Results of "6th NEXCO EAST New Menu Contest" Final Contest

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) will hold the "6th NEXCO EAST New Menu Contest" final competition on March 22 (Thursday) at the Food Corporation Gakuin College Tokyo Cooking College (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) Did.

NEXCO EAST 's service areas and parking areas (SA/PA) offer unique local products such as local specialty products, locally grown vegetables, and local specialties that can only be eaten there. Aiming for service.

In this "6th NEXCO EAST New Menu Contest", 43 SA/PA restaurants like this are based on the theme of "Enjoy everyone's smiles-Special menu utilizing the network of East Japan" While focusing on consumption, utilizing the Expressway network, we developed a new menu incorporating special products of the East Japan region, and 10 chefs who have won the qualifying session in the 7 blocks of the East Japan region aim to win the championship in the final competition Is a competition.

At the final competition, Mr. Kenichi Chen, the representative of "Sichuan Hotel", was appointed as the chair of the judging committee, and as a result of the judgment by a total of 7 judges, the Grand Prix was Hirofumi Igarashi of Sendai Block Chojahara SA (In-bound line). ) The chef's work "Rockonsai-Miyagi's poem" has been decided (the prizes and the final competition participation menu are as follows).

The details of the final competition will be announced on the website.

Grand Prix

Photo	Block name/Area name/Chef name
	Menu name/tax included price (1) Writing goods (2) Points for "energy" and "smiles" (3) Points for carefully selected materials from East Japan
	[Representative of Sendai Block] Tohoku Expressway cho Chojahara SA (above) / Hirofumi Igarashi
	"Rokkonsai-Miyagi no Uta" 1,500 yen (1) Kurihara City Takashimizu red pepper mousse, Matsushima oyster jelly, Sanriku octopus and Miyagi tree porridge, Osaki pumpkin nest basket garnish, local vegetable pickles, long-awaited Watari-cho sea mussel With soup, Sendai Japanese black beef salad, cream cheese cream cheese from Osaki, and colorful sushi jelly (2) The “Rokutama Festival” was held in Sendai in July last year by Tohoku's six prefectures and received warm words of encouragement and support from people all over the country. In return, I made it so that I could show off the energetic appearance of Tohoku with the spirit of the six prefectures of Tohoku. Furthermore, when eating this menu for those who have been affected by the disaster and those who are working hard in the affected areas, we have created a cooking structure that will allow you to forget about the earthquake and smile with energy. We hope that agriculture and fisheries in the disaster-stricken area will recover quickly, so we decided to use the ingredients of the disaster-stricken area. (3) Due to the effects of the earthquake, octopus shells from Watari Town, Miyagi Prefecture are now produced in Hokkaido. We substitute the silver salmon from Onagawa in Miyagi prefecture for foreign products and the Kinka mackerel from Miyagi prefecture for Aomori prefecture. If local ingredients become available after the reconstruction, we will incorporate locally produced ingredients. ≪ On sale Sale time / 10:00 ~ 20:00 Limited 20 meals / day ≫
～Comment by the chef～ After the earthquake, I fell in April and could not return until October. Meanwhile, the encouragement of the company and all the staff protected the restaurant. We all want to be happy with this award. In addition, I would like to use this joy to bring smiles, gratitude, and energy to customers.

Jury Special Award (in no particular order)

Photo	Block name/Area name/Chef name
	Menu name/tax included price (1) Writing goods (2) Points for "energy" and "smiles" (3) Points for carefully selected materials from East Japan
	[Representative of Sendai Block] Tohoku Expressway Adara Tara SA (bottom)/Mitsui Tsukasa
	"Himawari Wappa Gozen-The Reconstruction Call" 1,480 yen (1) Sunflower wappa, steamed tororo, Asatsuki Nuta, simmered saury of sesame and fried rice, roasted duck, salad of jelly sauce, deep-fried skewers, soup, apple jelly (2) The main Wappa rice is in the shape of "sunflower" which is attracting attention as a reconstruction support project. I made it by imagining a figure that grows straight toward the sun. In addition, the sunflower's language, "I always look at you," puts the desire to cherish the bond between people and make them smile. For the dessert, bread that is in the shape of the "Kiseki Koboshi", which is also known as a symbol of Aizu's folk craft and is also known as a symbol of reconstruction, is placed on top of a jelly that resembles a slope, and the figure is shown step by step toward recovery. did. (3) Due to the effects of the earthquake, the pacific saury used for tsumi was replaced with the product originally produced in Sanriku instead of Hokkaido. The green seaweed used for deep-seasoning Hosotake is the domestic seaweed from Matsukawaura in Soma City. The peach pulp used for dessert jelly is also from Fukushima Prefecture, but peaches from all over Tohoku are used. After the reconstruction, I would like to proactively incorporate local products if local ingredients can be used. ≪On sale Sale time/11:00~21:00 Limited 20 meals/day≫
	[Mito/Keiyo block representative] Joban Expressway Michitobe SA (above) / Shinji Suganuma
	"Ibaraki Power-Let's try again-Nijiiro Tokiwaji Dream" 1,400 yen (1) Roast Modena style of Tsukuba Bi Pork, Sanriku seafood gratin, Aomori/Iwate salmon and how much Western-style Oyako-don, Hitachi beef tsukemen Okukuji hot egg, eastern Japanese spirit salad, Mito natto cheesecake And fruit (2) Ibaraki Prefecture (East Japan), which was heavily damaged by the earthquake, and 7 items of carefully selected wonderful ingredients (rainbow image). "Hitachi beef" recommended by Ibaraki Prefecture, new brand "Tsukuba Bibuta" that first appeared in the service area, "Oku Kuji egg", "Mito natto", "Kinu no wave (prefecture wheat)", "Melon" We use safe ingredients that make the producer's face visible, and I want customers to smile with the power of Ibaraki and Eastern Japan. (3) Utilizing the network of fisheries companies in the Tohoku region, which were taken care of at the time of the reopening on December 15, 2010, how much Miyagi prefecture salmon, Aomori scallop and anko, Iwate salmon, You can enjoy strawberries from Tochigi Prefecture at a safe and affordable price. ≪ Scheduled to start selling on March 30 Sale time/11:00~20:00 Limited 20 meals/day≫
	[Representative of Utsunomiya Block] Tohoku Expressway Nasu Highlands SA (below) / Akira Kuraishi
	"Hanagogozen-Oshu Kaido" 1,500 yen (1) Sanriku oyster fried, raw yuba, winter melon soboro bean paste, Tochigi dream pork miso grill, sushi, mozzarella cheese tamarizuke, kiritanpo soup, shiratamazuda (2) We prepared dishes of each Tohoku prefecture and local Tochigi like petals, and finished the dishes so that the customers who ordered them would feel brilliant. We use carefully selected materials that are safe and secure, and we will make it with time and effort. (3) We have carefully selected ingredients from "Miyagi", "Iwate", and "Aomori" along the "Oshu Kaido" from the entrance "Nasu" in the Tohoku region. ≪ Scheduled to start sales on March 31 Sale time/11:00~20:00 Limited 20 meals/day≫

Final competition participation menu

Photo	Block name/Area name/Chef name
	Menu name/tax included price (1) Writing goods (2) Points for "energy" and "smiles" (3) Points for carefully selected materials from East Japan
	[Morioka block representative] Tohoku Expressway Shiwa SA (above) / Kenichi Baba (Kenichi Baba)
	"Iwate Niji no Kakehashi" 1,380 yen (1) Iwate Prefecture Shirokane pork delicious salted samgyeopsal, rainbow-colored colorful vegetable sushi, eat! Rice cracker soup, Ibaraki sweet potatoes and Sendai Aburamafu salted koji, salmon and colorful vegetable cocktails, Japanese sweets with cold noodles (2) The source of "energy" is meat! Considering that, the menu structure is mainly for yakiniku. We have a variety of colorful ingredients, and you can enjoy it visually, and instead of drinking rice cracker soup, which is a local dish, we created it with the image of eating it.・Added a sense of play to the quest. (3) In order to make the whole eastern Japan more healthy and to help each other in their recovery, we used ingredients from other prefectures such as Ibaraki sweet potatoes, Yamagata tea beans, and Aomori chopsticks. ≪On sale Sale time/11:00～20:00 Limited 20 meals/day≫
	[Morioka block representative] Tohoku Expressway Iwateyama SA (bottom) / Tokio Ohara (Tokio Obara)
	"Iwate Tankaku Wagyu and Mountain Roku no Megumi" 1,280 yen (1) Iwate Tankaku Wagyu's porcelain plate, rice with rice, grated yam root, lily root croquettes, yam salad, chopped tofu mushroom sauce, rice cracker (2) In the vicinity of the area located at the foot of Mt. Iwate, you can collect a lot of potatoes, mukago, spinach, lily roots, etc., which are sources of energy to enhance nutritional strength. In addition, Iwate Tankaku Wagyu, a representative Japanese Iwate beef, is deliciously cooked and provided so that not only the customers who eat it, but also the local farmers and dairy farmers who grow it can smile with energy. It was. (3) I would like to appeal to the goodness of Iwate by letting customers from other prefectures know about Iwate's representative ingredients, local ingredients that are unfamiliar, and local cuisine. ≪ On sale Sale time / 10:00 ~ 20:00 Limited 20 meals / day ≫
	[Utsunomiya block representative] Tohoku Expressway Nasu Kogen SA (above) / Keiji Watanabe (Keiji Watanabe)
	""Nadeshiko no Nadeshiko"-Ranman Hana Tsuzumi-" 1,280 yen (1) Kirifuri Kogen beef steak with vegetable sauce, Nasu pork and radish balsamic black vinegar sauce, Iwate chicken cream crouton balls, jujuyu chili sauce dip with wasabi greens, Nasu Kogen boiled tofu Sichuan style, Tochigi Wagyu ham salad dressing Jelly, medicinal porridge, healthy okoge soup, salted koji pickled Nasu vegetables, blueberry dessert (2) I want you to get better from your body. And smile... We put that feeling into our dishes and carefully finished each item. We devise a combination of ingredients and use plenty of ingredients that have the effects and effects that lead to recovery of energy such as fatigue recovery, mental stability and eyesight recovery. With the colorful arrangement, you can enjoy it visually. (3) Crouton balls are a combination of juicy and sweet Iwate chicken combined with ingredients from Nasu. We would like to appeal the delicious ingredients of the Tohoku region, boost the tourism, and use it to support reconstruction efforts. ≪ Scheduled to start sales in late July due to renewal work Sale time/Undecided Limited 20 meals/day≫
	[Tokorozawa block representative] Kan-Etsu Expressway Akagi Plateau SA (below) / Hiroshi Amano (Amano Hiroshi)
	"Genki Morimori! Tohoku and Gunma Aimori Rizen” 1,480 yen (1) Mizusawa udon (cold), Aizu soba (cold), Haruna chicken Sendai miso sauce, Harako rice, Kozuyu style soup, Gunma prefecture pork special broth, taro potato bun, Kawabamura grated apple jelly (2) Eat pork containing a large amount of vitamin B1 which is said to be effective in recovering from fatigue and apples containing citric acid to restore energy! It has a wide variety of contents that allow you to eat meat, fish and vegetables in a well-balanced manner. (3) We mainly use local ingredients from Gunma Prefecture, but we were able to purchase "Sendai Miso" and "Aizu Soba" from the service area in Fukushima Prefecture. We want you to taste not only the local ingredients but also the ingredients from Tohoku. ≪On sale Sale time/11:00~21:00 Limited 20 meals/day≫
	[Niigata Block Representative] Hokuriku Expressway Yoneyama SA (above) / Kenichi Kageyama
	"Let's go fine! !! Eastern Japan "Yume Hyakukei" 1,480 yen (1) Yoneyama sirloin rice, Iburigakko, Suppon dumpling soup, Sado silver salmon roll, Echigo pork rolls, Gyoza burdock, Nagaimo plum meat sauce, fig jelly (2) We carefully selected foods with high nutritional value so that customers who eat can be energized. Suppin contains amino acids, yam contains amylase, umeboshi contains citric acid, and silver salmon contains nucleic acids. In addition, I chose food ingredients because I thought that a smile is born from being healthy. (3) Mainly Suppon, which was cultivated in Ibaraki Prefecture, with the Akita Iburi and Tonburi as well as the Hokkaido scallops. ≪Scheduled to start selling on March 27 Sale time/11:00~20:00 Limited 20 meals/day≫
	[Representative of Nagano Block] Nagano Michitoba SA (bottom) / Chiaki Miyazawa (Miyazawa Chiaki)
	"Azumino Tour" Ohisama's laugh (Emi) 1,500 yen (1) Temari sushi, tempura platter, shamisen soba, steamed savory chicken sake, soup, soba tea gelato (2) Like the protagonist of the TV drama that was aired from April 2011, "don't forget to smile and illuminate the surroundings at all times" has such charm and effect, and smiles unintentionally to customers I have put that thought into each menu. (3) Sticking to the appeal of local ingredients, we mainly used materials from the nearby Azumino and Akashina areas. ≪On sale Sale time/11:00～20:00 Limited 20 meals/day≫

*Sales times and sales quantities are subject to change.