Sapporo Kaisedon at Nijo Market

I remember this as the first morning in Sapporo. Our plan was to go have a nice Kaisedon at the nearest market. There are a few markets in Sapporo, and Nijo Market was the nearest one from where we stayed. We actually came back here again just before our trip end to have lunch. So what I'll do now is write three post on Kaisedon: One on Breakfast an Nijo, One on another breakfast/lunch at another market a few station away, and lastly, Lunch back at Nijo Market. But first, the sight of the first photo, isn't it beautiful? This was the road we had to cross from the famous shopping street to the market area. And it was covered in snow on our first morning there. 

In fact the market area was quite a sight! Everything was just buried in snow. We saw one scooter totally covered up in snow. And people were shoving the snow up in piles to make kinda like a snow wall path for people.

Above is what it looked like crossing the road. Even the traffic lights are half covered in snow. 

Nijo Market is actually a seafood market, and you can buy fresh or dried seafood here. But we came here mainly for Kaisendon. You can walk around the market, or venture deep inside and you may come across a few small restaurant serving this. Above is a menu of the one we visited. It was rather crowded, and the price was ok. The place wasn't as big as Tsukiji Market, but we're not people who like to frequent touristy area anyway. Small and unknown was fine for us. Besides, this was Sapporo, how non-touristy can it get.

Alcoholic drinks were also serve, morning or night, rain or shine. 

But in the end, we settle for the "Today's Special" at 2680Yen! That's like SGD30 for breakfast! Or was it lunch. But it was quite a good deal, considering how much uni that came with it!

We also ordered one serving of sake, and it was the first time we saw it serve in the sake box, overflowing and all. Very pretty. 

So here is what our full meal look like. Hot tea was served complimentary. But the rice, omg the rice. Look at the amount of ikura (fish roe), and uni (sea urchin) on that rice!!! Total worth it! 

I ordered a size of kanimiso (crab miso soup) as well, cause I felt like treating myself, and since we're in hokkaido! Above is what was served! Huge crab sitting inside! It was delicious! I think it cost around 250Yen, or around SGD5. Totally worth it!