About 11 minutes by car from Naha Airport. It is a Taiwanese sweets store located in Makishi, Naha City. The appearance is rustic, and all the menu items are exquisite! Do Okinawa and Taiwan have something in common in their awareness of healthy food? A meal menu is also available!
Point 1: Only 11 minutes from the airport! What is the location of “Hitsuji” in Makishi, Naha City?
Hitsuji” is a Taiwanese sweets store located in Makishi, Naha City.
Although “Douhua” has already been widely accepted in Japan and is recognized as the representative of Taiwanese sweets, there are still only a few stores in Japan.
Makishi in Naha is a wide area, but it is located between Route 58, Yui Rail, and Kokusai-dori Street.
If you are going from Kokusai-Dori, you can easily recognize it because it is an old private house tucked away by Midorigaoka Park, entering the road between “JAL City Naha” and “Ichiran” ramen restaurant.
It takes about 11 minutes by car from Naha Airport. There is no parking lot, so you will have to park at a coin-operated parking lot nearby for about 200 yen per hour.
For Yui Rail, the nearest station is Miebashi, and it is a 7-minute walk from there. By bus, the Tokyo Bus (TK01) is inexpensive at 240 yen. Get off at “Kokusai-dori Iriguchi” it is a 10-minute walk.
Walking from Kokusai-dori Avenue, you will gradually come to a peaceful atmosphere, with cats cooling off, hibiscus trees swaying, and the surrounding atmosphere is wonderful. The restaurant is located in an old house by the park. What kind of menu will they serve?
Point 2: Introduction of the “Sheep’s” bean flower and meal menu!
The main menu item at Hitsuji is “Tofu”, which is an everyday Taiwanese dish.
As you can see in the photo, there is a wide variety, including those filled with herb jelly, mung beans, peanuts, and other ingredients, as well as those made with Setoda’s brand-name lemon!
You can feel how “healthy” these desserts are the moment you eat them, but they are so popular that they are often sold out in no time at all. If you want to go, it is recommended to go right after the store opens.
The main menu at Sheep’s Chest features a variety of popular dishes, from the main course of bean curd to the herbal jelly and the “cold soup curry”! This is mackerel that has been baked, loosened, and browned in miso to give it an aromatic flavor, then stretched in a soup stock made with ground sesame seeds, kelp, and bonito stock, and topped with barley rice and several spices, including Taiwanese pepper.
Cucumber, shiso leaves, myoga, and island tofu are also included as ingredients, making this dish a unique fusion of spicy Taiwanese cuisine and Okinawan ingredients.
They also sometimes feature “pork vindaloo,” a curry from the Goa region of Western India. It is fun to not know what is on the dining menu until you go!
Point 3: Introduction of the sweets and drink menu of “穭(sheep)”!
Sheep” also offers delicious sweets. For example, the “Tarte Tatin Taiwan Tea Cheesecake 2023” combines tarte tatin made with fermented butter, Danish cream cheese, and cream made by boiling Taiwanese tea.
It is popular for its rich but refreshing sweetness. Plus, it is gluten-free because it is made with rice flour instead of wheat flour.
The tea to be mixed with the cream is said to be changed according to one’s mood, such as Dongfang Bijin or honey-scented black tea.
The process of making the cream is quite complicated, so it is not made very often, but during the apple season, she makes a lot of it.
Other sweets such as “Favreton,” a local pastry from Bretagne, France, and “sticky toffee pudding,” which originated in England, sometimes make a surprise appearance. The fact that sweets from around the world appear is also unique!
You will be lucky if you can find them in the store! It would be lucky if you could find them in the store!
The drinks are also unique, with specialties such as the Xixili Graduates Lemon Soda Coffee (レモンソーダコーヒー), lemon squash, and Hong Kong-style Lemon Tea (港式檸檬茶).
The mixing of soda and coffee is a sensation not often seen in Japan. And the lemon squash tea is also very popular in Hong Kong! The Hong Kong-style lemon tea, which contains thin slices of lemon, is also a product that one would not expect to find in Okinawa.
The Taiwanese sweets store “Hitsuji” in Makishi, Naha City, is a unique store that serves not only the standard “Douhua” (bean-flour pancakes), but also meals, sweets from around the world, and drinks.
Please note that the menu introduced here is not always available, and there are days when it is not available. Why not visit us?
