あるところ — Restaurant in Karatsu

Just came from the most intoxicating dinner at Arutokoro. If you've never been to Kyushu, there are many reasons to go there. But this restaurant gave me a reason to come back again and again.

It may sound overstated, but this was the best dining experience I've had in decades... perhaps ever! I can't decide which of the nine or ten courses was best. That would be like asking which of your ten children was best. It was just a reverberation of textures and flavors and, above all, effortless finesse. All in the most beautiful of physical circumstances - a great old machiya restored by the hand of the very person cooking and serving.

Honestly...and I mean honestly...it almost made me cry. If you are dying and want one memorable culinary experience, get on a train to Karatsu!! You'll get to...

We ate here in 2018 for lunch.

My husband still thinks about this meal. It's simple ingredients at their height of flavor treated with dignity and refinement. It's not flashy but speaks to the soul of the ingredients. We came away enchanted. At the same time it doesn't have that air of seriousness that restaurants who specialize in this type of food can have. There was a group of ladies in a the private room having a ball! The chef is playing homage to the ingredients but wants you to enjoy it, not worship it.

We came here.by taxi but took a very long walk to the local train station to get back to the main...

It was a great experience. Most of the ingredients are from local Saga area. Although the dishes are simple but absolutely delicious. The chef and his wife are really nice and provided great food and services. Highly recommend this place if you ever drop by Saga. This place is kind of hard to access and you better have a rental car...