Ome-Okutama Gozen [Cafe Yamahato

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Ome-Okutama Gozen (example)

What is Ome-Okutama Gozen?

Ome-Okutama Gozen is a local dish that uses ingredients from the Ome-Okutama area. In an effort to boost the tourism industry in Ome City and Okutama Town through "food," local inns and restaurants have created a menu of dishes using ingredients grown in this region as "Ome-Okutama Gozen. The Ome-Okutama area is rich in nature despite being within the Tokyo metropolitan area. Blessed with abundant water and soil, fresh ingredients such as vegetables, river fish, and wasabi (Japanese horseradish) are available. We do not stipulate that all ingredients used in Ome-Okutama Gozen must be produced in Ome-Okutama. Each inn and restaurant offers its own Gozen by selecting ingredients that match the season and the time of year.
Ome-Okutama Gozen
Ome-Okutama Gozen official website is here

Popular menu at Cafe Yamahato

Cafe Yamahato's popular menu items are "Soba Salad" and "Grilled Salted River Fish! Soba Salad is an original menu item using locally grown vegetables. It is gently flavored with a hint of yuzu (a citrus fruit grown in Okutama). This time, we were served "Yamame," a river fish. The surface of the fish is grilled with salt, while the belly is filled with the owner's special handmade miso paste, allowing you to enjoy two flavors at once.
Soba Salad
Yamame (mountain women)

Ome-Okutama Gozen, a local dish using seasonal ingredients

At Café Yamahato, you can enjoy dishes that use an abundance of local vegetables from season to season. You can enjoy the taste of the season, and furthermore, the cooking methods of the ingredients from Ome and Okutama are a treat of the day, as the vegetables, fish, and other ingredients picked each day are different. The homemade konnyaku, a Yamahato-style arrangement of a family dish passed down from generation to generation, was superb with yuzu (Japanese citron) kneaded into it! The meal we enjoyed this time included two kinds of okra (red and green) and several kinds of eggplant, allowing diners to enjoy a variety of ingredients in one meal.
Local vegetables
Homemade konnyaku

Calm and relaxing store interior

The interior of the restaurant is a very relaxing and cozy space with wood as the base tone. A part of the restaurant is also open as a gallery space, where works by artists living in Okutama are displayed. Furthermore, cute original stickers of Cafe Yamahato are available for purchase, and since it is located within a minute's walk of Hatonosu Station on the JR Ome Line, you can stop by for a break from mountain climbing or walking.
Inside Cafe Yamahato
Gallery space
Souvenir corner

At-home Cafe Yamahato

This popular café and inn has been run by a family for over 30 years in Ome and Okutama. The owner personally explains each dish on the menu, allowing you to enjoy your meal while conversing with the owner. Binoculars are available on the open terrace for bird watching, and if you are lucky, you may be able to see wild birds! Ome-Okutama Gozen" is available as dinner for guests of Yamahato Villa or as a set menu in the café (reservation required). Why don't you enjoy the food of Ome and Okutama while admiring the rich natural scenery?
Everyone at Cafe Yamahato
View from the terrace
"Cafe Yamahato" official website is here
"Ome City Tourism Association" official website is here
"Okutama Tourism Association" official website is here

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