Asahi An

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Asahi An offers a unique curry called Kitamoto Tomato Curry featuring delicious tomatoes which are a specialty produce of the City of Kitamoto in Saitama Prefecture. The curry is Saitama’s B-kyu gourmet or B-class gourmet (casual, inexpensive regional food). In order to be called Kitamoto Tomato Curry, it has to have tomatoes to be in the curry roux as well as in the rice and in the toppings. Asahi An gives it a unique twist by adding a mini hamburger. This is a very popular dish and draws in many regulars. This friendly and casual restaurant offers an authentic soba menu as well.

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Regional Specialty Food and Authentic Soba

This restaurant is known for Kitamoto Tomato Curry which is a regional dish of the city. They use local Kitamoto Tomatoes in the curry. They have a wide variety of items on the menu including soba noodle from their sister city in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Kitamoto Tomato Curry Topped with a Mini Hamburger Infused with Tomatoes

To make the curry, they saute tomatoes and rice with butter and use generous amounts of tomatoes in the roux. They even incorporate tomatoes in the mini hamburger that sits on top. This tomato-centric dish, Kitamoto Tomato Curry (600 yen), is their signature offering. The mild curry sauce has a gentle tartness from the tomatoes. The dish is served with a miso soup on the side.

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An Authentic Soba Menu is Also Available

The restaurant offers an authentic soba menu as well. They use famous soba called Noriyori Soba from Fukushima Prefecture. Their Nihachisoba no Tenmori (950 yen) features thin, flavorful noodles and comes with shrimp, sillago (small fish), sweet potato and wild vegetable tempura.