Bistro Ponsuke — Restaurant in Higashikawa

We came here twice during our stay in Higashikawa.

The first time, we walked in without a reservation and ordered the set of five tacos (vegetarian and regular). The chef prepares everything from scratch, including the tortillas, using local ingredients. Everything was delicious.

We enjoyed it so much that we booked a table for a course dinner two days later. That turned out to be a wonderful decision. The course meal was both deeply Mexican and Japanese: creative, thoughtful, and made with real heart.

It was a pleasure meeting the owners and getting to experience their food twice. A place that feels honest, personal, and...

What an awesome place. Not surprising that it had such good reviews. It is an assuming venue run by a lovely gentleman and he was an extremely good cook. It far surpassed expectations. He was able to change the menu on the fly and create relatively sophisticated and very authentic concoctions very quickly, including vegetarian dishes. . Everything from ground lamb to pulled pork to cheese quesadillas and everything inbetween. Strongly recommended. Even the tortillas were...

Great Japanese version of Mexican food, the owner looked stressed at times but we found out later his wife was away who normally handles all the english conversations. We had a good time and after the meal was done had a big conversation via google translate. He was so happy that we enjoyed his food so much, the home made bread was...