-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022223 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022223","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022223,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022226 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022226","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022226,"voted_flag":false,"count":0,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022230 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022230","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022230,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022235 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022235","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022235,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022242 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022242","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022242,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022249 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022249","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022249,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022257 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022257","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022257,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022262 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022262","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022262,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022269 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022269","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022269,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022278 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022278","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022278,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022289 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022289","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022289,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022296 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022296","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022296,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022308 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022308","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022308,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022317 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022317","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022317,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022324 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022324","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022324,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022338 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022338","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022338,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022350 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022350","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022350,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
-
{"count_target":".js-result-ReviewImage-336022360 .js-count","target":".js-like-button-ReviewImage-336022360","content_type":"ReviewImage","content_id":336022360,"voted_flag":false,"count":1,"user_status":"","blocked":false}
仕事で訪れた旭川。一日の締めくくりに暖簾をくぐったのは、以前から気になっていた「鮨とつまみと 朧月」だった。一人で静かに、しかし期待に胸を膨らませて座ったカウンター。そこから始まったのは、店主の情熱が凝縮された、まさに「渾身」と呼ぶにふさわしい食の芸術だった。
まずは喉を潤す生ビール。そこへ運ばれてきた全8品のつまみが、私の期待を軽々と越えていく。特筆すべきは、「マグロの胡麻和え」の濃厚な旨味、そして何より度肝を抜かれたのが「冷製牡蠣フライ」だ。 一口食べた瞬間、言葉を失った。パン粉とナッツが織りなすザクザクとした、しかし軽やかな食感。牡蠣のクリーミーな旨味をナッツの香ばしさが引き立てるその一皿は、これまでの「カキフライ」という概念を根底から覆す、未体験の感動だった。この一品だけで、今日この店を選んだ自分を褒めてやりたい気持ちになった。
続く握り12貫の舞台。ヒラメの繊細な甘みから始まり、こはだ、烏賊と、一貫ごとに店主の丁寧な仕事が光る。サントリー「碧Ao」のハイボールに切り替えると、その華やかな香りがシャリの酸味と絶妙に調和していく。
特に脳裏に焼き付いて離れないのが、地元の恵みを感じさせる貝類だ。 「帆立」は、その圧倒的な大きさと鮮度に驚かされた。口に含んだ瞬間に広がる、とろけるような甘みと弾力。そして、「北寄貝」。絶妙な塩梅で「ちょい炙り」されたそれは、火を通すことで引き出された特有の甘みが、香ばしい磯の香りと共に鼻を抜けていく。まさに北の海の王様を食しているという贅沢感に浸った。
後半戦、タラバ蟹の重厚な旨味、脂の乗ったキンキの炙り、そして遊び心を感じる「おはぎ風」のトロたく。濃厚なウニから、最後を締めくくるすじこの細巻まで、一貫たりとも隙がない。
店主のこだわりが詰まった料理の数々、そして心地よい空間。仕事の疲れはいつの間にか消え去り、ただただ「美味しい」という幸福感に包まれていた。 旭川に来たならば、必ずまたこの暖簾をくぐろう。あの冷製牡蠣フライの食感と、北寄貝の香ばしさを再び味わうために。