Kurashi Sabo Ouka, Lunch Buffet in Kurashiki City

Hi, this is Mrs. Wada back on duty. This time I’m going to introduce a cafe that offers a lunch buffet – Kurashi Sabo Ouka. Most of the dishes they serve are side dishes called obanzai, mainly consist of vegetables, which is good!

Kurashi Sabo Ouka, Buffet Lunch in Kurashiki City

Kurashi Sabo Ouka is cafe located nearby Sakazu Park. They are open 4 days in a week. They’re on their third year of business. The owner mentioned that at first there were just few customers, but recently it’s becoming popular to the point that they are considering to open more business days.

Lunch Buffet Dishes

First, you will be served with a bowl of red rice, soup and a glass of drink. Then you can get the rest of the dishes from the rack located in the middle of the room.

My first round (sauteed eggplants, red rice, mushroom soup, and a plate of mixed veggies, salad and omelette)

There are raw eggs also for tamago-kakegohan with a special soy sauce made by a local soysauce manufacturer in the neighborhood. This time we had the soy sauce with yellow nira in it. Yellow nira, by the way, is one of the local products of Okayama.

Gallery

Surrounding

Cafe sign (indicating business hours and days)

Pathway to the cafe

Cafe gate

Almost there!

Japanese garden

Plants in the garden

Mini flower

Cafe entrance with cute noren design

Taking pictures while waiting for our turn

Cafe ceiling

Inside Cafe and Food

Inside the cafe

View from center of the room

Cashier and kitchen

Window side with garden view

Mushroom soup and bowl of rice

First round! (gobo, omelette, salad, soy beans, raddish)

Buffet dishes (sake kasu-mayo, soy beans with konkyaku, etc.)

Information

Lastly

It was our second time in the place and since it was on weekday, we expected it won’t be crowded. But even during weekdays, we had to wait for about 30 minutes for our turn. The owner said that it really varies day by day.

After 2:30 PM, when were just finished with our meal. Everyone is already gone and the cafe is all to ourselves. It might be a good idea for sweets time when the place isn’t so busy, more relaxing to enjoy the garden view. They serve also pancake set for sweets time.

I ate too much again this time. Having mostly vegetables made it less guilty I guess? Better go for a walk around Sakazu Park and burn some calories, and maybe hop on to another cafe nearby like Riverside Cafe Miyake Shouten?