Restaurant Terrace Ronde, inside BELLINO HOTEL, is where you can enjoy lunch or dinner in Ichinoseki. From casual lunches to full-course dinners, we offer both French and Japanese cuisine.
A distinguishing feature of Terrace Ronde is its use of locally sourced ingredients.
We’d like to introduce the local vegetables used at Terrace Ronde.
This time it’s “somen squash” (somen kabocha). It’s not a very common type of squash, so some of you may never have seen one.
We’ll show you what somen squash really looks like, along with the way our restaurant prepares it!!
Try It at Restaurant Terrace Ronde in Ichinoseki! Somen Squash
What is somen squash?
It’s a vegetable called “kinshi-uri” (golden thread melon), also known as somen-uri or ito-kabocha.
In English, it’s apparently called “spaghetti squash.”
Just as the name suggests, it’s a squash that separates into noodle-like strands!
This is somen squash.
From here, it transforms into something like somen noodles.
After cutting the squash into pieces and removing the seeds and pulp, it’s boiled.
Once boiled, the flesh is separated into strands!
It smoothly comes apart into noodle-like strands.
This time it appears in a French dish. Sautéed somen squash as a side to the main course!
We arranged it to evoke the image of a bountiful autumn.
With its mild flavor and crisp texture, somen squash is perfect as this kind of side dish.
It brings out the best in the main course.
Restaurant Terrace Ronde in Ichinoseki! After Somen Squash Comes Nanbu Ichiro Squash
Somen squash is said to be in season during summer.
Its peak season is coming to an end soon.
But please look forward to what’s next.
Terrace Ronde has the next squash ready for you!!
Here’s our recommended menu featuring squash
★September-Only Menu
“Nanbu Ichiro Squash,” with its high sugar content and rich, sticky texture!
In our September-only menu, we prepare this Nanbu Ichiro squash as a soup.
Where the Squash Used at Restaurant Terrace Ronde in Ichinoseki Comes From!
This squash is grown in Honji, a place overflowing with nature at the foot of Mt. Kurikoma (Mt. Sukawa).
The Honji district of Genbi-cho, Ichinoseki, is home to the Honedera-mura Shoen Ruins, an original landscape of Japan’s farming villages.
The vegetables grown with love by local farmers are exquisite.
★Introducing Hondera Vegetables
★Recommended for Sightseeing! Honedera-mura Shoen Ruins
