Local Cuisine KADOYA — Restaurant in Matsuyama

The restaurant is at B1 but it's pretty bright and clean, and there is no basement smell at all. The two major dishes are Uwjima style sea bream set and Uwjima style samon set, both demonstrate good flavors and fresh ingredients. Samon set is somehow quite special, as pouring samon sauce, the specially curated cold miso sauce, on hot rice is an unexpected but desirable experience.

The jacoten, also known as fish cake, is served with a hibachi grill and the flavor is greatly enhanced and elevated with the jacoten being grilled to your preference. The aroma from the grill is indeed sensational. Another jewel in Kadoya is the skin-grilled bonito, which is one of the best bonito dishes I have ever tasted. The chargrilled skin of bonito really adds complexity and depth to the flavor of it, and it's an indeed unforgettable experience that the utmost harmony can be created from the combination of raw bonito and grilled skin.

The service here is also great as we are not familiar with Japanese, and the staff, as well as one of the chefs, all tried to figure out a way to understand our request and made our dining experience here more enjoyable. We appreciate their efforts indeed! By the way, the English menu is provided here so it should not be a problem just ordering your...

We were a little unsure since the menu on the top of the stairs was only in Japanese and it said something about a ticket machine. However don't let that scare you away. Even though the ticket machine seems to be Japanese only. Once you get your ticket you will be brought into a real nice Japanese style restaurant. Meaning you have to take off your shoes and get a table with privacy screen. They even have an English menu for the main dishes. You call the waiter to your table through a button. They are very friendly and fast. We had set menus for Taimeshi, which was great. The setting of all the small bowls was nice to look at and they even had a sheet to explain how to eat it. The food itself was very delicious! I can only recommend this restaurant and I guess it has many visitors in the prime time. Since it seems that the local people were eating there too, which is always a good sign...

Strongly recommended to try their Tai Meshi. I was wondering this area trying to find late night dinner and happened to stop by here. I didn’t find out this place is famous for Tai Neshi til a week later lol the dipping sauce was SO good. Very strong bonito flavor so not recommended for people who doesn’t like fishy flavor. The quality of sashimi was amazing and the service was very nice too. I even bought the dipping sauce to take it home. If you are looking for a place to try their traditional food in this area,...