The gourmet event "2014 Meat Juice Festival Gyoza vs Karaage Grand Prix" will be held from August 26th to September 15th at a special venue in Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park, Tokyo. A total of 18 popular stores will be exhibiting, and visitors will vote to decide which one is better than Gyoza.
Gyoza vs Karaage to control the gravy showdown !? (Source: 2014 Meat Festival Gyoza vs Karaage Grand Prix)
This event is to decide the Grand Prix not by the number sold, but by the "goodness convincing index (number of votes / number of sales)" by the person who actually ate it. In addition to the winning stores in each category of dumplings and fried chicken, a cooking showdown with dumplings and fried chicken will also be held.
Exhibitor stores change every week. Many stores have won awards at various events, and some stores sell event-limited menus.
◆ Week 1 (August 26th-September 1st)
[Gyoza] Utsunomiya Gyozakan (Tochigi), Meatball Soba Otodo x Asakusa Kairo (Tokyo), Hamataro (Shizuoka)
[Karaage] Umeshin (Kyoto), Johnny's Karaage (Hyogo), Torian (Oita)
◆ Week 2 (September 2nd to September 8th)
[Gourmet] Ishimatsu (Shizuoka), Natsume family (Aichi), Marumitsu (Ibaraki)
[Karaage] Kazukashiya (Nagano), Kushiro Shokudo (Tokyo), Tenkatori (Tokyo)
◆ Week 3 (September 9th to September 15th)
[Gyoza] Oirase (Aomori), Tokyo Gyoza Tower (Tokyo), Surprised Gyoza (Chiba)
[Karaage] Curry Club Ru (Miyazaki), Senriya (Osaka), Ryota's wings (Oita)
The holding time is from 11:00 to 21:00 (September 1st and 8th until 16:00 due to store replacement). Admission is free. Eating and drinking is a meal ticket system and costs 600 yen per sheet. Each piece can be used at one store.
* The photos shown are for illustrative purposes only. It may differ from the actual sales menu.