Speaking of Esquerre in Yamaguchi-cho, it’s famous for hamburgers!
When I passed by Esquerre, I noticed something being sold out front~
I was curious, so I got out of the car to take a look, and it turned out to be a tofu shop called Hara Shoten!
Every Friday from 15:00 to 17:00, for just two hours, they set up outside Esquerre.
Healthy, good-for-you tofu is a must-have item on Japanese dining tables, isn’t it~
So of course, I couldn’t leave without buying some.
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Products from the tofu shop “Hara Shoten”
Here’s what they had in their lineup~↓↓
Atsuage, oage-san, ganmo, yose-dofu, tofu, and natto
The yose-dofu comes in two types: “basic enden nigari” and “deep seawater nigari.”
Apparently, the way the tofu sets and its flavor are totally different depending on the nigari!
For tofu, there are three kinds: silken, firm, and soft firm.
Their ganmo is made with “carrot,” “burdock root,” “sesame,” “shiitake mushrooms,” and “ginkgo nuts,” with “yam” used as a binder!
There’s so much packed in there~😀
What we bought from the tofu shop “Hara Shoten”
Here’s what we chose↓↓
When you eat the yose-dofu as is, you get the pure flavor of the tofu! Wow, it’s so delicious!
Adding a little salt brought out the sweetness and made it even better~
This is the natto. It’s carefully selected by Hara Shoten.
The umami of the natto! The bean flavor really comes through, and it’s so good~
Even kids who don’t like natto might be able to eat this! It doesn’t smell strong!
For the silken tofu, we topped it with crispy jako!
The tofu flavor is so rich, sweet, and delicious~!!
The ingredient-packed ganmo released the aroma of shiitake mushrooms the moment I split it with chopsticks, and it had soaked up the broth beautifully. So delicious~
By the way, this ganmo absorbs a lot of broth and gets about 1.5 times bigger.
When you simmer it, make sure to use plenty of broth.
As expected, tofu from a tofu shop is delicious!
I want to eat it again~!!
It’s also great that you can buy tofu from Hyogo Ward, Kobe City, right here in Nishinomiya!!
Apparently, some people even come from far away just to buy it~
Store information for the tofu shop “Hara Shoten”
This is Hara Shoten, a tofu shop located in the Higashiyama Shopping Street in Hyogo Ward, Kobe City.
Every Friday from 15:00 to 17:00, they set up outside Esquerre for just two hours!
The third son of Hara Shoten will tell you all about their tofu~
Hara Shoten’s instagram
They also appear at the Teshigoto Market in Minatogawa Park and the
FARMERS MARKET held on Saturday mornings at Higashi Yuenchi.
Esquerre is here↓↓
Esquerre has been featured on Nishitsu before😃
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