Hokkaido Hotate appears as a signature dish in 1 Japan cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Hokkaido Hotate (Scallop) · Sapporo
Hokkaido scallops from Funka Bay and the Okhotsk Sea, served raw as sashimi, grilled with butter at jingisukan rooms or sliced into kaisendon bowls.
Hokkaido has farmed scallops in Funka Bay since the 1930s and supplies more than 70 percent of Japan's commercial scallop catch. The shellfish became a Sapporo restaurant staple in the 1970s; the city's sushi counters use Hokkaido scallop as a benchmark nigiri. Sushi Saiko and Sushiya no Saito both feature hotate prominently in their autumn omakase; Sumire runs a scallop-miso ramen variant during winter.
Where to eat in Sapporo:
- Sushi Saiko
- Sushiya no Saito
- Nijo Ichiba Ohiso
- Sushi Miyakawa