Koryori Fujio

Tucked away in a corner in the big city of Nagasaki is this kappo restaurant, owned by the chef and his welcoming mother. As you enter Koryori Fujio, the lady will greet you with the warmest smile and show you to your seat — such hospitality is an added bonus to a restaurant that’s already so well-regarded for its cuisine. The owner-chef carefully prepares the omakase menu for the day, made of seasonal ingredients he selected himself that very morning. The classics are there: local nodoguro as well as anago. Koryori Fujio’s special pointers are their unique techniques — like getting inspired by the Western cooking techniques to make dashi from local vegetables and white-fleshed fish, just without the katsuobushi — as well as their homemade dishes that includes kara edamame sauce with tofu which has garnered quite a reputation. Combining classic Japanese seasonal ingredients with exquisite skills of the chef, Koryori Fujio presents the best possible version of traditional Japanese cuisine with their own unique touch of personality.