Run by Naoko Sakanashi, a trained Japanese chef, and her husband Kazunao, Vegesara Shokudo specializes in healthy dishes made from homegrown rice and vegetables and pesticide-free produce from trustworthy greengrocers. The trademark set meals, which change weekly, are packed with seasonal veggies. Choose the A set, which contains no eggs, dairy or meat, or the B set, which comes with free-range Akadori chicken or fish. Just want a quick nibble? Try the rice ball set, which comes with miso soup, or one of their raw cakes that are plant-based and have no carbs.
Menu: Japanese set meal (A) ¥1,050, Japanese set meal (B) ¥1,300, rice ball set ¥630, low-calorie sweets ¥340, steamed bread ¥150, organic matcha latte ¥550, milk chai ¥550
* Foreign language menu: None / Credit cards: Not accepted / Reservations: Possible / No smoking
Originally published in Fukuoka Now Magazine (fn254, Feb 2020)
