Dec 27, 2013 - 1 min read

Fukui Izakaya "Mekara Uroko"

Farm-fresh vegetables & fishes in stylish atmosphere

By Takako Sakamoto

Community writer

Fresh yellowtail sashimi. Tasty! There are big plates with various kinds of sashimi called Gold Cup (for 3 persons/1,980 yen), and Silver Cup (for 2 persons/1,480 yen)

'Steamed fresh vegetables and chicken dumplings 930 yen/1 person. Vegetables are delivered directly from local farms

Signage of 'Mekara Uroko'. It says Warabi Annex, the Echizen Fish Market

Entrance to a private room. Room size varies

Private room for six. Since there is a pit under the table, foreigners can stretch their legs and relax

View of the counter from entrance. Bamboo plants play the role of blind/partition/decoration

There are private rooms on the left and right

Counter seats. There are glass windows between the kitchen and the counter, thus no smell/smoke to torment customers

Private room for 15. Commensurate with needs/numbers of customers, room size can change with mobile partitions

Popular Warabi/Mekara Uroko 'Tamago Yaki (fried rolled eggs). It's fluffy and delicious!

Mekara Uroko is located on the 2nd floor of Kaga Bldg.

Every Fukuian knows the "Warabi Group", a well-known restaurant chain, and "Mekara Uroko" (Eye-opener) their newest, opened about 6 months ago in Katamachi, Fukui City. The sub-name of this izakaya is "Echizen Fish Market", which is understandable once you taste the fresh local vegetables and fish here. As this is the sister-Izakaya of "Warabi", one of the famous Warabi dishes, "Tamago-Yaki (fried rolled eggs)" is served here as well. The place is stylish, rooms can change size using mobile partitions and every room can be private. There are pits under the tables(Horigotatsu), so foreigners as well as Japanese can stretch out their legs and relax. If you have to sit in a chair no matter what, there are western chairs at the counter. Since this is in Fukui, of course you can also enjoy drinking Kokuryu or Hakugakusen and other excellent local sake brands.