Kyushu 2023 - Nagasaki Wagyu Lunch

 

Happy with our Gunkanjima excursion, we decided to break for lunch before going back to visit the Gunkanjima Digital Museum. We wandered around the area, and found ourselves wandering into Chinatown. Although we were sure we didn't want to eat any Chinese food, the prices of food in Chinatown was a lot more affordable. No doubt catering more to tourist, we eventually found a bbq shop selling Nagasaki Wagyu Beef. Since the price was acceptable, we decided to treat ourselves to a BBQ lunch here. And wow, what a nice ambiance it had! These days, I am not so shy about opening doors into the restaurant now, and it had opened up more dining options for me. Previously I used to feel like I might be intruding, or that I wasn't sure if it was even opened to public etc.

So it seems to be a set lunch shop, and indeed, you could order from the menu the different set lunches they offered. Their specialty was the Nagasaki Beef.

And this was displayed almost in every place and corner of the shop! Lol.

It was slightly after lunch time, and the shop wasn't that crowded. We were shown to a private dining room. I often wonder if this was deliberate because we were foreigners, or that the service was just good in a restaurant, lol. I can understand that sometimes it was easier for the restaurant to put their foreign guest at a certain area to serve them better.

The lunch menu that we ordered, two sets please!

I guess this was a yakiniku place? But I kept thinking it was so Korean. Us waiting for our food to be served and being super happy that we got a private room to dine in. The appetiser was a single strawberry, lol. It does sweeten the deal of the lunch menu!

Here are all the food served at once. It looked like a lot, but actually, it wasn't very filling. I meant that in the most positive way, it was a very healthy meal! And the beef was of course delicious! I love yakiniku! Mainly caused I love my meat (not restricted to beef) more on the raw side. I find it juicier. So in a yakiniku restaurant, it meant that I could cook it the way I like it :)

After lunch we wander back to the museum, and on the way there, we saw some cool buildings. I especially like this Portuguese inspired hotel that looked so classy from the outside. Nagasaki felt like such a mixed bag, influenced by so many foreign culture. The Chinatown was rather small though as compared to say, Yokohama Chinatown. Anyway, back to the Gunkanjima Digital Museum we went to continue on our learning of the unique island in the next post!