At "Catering and Banquet Dining Restaurant Iwaki" (hereafter referred to as "Iwaki") in Naganuma-cho, many customers arrive as soon as the restaurant opens every day, and the restaurant is soon full. Customers are looking for the "four major rice bowls," each of which has too much impact on the other. What kind of rice bowls are they!

Iwaki opened in 1979. One day, when the restaurant became known as a favorite local eatery, the owner suddenly had an idea. He thought, "Wouldn't it be better to make the prawns in the ebi-tendon bowl bigger so that they would cover the bowl? And he did.
So he came up with the "Ooebi Tendon" (bowl of rice topped with five large prawns), but a customer asked him, "Isn't this a loss?" I decided to change the name to "Deficit bowl" and started to sell it.
The bowl is not only visually impressive, but also reasonably priced with a large volume! It was a bowl of rice that was prepared for a loss, and it quickly became the restaurant's signature menu item. This was the beginning of the "4 major rice bowls" in Iwaki. Let's take a look at the four major rice bowls one by one to see what they are all about.
The first one is "Deficit bowl" (1,595 yen including tax). The large prawns lined up in a tight row are very appetizing, and it is still the most popular item on the menu. Ebi-ten lovers can't get enough of this dish!
The "Kurojidon" (1705 yen including tax) is limited to 15 servings a day. Although it is called Kurojitsu, it is no different from the Deficit Bowl in that it is made without regard to profitability. On the contrary, it is quite a bargain as it comes with five large snow crab claws and legs tempura on top.
"Since we have red and black, let's make white too!" The "Shiroji-don" (1,350 yen including tax) is the result of this idea. Two extra-large pieces of teriyaki pork shoulder are topped with wasabi mayonnaise. It is a beautifully colored dish.
And lastly, the "Kiro Don" (1,300 yen including tax) was born. This reads "kiro-don" in Japanese. A large pork cutlet topped with demi-sauce and even a fried egg. And now you may have noticed. The name of the bowl matches the color of the bowl and tray!
We visited the restaurant with several people and shared all the bowls, and they were all delicious. The batter was crispy, the sauce tasted good, and we were full and happy.

The four major rice bowls are worth waiting in line for, so be sure to give them a try when you visit Naganuma.

<Catering, banquets, meals, Iwaki
Location: 1-6-30 Chuo-minami, Naganuma-cho, Hokkaido
Phone: 0123-88-0122