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NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office and Nex-area Company Limited Sapporo Branch (both in Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo) will announce the results of the "8th Ezo Deer Menu Contest" held on October 21 (Monday).
The highest award was decided on "Venison-style Ankake Rice" on the Out-bound
The original menu developed for this contest, including the award-winning menu, is on sale from October 22 (Tuesday). We also carry out a scratch card campaign where you can win a shopping ticket worth 100 yen for a limited time. Please take this opportunity to enjoy the menu using sika deer meat filled with the blessings of Hokkaido.

1 Award-winning menu

* For other exhibition menus and detailed information, please see the attached sheet [PDF: 539KB].​

Grand Prize Deer meat style ankake rice
Do-O Expressway Wattsu PA (Out-bound line towards Sapporo)

[Comment from Special Jury Noriyasu Aoyama (food producer "Kitchen Support Ao")]
Deer ground beef has a good umami taste, and because it is enjoyable to change the way you eat it, it looks good and is a cost-effective product.

Excellence Award Deer spicy noodles
Sasson Expressway Kanayama PA (both up and down lines)

Jury Special Award Ezo deer jar noodles
Hokkaido Expressway Iwamizawa SA (both up and down lines)

2 Outline of the contest

[1] Date and time
October 21 (Monday) 10: 30-14: 30

[2] Location
North Gas Cooking School Factory Class

[3] Jury

• "Kitchen Support Ao" Food Producer Noriyasu Aoyama (Noriyasu) (Special Jury)
• Vice Chairman of the General Association of Ezo Deer, Associate Professor of Dairy Gakuen University Hiromasa Igota (Judge)
• TV Hokkaido Co., Ltd. (TVh) Announcer Ayami Isoda (Judge)
• East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Hokkaido Regional Head Office General Planning Department Hidekazu Kikuchi (Judge)
• Nex-area Company Limited Sapporo Branch Manager Tetsuo Ban (Judge)

3 Purpose of this initiative

• Annually the 8th popular event this time
• Develop unique Hokkaido-specific menus by making effective use of Hokkaido deer, a natural resource

4 scratch card campaign

A scratch card campaign is underway for those who have ordered this contest's exhibition menu, including the award-winning menu.

[1] Card distribution period

October 22 (Tue) -December 31 (Tue)

[2] Card distribution place

Same as the selling location on the auction menu

[3] Winning content

100 yen shopping ticket that can be used for SA / PA in Hokkaido
* Not applicable: Doo-do Tarumae SA Seven-Eleven

5 Participation in "Deer's Day"

We agreed with "Deer's Day" and registered the SA / PA that participated in this contest as a participating store.

* Deer day
An activity sponsored by Hokkaido that sets the 4th Tuesday of every month as "Deer Day" and promotes the eating of Yezo deer to many people. For details, dedicated Website please look at.