Potato baked in salt @ Beppu Ekimae

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Restaurant photos:

 

 

 

 

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Scallop and urchin with rice:

 

The scallop tasted bitter and the urchin was not that fresh.
It was really different to the product shot too, there were far more herbs sprinkled on the rice and on my bowl there was not much as shown on the photo.
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Surf clam:

 

The surf clam was quite fresh and had a strong metallic taste.
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Baked potato covered in salt:

 

 

 

It was fun breaking the hard salt casing!
There was so much salt that it can probably last you for the year if you only add a pinch of salt when you cook!
The potato was rather dry but it came with butter so it tasted really nice.
There was also mentaiko mayonnaise but I felt that it did not taste nice together.
It would have been perfect if they used a proper baking potato then the texture of the potato would be soft and silky inside.
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Turkish baked potato @ 薯皇 Big Potato

As a brit, we all love the Jacket, so had to give this a try.

Although it isnt really the typical british baked potato with butter, there are lots of choices, ie seafood, mexican etc. Actually you can say the toppings are like a normal brit jacket, except the skin is not that crunchy.

Nevertheless, the potato is cut in half, and the guy mashes the inside nice and soft, so it is very convenient to eat, with no hard clumps. Then he carefully adds the toppings and then the sauce.

The ocean one I ordered has prawns, sweetcorn, olives, purple cabbage, with mayonnaise, their home made pink sauce and ketchup, personally I didnt think Ketchup would match with it, so I opted without.

But anyway apart from the burnt skin, it all tasted good, a nice combination.
Presentation was pretty too, all the different colours, ie the sweetcorn, sauces, and the purple cabbage.

If only the surrounding was better, there is an irritating dustbin infront of the shop, where you have to endure the nasty second hand smoke from smokers, and the burnt cigarette butts.

Anyway as for the turkish owner, I believe he used to be the chef at "Our Restaurant"
http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=17832