Kaisendon Umedo Sapporo Store — Restaurant in Sapporo

Before leaving Hokkaido, had enough of grilled crab, crab sashimi. I wanted to eat crab tempura! After some research, this shop looks promising.

I’ve had plenty of katsudon, tendon, all kinds of donburi but crab tempura bowl is definitely a rare menu. It cost about 3900 yen which is reasonable for me! Where else you gonna find premium crab tempura donburi, other than Hokkaido?

Crab tempura tasted very fresh and sweet. The batter perfectly light and crispy. Savory rich donburi sauce also delicious with Japanese rice, slightly sweet (gladly not too sweet). Overall, it’s a very premium donburi for the price. 2 big crab claws tempura along with 4 crab legs tempura. Miso soup with crab also divine, very comforting during Winter weather.

I wish to try more seafood dishes like crab gratin, grilled salmon belly set meal but I could only eat so much for breakfast.

Service is pretty alright. All the aunties were friendly. I’m happy to spent 4000+ yen here for such premium...

Half a kilo of hairy crab was 10,000 yen. Live boiled for you. I can't tell any difference between how this hairy crab tasted compared to frozen snow crab legs (which are way cheaper). Pretty much a waste of money.

The rice bowl with 6 seafood items was 2980 yen. There were 2 pieces of tuna, 2, pieces of salmon, 2 pieces of scallop of scallop, 2 teaspoons of uni, 2 teaspoons of salmon roe (ikura), and a bit of crab meat. White rice tasted nothing (not vinegar rice). It's too small for the price, everything fit in a slightly larger than typical soup bowl.

Crab miso soup was probably the best item here.

Food in Osaka is way better...

Visited on December 4 and 5. They had live King crabs and Hanasaki crabs. You could have the crabs boiled, grilled, or half and half. Texture of the crabs was flaky and sweet. Highly recommend to try the crabs here, but scallops and oysters are not recommended because they are a bit small and pricy. Staffs who were in charge of crab price negotiation in front spoke English. After we decided how to cook the crab, without us asking, the female staff offered to let us hold a big crab for picture taking. The chef provided us a pot of hot tea after observing us kept refilling the hot tea. That's service...