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.


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.