Ishikawa Prefecture – Walking and Eating at Omi-cho Market! ~Omi-cho’s Croquettes and Raw Oysters~

This shop hand-makes croquettes using carefully selected ingredients.
It was still early in the morning when I took this photo, but when I walked by again later there was an enormous line!
It gets especially crowded around lunch time, so be careful!

They serve a wide variety of croquettes, including sweet shrimp, crab, octopus, meat, squash, curry, and edamame.
One croquette costs between 130 to 260 yen. Their croquettes made with seafood are especially popular!

I bought their most popular item, their sweet shrimp croquette. I had lucky timing, so it was freshly made and piping hot!
Inside the crispy shell were soft and flaky potatoes and tender sweet shrimp! There’s also a bit of bite from black pepper. There were two entire sweet shrimp in the croquette, so I was impressed!
These are perfect for eating while you walk around!

While I was walking around eating my croquette, I stumbled across a ton of raw oysters!
This store, “Kawaki,” mainly sells crab and eel, but you can also eat shrimp and raw oysters inside!

I picked one small oyster, for 500 yen, from the large selection of oysters of many varieties and sizes.
Lemon juice, ponzu sauce, and soy sauce are available, so you can enjoy the oysters in your preferred way.

I had mine with lemon juice and ponzu sauce.
The creamy aroma and juicy oyster overflowed in my mouth!
Delicious! I’d love some sake with this!