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title: Grill Otsuka
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journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/kanazawa/
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# Grill Otsuka

Places we stopped along the way　/　Kanazawa, Ishikawa

A Western-style diner founded in 1957, often introduced as the birthplace of hanton rice. Hanton rice is a Kanazawa favorite of ketchup rice under fluffy egg, topped with fried seafood, ketchup and tartar sauce. The name is said to join "Han" from Hungary with "thon," French for tuna.

2-9-15 Katamachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa

## This moment in the journey: Hanton rice

For Kanazawa's champion of B-grade comfort food, hanton rice, I went to Grill Otsuka. Ketchup rice under fluffy egg, topped with fried seafood and smothered in ketchup and tartar sauce.

Its curious name, I learned, joins "Han" from Hungary with "thon," the French word for tuna. Spoon in hand, I savored a taste loved by the locals.

![Hanton rice topped with tartar sauce and ketchup](https://karigurashijourney.com/img/kanazawa/s159-1200.jpg)
- Sources: https://allabout.co.jp/gm/gc/451137/
- Sources: https://rurubu.jp/andmore/spot/80016636
- Sources: http://www.post.japanpost.jp/enjoy/culture/stamp/times/2022_12/

Read this scene in the full journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/kanazawa/