"NEXCO EAST 6th New Menu Contest" Tokorozawa Block Qualifying Event Held

-Compete for special menus that make use of the East Japan network-

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November 29, 2011
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Kanto Regional Head Office
Nex-area Company Limited Tokorozawa Branch

NEXCO EAST Kanto Regional Head Office (Taito-ku, Tokyo) and Nexeria East Japan Tokorozawa Branch (Saitama Prefecture Tokorozawa-shi) aimed to increase chefs working at restaurants in the service area (SA) to develop menus and create unique restaurants. As part of the “Hana-making,” we will hold the “NEXCO EAST 6th New Menu Contest Tokorozawa Block Qualifying Session” with the theme of “Enjoy everyone's smile and smile everyone”.

At the Tokorozawa block qualifying event, six SA restaurants located in Saitama and Gunma prefectures on the Kan-Etsu Expressway competed for a safe and secure discerning menu with carefully selected ingredients by utilizing the network in the eastern Japan region. One of the stores selected for will challenge the final competition to be held in Tokyo next March.

1 Date and time

Tuesday, December 6, 2011 11:00-16:30

2 places

Lark Tokorozawa (see map)
2-2400-4 Hanazono, Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture

3 participants

Kan-Etsu Expressway Takasaka SA (up and down) Kamisato SA (up and down) Akagi Kogen SA (up and down)
6 restaurants in total

4 themes

"Enjoy everyone and make everyone smile"

The theme of this menu development was to utilize "East Japan" network and to develop "energy" and to "smile" with a safe and secure special menu with carefully selected ingredients.

5 conditions

(1) The works exhibited in the contest will be the menu for one person.
(2) The maximum selling price is 1,500 yen (tax included)
(3) In actual sales, we will also sell a small size menu

6 Examination method

The work of one store that won the grand prize after a tasting examination by 7 people such as cooking researcher Yoshiharu Doi and customer representative will be exhibited at the final competition (held on March 22, 2012 (Thursday)) ..

7 Other

If you can collect data, please contact us in advance.

[Last year's Tokorozawa block qualifying tournament first prize]

"Mizusawa Udon Family Ran Set" (Akagi Kogen SA Out-bound Line)

Enjoy the Mizusawa Udon, one of the three largest udon noodles in Japan, with Udon soup made from Gunma Prefecture's Joshu Pork, Yoshioka Town's 100-day Maitake and Showa Village's Onion. The broth and fragrance of the broth from Joshu pork is full of appetite. With a focus on local ingredients, colorful tempura is made into a skewer that is easy to eat with children. In addition, the Haruna chicken from the prefecture was cooked to a gentle taste that resembles a bag in the country. I would like everyone in the family to enjoy it.

Image image of Mizusawa udon family group set

[Guide map]
“Lark Tokorozawa” (10 minutes walk from Shin-Tokorozawa station on the Seibu Shinjuku line)
Address: 2-2400-4 Hanazono, Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture

Image of Lark Tokorozawa
  • If you are arriving by car, please ask as a staff member will guide you to the parking lot.

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