Yakitori bento

 "Yakitori bento"

Do you know yakitori bento?

It is sold at the “Hasegawa store” in Hakodate.

The store has 13 locations, and the most famous of them is the first store, the Nakamati branch. This branch has a large car park and access is easy.

Look at this picture it is a “yakitori bento “. 

If you know “yakitori”, you may be confused because many people think “yakitori” is made of chicken. However, “yakitori bentos” use pork. Actually, almost people who live in the southern part of Hokkaido call pork skewers “yakitori “(grilled chicken). The reason is that the southern part of Hokkaido has had a lot of pig farms, so people get a pork cheaper than chicken. Therefore, people call pork “yakitori “. Pork is good for when your body feelsL tired.

Now, I will show you the history of “yakitori bentos” in Hakodate. In 1978, when Hasegawa Fumio, the chairman of the “Hasegawa store “, was  working the register, a customer said to him, “Are there any bentos”? This was the trigger of the “ yakitori bento “, and Hasegawa Fumio made a bento immediately with a rice ball and “yakitori”.

The most popular flavour of “yakitori bento” is dipping sauce. Actually, “yakitori bentos “ has a secret ingredient. It is a little garlic. The flavor is very appetizing!! Also, the staff in the “ Hasegawa store “ spray “Hakodate wine “ on yakitori , which is red wine, to soften the “yakitori “.

The yakitori bento container also has a unique device.

There are some grooves on the edge of the container, so you can pull out the skewers easily and eat grilled pork with rice and “Nori”.(Seafood)

The “Hasegawa store “ does not sell only “yakitori bentos “, but also curry bread, “katsudon”, and original T-shirts.

If you visit Hakodate, I strongly recommend you to go “Hasegawa store “ and eat a “yakitori bento “.