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Eating in Gifu
Eating in Gifu
El Paso near Meitetsu Gifu Station serves the best and widest selection of Mexican food (TexMex) & drinks. They also have a variety of other delicious dishes. Prices are reasonable and the service is great. The waitress speaks a little English and the menu is in English and Japanese. The decor is a little eclectic with Buzz Light Year and Woody from Toy Story. The TV will be playing either sports or Country/Western music videos. The place is a bit small, and can fill up, but they are open until around 1:00 A.M., with fewer customers then.
The NEMS is one kilometer east-southeast of Gifu Station at 2-12-2 Kinen-cho, between the Meitetsu and JR tracks. Serves great Western food & drinks only; no soy sauce or miso in this mom & pop shop. Pilaf, Doria, Cheese Yaki Spaghetti, Spicy Chili Tomato Spaghetti, Gratin, Seafood Risotto, Vegetable Salad, Crustless Pizza, Hot or Cold Barley Berry Tea, and 80 more items are on the menu. Prices are regular and the portions are large. The owner speaks English. The decor is Western with foreign knick-knacks to entertain your eye. There is a selection of English & Japanese magazines and books. Wi-Fi is available to regulars. Native language lessons available from the American, French, Mexican & Japanese family.
Rodeo Roundup is in Akutami-cho, on highway 156, 500 meters north of the post office. Serves super delicious Steaks and the best Ribs in the U.S. and Japan; both about ¥3000 for the largest sizes. They are cooked over a wood fire on a big brick & iron Santa Maria-style barbecuer. I've stopped ordering Steaks and Ribs at all other places in Chubu because nothing else has ever come close. Rodeo Roundup is a cowboy restaurant & bar, with all the decor coming straight from Santa Maria, California. Bring a pillow if your butt is bony and you plan to stay awhile. MANY more items are on the menu, from Octopus Salad to Mexican Tacos. Prices are reasonable. The owner speaks English, having lived in Santa Maria and other places for 5 years as an illegal alien. You'd be needing reservations for this place every night if it wasn't 10 kilometers from Gifu Station.
Fandango is 150 meters southwest of Mirai Hall, which is across the street from Memorial Center. We always get reservations for this place, even on weekdays, because it seats very few people. Decor is Spanish, but the menu is Western eclectic with a touch of Sashimi, as is usual in this area of Japan, and is very much the owner's style. Try the Beef Tongue, or ask the chef to choose. Prices are a bit high, but you get some very fancy food. The owner speaks a little English. This is definitely the place to impress a woman on your first date.
Aka Noren is 2 kilometers east of the south side of the Iwado Tunnel. This place has the best Shio Ramen bar none. The other Ramens and the Dote are great too, and the Gyoza is strange, but good and green and healthy, and cooked with no oil! Prices are cheap. The owner speaks no English, but he is very friendly, and is a wonderful character to sit in front of and watch. If you use your toilet at home, you won't need to use the port-a-potty outside. In 14 years, I've NEVER seen the place without customers, and it's often hard to get a place to park or sit, even on weekdays!
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