The Nobeoka Promotion Council for the East Kyushu Basque Country Project (Chairman: Nobeoka Mayor Hisatoshi Miura), which is working to attract visitors from outside the city with Nobeoka's attractive "food" as a key theme, held an event called "FOOD TRIP x NOBEOKA ~Traveling through Nobeoka at the Table~" in Marunouchi, Tokyo on Wednesday, October 29th, to promote the city by offering tastings of dishes made with Nobeoka ingredients and providing information on local tourism.

At this event, we invited approximately 85 people, mainly those who were "unfamiliar" with or had "never visited" Nobeoka City, including influencers, media representatives, and travel agents. The event featured dishes made with Nobeoka ingredients prepared by chefs from three local restaurants: Washoku Isana (Honmachi), Pasta & Cafe Coccolo (Hiraharacho), and Chinese Cuisine Sugiyama (Funakuracho), paired with local sake from three breweries. In addition, we held various events to help people learn about Nobeoka, including mini-attractions related to Nobeoka, a quiz competition, and PR booths providing tourist information.

Chairman Miura appealed, "Nobeoka City is a place where you can enjoy ingredients nurtured by its rich nature and exquisite food created by highly skilled chefs. Please become a fan."

[Participating chefs]
・Washoku Yuu Tomiyasu Yasuro
Pasta & Cafe Coccolo, Kunihiro Fujimoto
・Chinese cuisine Sugiyama, Fukutoku Sugiyama

[Menu/pairings]
① Deep-fried Mehikari fish / Bear's vinegar soda
② Spring rolls with mountain crab and mushrooms (Sugiyama) / Ten no Kokuin Craft Rice (Sato Shochu)
③ Kitagawa freshwater eel and tomato simmered in the Akebono style (Isana)
④ Italian-style Chicken Nanban (Coccolo) made with Yumejidori chicken / Taiyo no Lager (Miyazaki Hideji Beer)
⑤ A meeting of the sea and mountains: Locally caught octopus from Kitaura, grapes from the northern region (Isana), and craft sweet potato shochu with the mark of heaven (Sato Shochu).
⑥ Chinese-style congee made with new rice from Nobeoka (Sugiyama)
⑦ Crème brûlée made with the rare fruit pawpaw (Coccolo) / Nobeoka green tea (pan-roasted tea)

[Menu available on the day]