かなわ ekie店 — Restaurant in Hiroshima

Wanted to find out what Hiroshima's oysters were about and chanced about this humble establishment housed in the food arcade in the first level of Ekie departmental store at Hiroshima train station.

We had the Gustatory box where there were three types of meat; Oysters, Conger Eel and Steak. All the meats were great with the oyster standing out as plum and not 'metallic' as some tend to be. The other was the set which had the Oyster Dote-nabe as the highlight - it was a miso based broth with oysters and assorted vegetables. Rich, creamy and very generous in the ingredients.

A tad pricey but was good quality and worth the try if you're around the area. The staff were also very attentive and although they made a mistake to our order,...

I usually don’t leave comment but their staff don’t take customers seriously. They missed my order (the menu said it takes 15min to prepare so I wasn’t hurrying to chase for it) until I found out. I told the girl who took the order that she missed my order and I heard the other staff who understands better English saying “it doesn’t matter” to her. I don’t even get a proper apology. I’ve waited for more than half an hour. It’s ok to make mistakes but it’s not the...

We wanted to eat oysters in Hiroshima, so we found this place and ordered a set that included raw oysters, grilled oysters, fried oysters, shabu-shabu oysters, and oyster rice. After that we ordered oyster tempura and oyster ajillo. As we were staying in a hotel that didn’t include meals, we were glad that we could eat creative...