokkaido 179 Municipalities Product Fair at Dining & Bar 179, a restaurant in the Hotel Polestar Sapporo located across from the Hokkaido Prefectural Government Main Building (Sapporo).

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Hotel Polestar Sapporo

Hotel Polestar Sapporo
Hotel Polestar Sapporo (Image: quoted from the hotel website)

Municipal brochure corner (1st floor)

The lobby is filled with pamphlets from Hokkaido's 179 cities and towns!

Brochures from Hokkaido's 179 cities, towns, and villages
Brochures from Hokkaido's 179 cities, towns, and villages

Sorachi Regional Bureau Pamphlet Corner

Sorachi Regional Bureau Pamphlet Corner
Sorachi Regional Bureau Pamphlet Corner

Hokuryu Town Kurosengoku Soybean Fair: Hokuryu Town Introduction Corner

At the entrance to the restaurant "Dining & Bar 179," brochures about the town, videos introducing the town, posters, and more are on display during the Hokuryu Town Fair.

Hokuryu Town Fair Exhibition Corner
Hokuryu Town Fair Exhibition Corner

Hokuryu Town introduction video

Hokuryu Town Kurosengoku Soybean Fair Video
Hokuryu Town Kurosengoku Soybean Fair Video

Hokuryu Town Kurosengoku Soybean Fair
Hokuryu Town Kurosengoku Soybean Fair

Hokuryu Town Poster

Hokuryu Town Poster
Hokuryu Town Poster

Hokuryu Town Kurosengoku Soybean Fair: Kurosengoku Soybean Dishes

  • Kurosengoku soybean dishes prepared by the hotel's top chefs are available at breakfast, dinner, and the lunch buffet on weekends and holidays!
  • Breakfast includes oden made with Kurosengoku soybeans (hiryuzu) and seasonal vegetables, while the lunch buffet includes keema curry made with Kurosengoku soybeans and a honey-marinated salad made with Hokkaido pumpkin and Kurosengoku soybeans. Dinner includes piping hot deep-fried Kurosengoku soybeans (hiryuzu), Kurosengoku soybean chips, and Kurosengoku soybean ice cream.
Hokuryu Town Kurosengoku Soybean Fair flyer
Hokuryu Town Kurosengoku Soybean Fair flyer

Breakfast buffet

Kurosengoku soybean oden with seasonal vegetables

Kurosengoku soybean oden with seasonal vegetables
Kurosengoku soybean oden with seasonal vegetables

Hiryuzu is a type of ganmodoki, made by mixing crumbled tofu with ingredients such as yam and eggs, and then adding vegetable ingredients and deep frying it.

Kurosengoku Soybean Flying Dragon Head is packed with softly boiled Kurosengoku soybeans, Kurosengoku soybean meat, Kurosengoku soybean meat (sliced), and plenty of vegetables such as carrots, hijiki seaweed, corn, and shiitake mushrooms!

It is simmered with Kurosengoku soybeans, Hiryuzu heads, radish and other vegetables, and the oden broth is thoroughly absorbed into it, making it a very flavorful dish.

Simmered food section
Simmered food section

Lunch buffet

Spring-themed buffet corner
Spring-themed buffet corner

Kurosengoku soybean keema curry, Hokkaido pumpkin and Kurosengoku soybean honey marinated salad

Kurosengoku soybean keema curry, Hokkaido pumpkin and Kurosengoku soybean honey marinated salad
Kurosengoku soybean keema curry, Hokkaido pumpkin and Kurosengoku soybean honey marinated salad
Kurosengoku soybean keema curry
  • Keema curry made with Kurosengoku soy meat instead of ground meat. A delicious keema curry with the gentle spiciness of curry spices and the subtle sweetness of Kurosengoku soybeans!
  • The rice used in the saffron rice (turmeric) is a mixture of Nanatsuboshi rice from Hokuryu Town, germinated brown rice "Nanatsuboshi," and glutinous rice "Kaze no Ko." It also contains boiled Kurosengoku soybeans.
Kurosengoku soybean keema curry
Kurosengoku soybean keema curry
Honey-marinated Hokkaido pumpkin and Kurosengoku soybean salad
  • This honey-marinated salad of Hokkaido pumpkin and Kurosengoku soybeans is the perfect combination of soft pumpkin, the flavor of Kurosengoku soybeans, and the gentle sweetness of honey!
Honey-marinated Hokkaido pumpkin and Kurosengoku soybean salad
Honey-marinated Hokkaido pumpkin and Kurosengoku soybean salad

Dinner a la carte

Recommended dinner menu
Recommended dinner menu

Kurosengoku soybean oden with seasonal vegetables

  • Hiryutou is packed with Kurosenkoku soybeans, Kurosenkoku soybean meat, and other vegetables!
Kurosengoku soybean oden with seasonal vegetables
Kurosengoku soybean oden with seasonal vegetables

Deep-fried piping hot Kurosengoku soybeans

  • Ganmodoki is a dish made by mixing crumbled tofu with boiled black soybeans, corn, carrots, shiitake mushrooms, green beans, etc.
Deep-fried piping hot Kurosengoku soybeans
Deep-fried piping hot Kurosengoku soybeans
Packed with Kurosenkoku soybeans and other vegetables!
Packed with Kurosenkoku soybeans and other vegetables!

Kurosengoku soybean chips

  • Crispy chips made from slices of Kurosengoku soy meat fried until crisp and coated with curry powder. Served with chili sauce.
Kurosengoku soybean chips
Kurosengoku soybean chips

Kurosengoku soy ice cream with brown sugar flavor

  • The ice cream is smothered in a rich, brown sugar-flavored Kurosengoku sauce. Served with shiratama dumplings filled with Kurosengoku kinako (roasted soybean flour). Topped with Kurosengoku chips dusted with Kurosengoku kinako and raspberries!!!
  • A luxurious ice cream with a diverse mix of flavors and textures, featuring a unique cast of characters.
Kurosengoku soy ice cream with brown sugar flavor
Kurosengoku soy ice cream with brown sugar flavor

We are so grateful for the wonderful Kurosengoku Soybean Fair!!!

Mie Fuyube (Hotel Polestar Sapporo, in charge of municipal collaboration projects)

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Mie Fuyube, who is in charge of municipal collaboration projects at Hotel Polestar Sapporo, for her assistance with this Hokuryu Town Fair.

Fuyube, Yoshida Hiroyuki, section chief of the Industry Division of Hokuryu Town Hall, the Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association, and other related parties worked together as a solid team to put on a wonderful Kurosengoku Soybean Fair.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the chef and many others who contributed greatly to the trial and error process of developing recipes using Kurosengoku soybeans.

We are so grateful for the delicious and wonderful dishes prepared using ingredients from Hokuryu Town!!!
thank you very much!!!

We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Mie Fuyube, who is in charge of municipal collaboration projects at Hotel Polestar Sapporo!
Mie Fuyube, in charge of Hotel Polestar Sapporo's municipal collaboration projects
With heartfelt gratitude!

Thank you for your support: Nobuko Toga (Tokachi Tourism Ambassador) and Kazue Fujisawa (CEO of Yamaka Flour Mills)

During this period, we would like to thank everyone who has been supporting Kurosengoku soybeans.Nobuko Tsugayasu(Tokachi Tourism Ambassador), Kazue Fujisawa (Yamaka Flour Milling Co., Ltd.・CEO) came to the Kurosengoku Soybean Fair. Thank you very much!

Nobuko Toga (Tokachi Tourism Ambassador), Kazue Fujisawa (CEO of Yamaka Flour Milling Co., Ltd.), and Chairman Takada and his wife
From left: Nobuko Toga (Tokachi Tourism Ambassador), Chairman Yukio Takada and his wife
Kazue Fujisawa (CEO, Yamaka Flour Mills)

Various materials introducing Hokuryu Town

Hokuryu Town pamphlet introduction corner
Hokuryu Town pamphlet introduction corner
Hokuryu Town Sunflower Rice
Hokuryu Town Sunflower Rice
A video highlighting the Japan Agriculture Award Grand Prize!
A video highlighting the Japan Agriculture Award Grand Prize!
Introducing Sansan Sunflower Oil!
Introducing Sansan Sunflower Oil!

Introducing the restaurant "Dining & Bar 179"

The restaurant "Dining & Bar 179" offers a wide variety of original dishes made with local ingredients from all over Hokkaido. At the entrance to the restaurant, pamphlets, videos introducing the towns, posters, and more are on display during the "Hokkaido 179 Municipal Products Fair."

breakfast

  • The Japanese and Western buffet offers around 60 dishes. In addition, the chef will prepare fresh egg dishes (rolled omelet, omelet, fried egg) for you to enjoy.
Chef Live Egg Cooking
Chef Live Egg Cooking
  • We have a wide variety of products, including mineral water from all over Hokkaido, freshly made mixed juices, and a wide variety of desserts and sweets!
various fruits
various fruits
Various side dishes
Various side dishes

lunch

  • This Japanese and Western buffet-style menu features new ingredients delivered monthly from all over Hokkaido! (In March, we will be hosting the Hokuryu Town Kurosengoku Fair.)
Lunch buffet information
Lunch buffet information

Chef Live

  • The chef's demonstration on Saturday, March 26th will be "Pork Loin Shabu-Shabu" and "Waffles."
  • Chef Live offers special dishes that change weekly.
Chef Live "Pork Loin Shabu Shabu" & "Waffles"
Chef Live "Pork Loin Shabu Shabu" & "Waffles"

Various hors d'oeuvres

Various hors d'oeuvres
Various hors d'oeuvres

Beef loin steak & grilled pork

Beef loin steak and grilled pork
Beef loin steak & grilled pork

Various desserts

Various desserts
Various desserts

Bustling lunchtime

Bustling lunchtime
Bustling lunchtime

dinner

Course meals, etc.

  • Prefix Course:Two hors d'oeuvres, chef's special salad, choice of two main dishes, bread or rice, dessert & coffee)
  • Course meal:Japanese menu, French menu
  • Party Plan:We offer plans such as girls' party support plans and restaurant party plans.
Prefix course menu
Prefix course menu

A la carte menu

A la carte menu
A la carte menu
Staff serving the a la carte menu
Staff serving the a la carte menu

Ramen salad

Ramen salad
Ramen salad

Grilled skewers

Grilled skewers
Grilled skewers
With gratitude to the 179 charming restaurants in Hokkaido's 179 cities and towns...
With gratitude to the Hotel Polestar Sapporo Hokkaido 179 Municipalities Product Fair
 
With boundless love, gratitude, and prayers, we send our heartfelt thanks to the Hotel Polestar Sapporo Product Fair, where wonderful connections are made with many people and where a deep love for the food that sustains the region shines through.
 

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Dining & Bar 179 (Hotel Polestar Sapporo) Restaurant

Map: Dining & Bar 179, Hotel Polestar Sapporo RestaurantHokkaido Sapporo City Chuo Ward North 4 West 6
Hotel Polestar Sapporo
Tel: 011-330-2534
[Business hours] 06:30 ~ 23:00

  • Breakfast 06:30-10:00 (Last orders 09:30)
  • Tea time 10:00-11:30
  • Lunch 11:30-14:30 (last order 14:00)
  • Tea time 14:30-17:00
  • Dinner 17:00-22:00 (Last order for food 21:00, last order for drinks 21:30)

【Closed Days】Open all year round
[Parking] Hotel parking lot
[Homepage]Hotel Polestar Sapporo Restaurant