Tokachi Butadon Ippin Flagship Store — Restaurant in Obihiro

Lines can get long at Tokachi Ippin in Obihiro. It’s popular, especially on long weekends and especially for lunch. Is it worth the wait? Yeah, I think so, simple food done well.

The speciality is sauce butadon rice bowls. People don’t go there for anything else. Honestly when it’s busy, I think is when the meat is best. Grilled just enough. If the chef isn’t busy, he’s more likely to over cook it.

The pork is charcoal grilled giving it the distinctive barbecue flavor. The sauce is light. They have both shichimi spice and sansho Szechuan pepper to add some spice, i recommend a little of both.

Service is fast and friendly. If there is a line, get your name on the list near the counter as soon as you can. Especially if you’re a small group, you may get seated at the counter (my preference anyway) ahead of...

We each got the butadon with 2 parts. The pork was chargrilled well, and sauce that it came with delicious. If you like it, it is also available for purchase in a bottle for you to bring home. There are various serving sizes available (more meat, more rice, more meat + more rice) which you can choose to suit your appetite. The menu was available in English, Chinese, Korean and Thai. Payment options available were cash or credit card. Parking available right outside the store. There was no wait when we got there at around 7pm, but the place filled up quickly at...

The store design is in low profile and I was offered a seat facing the stove and watched transparently how the chef roasted the pork chops on top of burning charcoal. Of course the seasoning/source they marinated the pork chops is key to make them so successful, but the freshness and the quality of pork meat keep it moist, tender and delicious! The whole cooking process is very simple but the taste is impressive. Also the rice is from local farm makes the combination a signature here. Highly...