About "1st NEXCO EAST New Menu Contest"
-Chen Jian-ichi and Daniel Karl are judges! ~
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February 15, 2007
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Chairman of the Board: Shigejiro Yagi) provides local specialty products, locally harvested vegetables, and regional specialties that can only be eaten there, with the key word of "flower making". We aim to provide unique services depending on the location conditions of each SA/PA.
In order to strengthen the “flower making” of “food”, this time, a contest for foods with the theme of regional color “1st NEXCO EAST New Menu Contest” will be judged We will hold Daniel Karl and others as follows.
The 10 works exhibited in this contest are all excellent works that have passed the qualifying rounds in each region, and compete for the prestigious grand prix.
The menus that will be on display at this contest will be available from April in each restaurant, except for seasonal menus.
1 Date and time
March 7, 2007 (Wednesday) 11:30-16:00
2 venue
Educational Corporation Food Academy Tokyo Cooking College (7-11-11 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku)
3 themes
"Hana-zukuri" Creative cuisine with a variety of regions
4 Judge
Mr. Kenichi Chen (Sichuan Restaurant), Mr. Daniel Karl (talent), Mr. Kazuyuki Aoshima (Tokyo Cooking College) and 7 others
5 sellers
| Block name | Area name | Exhibitor | Work name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morioka/Sendai | Tohoku Expressway In-bound Line Sugo PA (Murata Town, Miyagi Prefecture) | Green Green Co., Ltd. | Flower reading four seasons Saizen (I finished the dishes using seasonal ingredients of Miyagi) |
| Tohoku Expressway Out-bound Line Chojahara SA (Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture) | Naruko Kanko Hotel Co., Ltd. | Healthy Gozen Miyagi Shirome Zanmai (Miyagi Shirome soybeans are a collaboration of "Japanese" and "West") | |
| Tohoku Expressway In-bound Mt. Iwate SA (Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture) | Hachimantai Tourism Co., Ltd. | "La fusion" of Sanriku and Hachimantai (French course using Sanriku's seasonal ingredients and Hachimantai "Tochu Tea Pork") | |
| Niigata/Nagano | Hokuriku Expressway In-bound Line Yoneyama SA (Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture) | Echigo Transportation Co., Ltd. | Gotsutsuzen "Third floor" (The local cuisine "Sasa sushi" is arranged in a modern style) |
| Hokuriku Expressway Out-bound line Yoneyama SA (Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture) | Yoneyama Tourism Co., Ltd. | Fukuura Hakkei, Iso no Kagozen (The sea scent is made from sea bream and seaweed from Kashiwazaki) | |
| Utsunomiya/Mito | Tohoku Expressway Out-bound Line Hasuda SA (Hasuda City, Saitama Prefecture) | Japan Food Management Co., Ltd. | Aya and lotus flower (It is a dish that uses plenty of ingredients (pork, chicken, vegetables) from Saitama. |
| Tohoku Expressway In-bound line Nasu (Nasu) SA (Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture) | Bifuku Shoji Co., Ltd. | Nasu Kogen Forest Poetry (This is a dish that focuses on local ingredients including the main Tochigi beef) | |
| Joban Expressway In-bound Line Tomobe SA (Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture) | Tobu Food Service Co., Ltd. | Yuka Bento (Local foods such as rose pork are finished in kaiseki-style bento) | |
| Tokorozawa and Keiyo | Kan-Etsu Expressway In-bound Line Kamisato SA (Kamizato, Saitama Prefecture) | Royal Holdings Co., Ltd. | Joshu village blessing set (Akagi beef yakiniku, which is a dish that gives you a taste of Josyu Uesato) |
| Kan-Etsu Expressway Out-bound Line Takasaka SA (Higashimatsuyama City, Saitama Prefecture) | Japan Food Management Co., Ltd. | Aya no Tama Box (We devised so that the ingredients from Saitama can be healthy) |
*General visitors are not allowed to enter this contest.
*Contents of judges, etc. are subject to change.
[Status of district qualifying competition]
