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About this place
The lunch seafood bowl is a good choice if you enjoy seeing what the day’s catch brings. Diners have reported bowls topped with bonito, yellowtail, prawns, negitoro (minced tuna with spring onion) and mekabu (a type of seaweed), among other things; the fish and combinations vary from day to day. Some say the sashimi covered the rice, while others mention generously thick slices. The seafood bowl is listed at ¥1,100; the limited-quantity fresh bluefin tuna bowl is ¥1,600, and the salmon and salmon roe bowl is ¥1,100. The latter comes with Norwegian salmon, soy-marinated salmon roe and negitoro. The three-colour bowl combines bluefin tuna, salmon and negitoro, while the seared three-colour bowl also includes white-fleshed fish.
For a more focused serving of sashimi, consider the set meal, also offered in limited quantities. It is listed at ¥1,100, with the selection changing daily. Diners have reported receiving several kinds of sashimi alongside negitoro, mekabu and agedashi tofu (lightly battered tofu in broth), making it a different way to enjoy the seafood than the rice bowls. Several people have also mentioned the arajiru, a miso soup made with fish scraps. Pair it with a seafood bowl or set meal to round out lunch.
In the evening, Ponta Shokudo takes on the feel of an izakaya, with sashimi platters and fried raw octopus among the dishes to share over sake. Some diners have enjoyed a sashimi platter and fried octopus with beer; others particularly liked the fried raw octopus. The menu centres on seafood and small plates, and the sake selection spans breweries from Aomori to Kyushu. There are also tasting sets organised around themes, such as dry sake or Tabika sake. Whether you want to choose a drink to go with your food or make the meal itself the focus, lunch and dinner offer distinct ways to dine.
