【#41】IMP.佐藤 新くんがベタな函館グルメを満喫！～後編～「ベタな旅人 トラベター」（6月25日放送）

"The Typical Traveler Traveler" Hakodate Gourmet - Part 2 In the port town of Hakodate, overflowing with exotic charm, I, BetaTora, will guide you to some classic yet rare gourmet spots with Shin Sato from IMP. First, we arrived at the Kanemori Red Brick Warehouses, historic buildings incorporating Western architectural techniques! In fact, Hakodate was one of the first ports in Japan to be opened as an "international trading port" in 1859! As a result, consulates were successively established, and many foreigners began to live there, leading to the spread of Western culture! So! First, we're going to eat a dish that recreates American flavors and has become a soul food of Hakodate! Shin: "Something rice! Squid curry! Squid curry rice! Squid curry rice!" Is Shin's guess correct...? Shin: "Here it is! A good old Western-style building has appeared, is this it?" We arrived at California Baby, a Western-style restaurant familiar to Hakodate residents! It's affectionately known as "Karibebi" by the locals! Local Resident: "I used to go there in middle and high school, so I still want to go sometimes even as an adult. Back in our day, it was a trendy place to eat. It has a really addictive taste. Like, 'Want to go to Karibebi?'" And that soul food that locals love so much is... Owner: "Sorry to keep you waiting. Here's your Cisco Rice." Shin-kun: "What?! This is Cisco Rice. What is this? Rice topped with meat sauce?" Owner: "It's a menu item we've been serving for 50 years." Hakodate's soul food! Cisco Rice! The rice is made into fluffy buttered rice, topped with two large grilled sausages! To top it off, it's topped with plenty of meat sauce! Shin-kun: "The butter rice goes really well with it. It might have a slight spiciness. That's a nice accent." Owner: "This is a staff meal I was served when I was working part-time in Hawaii and on the West Coast. It's easy to make." Cisco Rice started when owner Shibata recreated a staff meal he was served when he lived in America. The "Cisco" in the name comes from San Francisco, a representative city on the West Coast of California. Shin-kun: "I like it so much that it should become a staple, right up there with Hayashi rice and curry rice!" 【California Baby】 Address: 23-15 Suehiro-cho, Hakodate City Phone: 0138-22-0643 Business Hours: 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM Closed: Thursdays A typical tourist spot in Hakodate offering fresh local specialties, and a typical squid fishing experience! Next, we're heading to a tourist spot in Hakodate where you can find fresh local specialties! Shin-kun: "It's a real market!" Hakodate Morning Market attracts many tourists from both Japan and abroad! Shopkeeper: "Yes, please." Shin-kun: "Wow, it's huge! Just walking around is fun!" And here's Shin-kun! He's discovered something! Shin-kun: "Huh?! There's a squid fishing pond!" The original live squid fishing pond, a famous attraction at Hakodate Morning Market! A super popular interactive spot where you can catch your own squid and have it prepared as sashimi right there! Shin-kun: "There are transparent ones and colored ones." Shopkeeper: "Squid change color depending on the light to defend themselves. They're white in bright light and colored in dark places." Shin-kun also tries his hand at squid fishing! Shin-kun: "Go, go, go, go! Hey! Missed!" Child: "Keep going!" Shin-kun: "Thank you! A little kid cheered me on. Hey! It's spitting out a lot of water!" Immediately, we had the squid Shin-kun caught prepared right in front of us, and we enjoyed it as fresh sashimi! Shin-kun: "It's so clear! It's crunchy! Sweet! This is what freshness is all about. This definitely makes you want to come back!" [Hakodate Morning Market] Address: 9-19 Wakamatsu-cho, Hakodate City Phone: 0138-22-7981 Opening Hours: 5:00 AM - 2:00 PM (May - December) Hakodate's New Specialty! Rare ______ Skirt Steak!? After enjoying the classic local specialties... next up is a rare new specialty! Shin-kun: "Some kind of skirt steak. Hakodate beef skirt steak." Program Staff: "You'd think it's beef, right? But actually, it's a little different." Shin-kun: "Huh? What do you mean?" However, Traveler can't just eat it for free! We're going to have him take on a mission related to Hakodate's famous "squid," which was mentioned earlier! Shin-kun: "Find three squid-themed manhole covers!" There are a total of four types of colored manhole covers in Hakodate city, mainly in tourist areas! This time, the mission is to find three of them that have a picture of a "squid" on them! You can search for them on foot! Or you can ask the locals! Good luck finding them! Shin-kun: "Is it okay for us to film for TV right now? Do you know where these manhole covers are?" Tourist: "Sorry, I'm just here as a tourist." Shin-kun: "You're a tourist? I see... It says it's open." Shin-kun decides to ask at the Sakamoto Ryoma Memorial Museum, dedicated to Sakamoto Ryoma, who aimed to develop Ezo (Hokkaido)! S...