Awara Onsen] Seifuuso - Theatrical Buffet - Report

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Seifu-so" is a ryokan (Japanese-style inn) in Awara Onsen. I went undercover to the restaurant "Niji," which reopened last September as a "theater-style buffet" restaurant! What is a "theater-style buffet? How is it different from a regular buffet? I actually tried the buffet to answer such questions as "What is a 'theater-style buffet'?
Information found in the elevator
I found the information about the buffet in the elevator!

1. stick to freshly prepared

The menu is current at the time of the interview. (March 19, 2023)
The buffet is not "freshly prepared," as is often the case in live kitchens, where dishes are prepared in front of you, but the customers take them one after the other. This is not "freshly prepared. At Seifuso, for example, a Japanese beef steak is cooked only when you go to the teppan (iron plate), and you are asked, "How many pieces of steak would you like? You will be asked, "How many pieces do you want to cook? Not only can you enjoy hot steaks that are not "pre-made," but also...
The menu is current at the time of the interview. (March 19, 2023)
Not only can you enjoy a hot steak that is not "cooked", but it is also easy for small children and people with cameras to take pictures and videos. He also said, "I'm going to flambé now," to small children and people with cameras to make it easier to take photos and videos! The cooking is not just for show, it is a "fascinating" performance. This is the reason why it is called "theatrical"....

2. stone oven cooking

Pizza baked in a stone oven and grilled local vegetables
Pizzas and local vegetables are baked one after another in the stone oven in the center of the restaurant. The pizzas of the day were the classic "Margherita" and Fukui Prefecture's local delicacy "Heshiko" pizza. When the pizzas are baked, the chef cheerfully announces, "Ladies and gentlemen, the pizzas are baked! the chef announces, "The pizzas are ready! When the announcement was made, customers gathered in front of the stone oven and formed a line.
The menu is current at the time of the interview. (March 19, 2023)
On this day, there was also grilled crab! The all-you-can-eat hot and fragrant grilled crab was too luxurious... I was able to eat my fill of the taste of winter, "crab".

3. Local fish as the main course!

The menu is current at the time of the interview. (March 19, 2023)
Sushi is also made on the spot. Some of the items included Fukui salmon! Sushi made with locally caught fish is the best sushi I've ever had. The theater-style buffet "Niji" purchases and serves fresh fish caught in the local prefecture whenever possible.
The menu is current at the time of the interview. (March 19, 2023)
Fish is not only served with sushi! There was also an assortment of sashimi. Since they are particular about local products, white fish is the main ingredient. The taste is light, but the flesh is clean and beautiful. The amaebi (sweet shrimp) was also excellent, with lots of roe on it.

4. Local morning vegetables

The vegetables are also carefully selected, and the chef serves them in tempura or on the grill. According to the manager, the same menu for kaiseki cuisine must be served to everyone, so it is necessary to purchase a large quantity of vegetables and fish from other prefectures to make it feasible. However, at a buffet restaurant, local vegetables that are not available in large quantities in the market can be purchased and prepared in small quantities, allowing for a "once-in-a-lifetime encounter" with the ingredients.

5. Special Echizen salt

Even the salt is produced in the prefecture! A small jar of salt was placed in the grill corner. This salt is Echizen salt from the Echizen Sea, roasted, ground on a millstone, and finished with a mixture of wasabi, sesame oil, and other ingredients to create this flavored salt.
The fruit was also juicy and sweet. The melon served at the buffet is often hard...! But the melon served on this day was the best melon, soft and sweet with sizzling ripeness...! When the fruit is delicious, the level is high...! I feel that the level is high when the fruit is delicious.

This buffet has a strategy

Everyone thinks about "strategy" when coming to a buffet. There is a limit to the amount of food you can eat, so there are probably many people who look at all the dishes before taking a plate (I am one of those people). (The author is that type). Then they bring the dishes they want to the table and say "Itadakimasu" (Thank you for the food). Please be careful about the order in which you bring the dishes to the table. In a theater-style buffet, there are many live kitchens, and all the dishes are freshly prepared. Therefore, it would be a shame if you don't make an effort to taste the freshly prepared dishes right away! We strongly recommend that you bring drinks, salads, and cold side dishes (sashimi, sushi, etc.) first, and then bring warm dishes (steak, pizza, grilled crab, etc.). By not bringing the hot dishes all at once and picking them up fresh each time, you can enjoy this theatrical buffet to the fullest.
Braised bai clam (take these cold side dishes first)
The theater-style buffet is also based on seven other concepts, including 6. the use of fermented foods, 7. the delicious food served by the chefs, and enjoyable conversation. Why not experience it at Seifu-so?
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